10 TEDx Talks. A world of ideas. One UCLA October 23, 2026 After three years, the event made a lively comeback this spring, with a few surprises and plenty to think about. Now you can watch every presentation.
Extreme heat hazards: How medications and local challenges can impact health July 20, 2026 UCLA Fielding School’s David Eisenman and Kirsten Schwarz offer tips, including the role of medications.
ShadeLA advances lasting shade solutions for Los Angeles July 16, 2026 In its first year, the coalition advanced research, partnerships and policies for the World Cup and beyond.
Summer safety: Tips for avoiding heat-related illness July 2, 2026 Do you know the signs of heat stroke and heat exhaustion?
With heat becoming deadlier, UCLA mobilizes community health workers as a front line of defense June 17, 2026 ‘Heat ambassadors’ are bring life-saving resources directly to vulnerable residents in partnership with LA County.
Cruel summer: March heat wave is a reminder to the West April 1, 2026 This Earth Month, UCLA experts share concerns about summer heat, from a potential El Niño to longer heat waves, and risks of atmospheric sulfur injections.
What do we know – and need to know – about extreme heat? March 18, 2026 UCLA professor David Eisenman offers advice on how to stay cool and check on others during elevated temperatures.
California’s K-12 schools often lack sufficient shade and natural surfaces September 4, 2025 UCLA Fielding School’s Kirsten Schwarz co-leads a study to analyze, redesign and cool school landscapes.
UCLA teams up with USC and civic partners to cool the Los Angeles region July 16, 2025 ShadeLA aims to expand urban tree canopy and shade infrastructure, building heat resilience for Angelenos.
Beyond shade: UCLA researchers improve radiant cooling to make outdoor temperatures feel cooler July 14, 2025 A new approach uses low-cost, scalable, transparent and infrared-reflective surfaces and hydronic panels.
Duration of heat waves accelerating faster than global warming July 8, 2025 The longest and rarest heat waves — which can last for weeks — show the greatest increase in frequency.
National shade map from UCLA and American Forests launched to combat deadly urban heat June 2, 2025 A new tool pinpoints where shade is lacking across 360-plus cities and towns.
In UCLA’s Heat Lab, undergraduates help tackle the human realities of a warming world May 8, 2025 A group of UCLA students is making it their mission to understand how heat impacts our bodies, communities and planet.
Southwest’s drought and fire outlook with UCLA’s Daniel Swain March 18, 2025 Get updates on the forecast for wildfires, droughts and precipitation in California and the greater Southwest on March 19 at 1 p.m. PT.
L.A. fires: Vegetation 25% drier due to climate change January 15, 2025 UCLA climate scientists’ analysis links climate change to about a quarter of the extreme vegetation dryness when the Palisades and Eaton fires began.
Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally January 9, 2025 New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water.
Mountain fire ‘a suburban firestorm’ due to Santa Ana winds November 7, 2024 California chapparal fire burns into urban Ventura County, showing need for strategies beyond fighting ‘forest’ fires.
Get ready for long West Coast heat waves this fall September 12, 2024 Signals from La Niña suggest we’re in for a hot fall, says UCLA atmospheric scientist and statistician Karen McKinnon.
Major West Coast heat wave: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain September 4, 2024 You know it’s hot – but is it unusually hot? Find out at 2 p.m. PT on Sept. 4 with UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.
UCLA to lead project to help L.A. County cope with extreme heat August 20, 2024 Practices to protect public health, including high-risk groups, are featured in an expansive program.
Researchers discover new mechanism to cool buildings while saving energy August 8, 2024 A low-cost approach regulates heat with common building materials that absorb or radiate heat.
Believing heat records and not your local microclimate July 18, 2024 UCLA climate expert Daniel Swain discusses the heat wave that has baked baked more than nine-tenths of California's land.
‘Predictable and preventable’ heat deaths in prisons July 12, 2024 Incarcerated people are especially vulnerable to heat, experts say, but new protections exclude prisons.
Western U.S. heat wave: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain July 6, 2024 UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses long-lasting heat waves that are baking the western U.S. on Saturday, July 6, at 3 p.m. PT.
Extreme summer climate: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain June 24, 2024 UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses this summer’s record-breaking heat and extreme rain and flooding on Monday, June 24, at 1 p.m. PT.