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New hope for Southern California’s besieged wetlands
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Paper outlines how L.A. County can adapt its water supply for climate change
The UCLA report calls for conservation, policy and infrastructure improvements.
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UCLA students aim to help island nations balance economics with ocean conservation
Formed in partnership with the Waitt Foundation, the Blue Prosperity program works with local governments, businesses and communities.
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Miranda Wang and BioCellection win 2018 Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators
The 24-year-old entrepreneur invented a process that breaks the chemical bonds between plastic molecules, turning material that would otherwise be nonrecyclable into valuable chemicals.
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UCLA and LADWP to fund water and energy research benefiting customers
The partnership will enable the city to manage water supplies more sustainably, become more energy efficient and increase use of clean energy.
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Without electric grid upgrades, heat-related power outages in L.A. County are guaranteed by midcentury
Without changes being made by 2040, the report found, certain locales would be guaranteed to experience power failures at the hottest times of the year.
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Fellowship co-led by UCLA prepares ethnic media to better cover California water issues
The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies was founded in 2016 to support the creation of media about environmental issues for non-English speakers and people from different cultural backgrounds.
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New hope for Southern California’s besieged wetlands
UCLA research shows that swift public action could actually result in more wetlands.
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UCLA student wins national award for environmental justice work
Valeree Catangay works to inspire and empower communities that disproportionately feel the effects of environmental degradation.
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Mobile device developed at UCLA could make it easier to predict and control harmful algal blooms
The researchers are already discussing the new device with marine biologists to determine where it would be most useful.
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This summer has been the hottest ever at UCLA
Summer of 2018 included the hottest temperature recorded on the Westwood campus: 111 degrees.
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Invasive crayfish lead to more mosquitoes and risk of disease in Southern California
Research by UCLA and others finds that the crayfish disrupt native predators that eat mosquito larvae.
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UCLA research shows how carbon-filled oceans affect a tiny but important organism
Single-celled coastal coccolithophores appear resilient to high levels of carbon dioxide.
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UCLA School of Law offers new specialization in environmental law
To earn the certificate, students must complete five courses in environmental law and produce a supervised research paper.
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Furniture from China contributes to deforestation in central Africa
UCLA research shows a connection between the loss of trees and furniture bought in the United States.
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Researchers discover natural product that could lead to new class of commercial herbicide
The bioinformatics approach the team used to uncover the weed killer could potentially be used to find new drugs for antibacterial medicines.
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A guide for companies on how to bundle green benefits with consumer perks
In this Q&A about her new book, UCLA’s Magali Delmas discusses how the human urge to consume can be harnessed to help the planet.
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Climate change is making it harder for couples to conceive
A UCLA study projects that as temperatures rise, and the number and severity of heat waves increases, getting pregnant may become harder than ever.
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Vehicle repair program achieves efficiency, equity and environmental objectives
UCLA researchers found that a smog test and vehicle repair program has shown benefits to residents in central California’s San Joaquin Valley.
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UCLA researchers recommend strategies for California transportation fuels policy to meet 2030 climate target
Guidance from legal researchers could strengthen California climate policy by helping policymakers further reduce carbon pollution from transport fuels.
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UCLA faculty voice: The case for ‘sanctuary cities’ for endangered species
Ursula Heise writes about the benefit of Los Angeles becoming a habitat for the endangered, though non-native, green-cheeked Amazon parrot.
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Hot weather lowers students’ ability to learn, study finds
Low-income and minority students are particularly affected, and the problem stands to worsen as global temperatures rise, according to public policy researcher Jisung Park.
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UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute receives $4.3 million gift for work on environment
The donation, which builds on a decade of support from the foundation led by Dan and Rae Emmett, includes $1.8 million and a challenge: The foundation will match one-to-one gifts made by other donors up to $2.5 million.
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Making an economic case for local water in L.A. County
New UCLA-led research demonstrates the financial benefits of using sources such as groundwater.
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Willow flycatchers, already an endangered species, also imperiled by climate change
An increase in the number and severity of heat waves over the coming years would pose a particular challenge for the species because small-bodied birds dehydrate more quickly.
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Study forecasts a severe climate future for California
Researchers at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability predict the state will experience dramatic shifts between extreme dry and extreme wet weather by end of 21st century.