Environment + Climate

UCLA experts are available to discuss climate- and environment-related topics as midterm elections approach.

In a newly published study, UCLA scientists say the stage is set for potentially higher records for extreme rainfall in 2027.

The conservation scientist has made a global difference for tropical forests and countless lives — human and otherwise.

UCLA environmental law professors Alejandro Camacho and Cara Horowitz analyze the arguments and potential impacts of the case.

A new study from UCLA provides critical insights into how the January 2025 wildfire impacted air quality downwind of the fires.

Atmospheric dust, which has a slight cooling effect on the planet, has dropped about 10% since 2003, a UCLA study shows.

Join the reserve on Sept. 12 for its third annual bioblitz, a Pokémon-style hunt to spot wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains.

A new UCLA-led study finds the process takes centuries and offsets only a fraction of the emissions generated.

Looking back on the UCLA Congo Basin Institute and Taylor Guitars’ trailblazing work in Cameroon — and looking ahead, too.

UCLA study finds that female birds have a 12% lower survival rate past adulthood.

Amid toxic smoke, the less educated majority ventures out far more often than college degree holders.

UCLA Fielding School’s David Eisenman and Kirsten Schwarz offer tips, including the role of medications.

In its first year, the coalition advanced research, partnerships and policies for the World Cup and beyond.

A UCLA-led study finds California's forests are burning more severely than at any point in the last 40 years — a change linked to both climate change and forest management.

Do you know the signs of heat stroke and heat exhaustion?

UCLA air quality scientists Yifang Zhu and Suzanne Paulson told reporters about what some of the health risks might be.

From 1985-2024, high-severity forest fire increased thirtyfold in California, outpacing restorative fire, a UCLA study found.

‘Heat ambassadors’ are bring life-saving resources directly to vulnerable residents in partnership with LA County.

A new study, co-authored by faculty from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, suggests particles from 2025 fires settled far from burn zones.

UCLA scientists urge bird watchers to join the inaugural Big Weekend June 4-7.

Southern California’s long dry spell and warm weather meant the region was primed for wildfires when strong Santa Ana winds hit this week.

The study is the latest to find that animals recognize differences between men and women.

One of the world’s longest-running studies of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica, led by UCLA, offers valuable data.

Natural selection began favoring Indigenous Andeans with a high number of salivary amylase genes when potatoes were first grown in the Andean highlands.

This continuation of cityLAB’s groundbreaking “Small Lots, Big Impacts” initiative will release a request for information on May 7.