Videos

White Mountain Research Center – Elevating the Sciences

At over 14,000 feet high, the White Mountains form a natural barrier between eastern California and Nevada. Less than 20 miles to the west, across the Owens Valley, loom the…

How Climate Change Will Impact California, Interview with Dr. Alan Barreca

Interview on The Young Turks ScIQ with UCLA environmental economist Alan Barreca by Jayde Lovell about climate change effects on public health, vulnerable communities, and the state of California. They also…

CTR 20 Year Anniversary Video

A Climate Series for the Ages: Living with Climate Change, Part 4

Imagining Futures for a Hotter Planet Artists, writers and media organizations are playing vital roles in conveying the science and ethics of global warming. This conversation will explore how experiments…

A Climate Series for the Ages: Living with Climate Change, Part 3

A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles & Beijing It is tough to feel urgency when climate change seems like something happening to future generations, in faraway lands. The reality…

How Snow Shapes Warming in the Sierra Nevada

Dr. Alex Hall and his team at the UCLA Center for Climate Science undertook a comprehensive investigation of future climate in California’s Sierra Nevada. A key factor in the severity…

A Climate Series for the Ages: Living with Climate Change, Part 2

Earth & Human Climate History We can get hints about what climate change could mean for our planet and the things that live on it by looking at climate change…

A Climate Series for the Ages: Living with Climate Change, Part 1

Climate Change Cliff Notes There are so many questions about climate change and climate science. Is climate change right now really worse than climate change in the past? Isn’t it…

From Farms to Cities: Percolating New Ideas for Water Security

Sustainable Conservation a non-profit and IoES practicum client partner produced this video from an event held Sept 6, 2017 Following winter rains that pummeled the state, it’s easy for California’s…

Student practicum team drills into urban oil fields

A student-led survey has uncovered stark disparities in public health outcomes for L.A. neighborhoods with oil and gas drilling.

Starting my town hall in Pasadena at Caltech to discuss the perils of climate change and the Trump Administration's counterproductive -- and destructive efforts -- to reverse the gains we are making. Watch here:

Posted by Congressman Adam Schiff on Friday, April 21, 2017

Climate Change Town Hall

On April 21, 2017, Rep. Adam Schiff held a town hall on climate change at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. Center for Climate Science Director Alex Hall joined the panel, along with…

Climate Lab – Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness

Climate Lab – Going green shouldn’t be this hard

Climate Lab – Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change