Awardee: Laurel Thomas Bio: Laurel is an undergraduate student at UCLA where she is completing her degree in Environmental Science with minors in Conservation Biology and Environmental Engineering. Fittingly named after…
The 2023 Irrigation Team will investigate the water usage across various irrigation types at turf areas on campus and calculate water savings associated with converting these areas to native landscaping…
Awardee: Bowen Wang Bio: Bowen is a third-year undergraduate student with majors in Climate Science and Geography. He has a wide interest in both the physical and social impacts of…
Native pollinators contribute to ecosystem diversity by spreading pollen as they travel from plant to plant, increasing flower and plant populations and therefore encouraging species diversity. Since pollinators are such…
Climate change is causing an increase in extreme heat events in Los Angeles County, with central areas predicted to experience three times the number of days with temperatures over 95°F…