Researchers create framework for evaluating environmental stopgap measures
UCLA study offers new way to look at temporary solutions that could buy more time for our planet
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PhD candidate Edith de Guzman gives her take on what cities are doing to prepare for rising global temperatures
Edith de Guzman, director of Research for Tree People & UCLA PhD candidate, discusses how cities are preparing for climate change with CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo.
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PhD candidate Edith de Guzman in The Guardian: Cooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heat
Creamy asphalt sealant lowers the surface temperature of a road roughly 10F. But the shade from a mature, leafy tree can provide more like 40-50F (22-28C) of cooling power, on…
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Noam Rosenthal Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge finalist
UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability PhD student Noam Rosenthal and Anderson students Hadley Stork and Jonathan Tenenbaum were selected as finalists to compete in the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing…
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Tanner Waters awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
First generation college student, Tanner Waters, was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The prestigious award provides three years of support to graduate researchers. Growing up 15 minutes…
Peter Kareiva talks business, activism — and the ‘existential threat’ we all face
Peter Kareiva joined reporter David Nazar to talk about how business and activists could come together for the future of the planet.
