Environment + Climate

In admiration of our feathered friends and fellow denizens of Earth, we invite you to take a bird’s-eye view of the ways they inspire art, science and more across the UCLA College.

Why should we care about birds? UCLA staff member Álvaro Castillo’s reminiscence about rescuing a baby hummingbird reveals an answer for us all.

UCLA’s chief sustainability officer Nurit Katz draws deep inspiration from nature — and hopes you will too.

UCLA professor Stephanie White discusses what birds could teach us about communication.

Birds, UCLA environmental humanities scholar Ursula Heise attests, have profoundly important stories to tell — if only we know how to listen.

Paul Apodaca, a Bruin alumnus and university professor, honors “the beauty, grace, power and wisdom of those who were here before us.”

Doctoral student Joey Di Liberto reflects on a nuanced breeding season on campus for the dark-eyed junco.

Evolutionary anthropologist Brian Wood talks about his research on the greater honeyguide, a wild bird in Africa that guides people to honey.

Check out a sampling of a decade’s worth of bird research by UCLA faculty and students.

Still, changes in phenology, latitude and elevation account for only a small portion of what’s needed to keep track with rising temperatures.

A part of Getty’s ‘PST ART: Art & Science Collide’ initiative, the multi-exhibition program runs from September 2024 through June 2025.

Clean energy tax credits can make or break megatons of emissions, says UCLA Law professor Kimberly Clausing.

Practices to protect public health, including high-risk groups, are featured in an expansive program.

The city could go carless for two weeks, but UCLA’s Jacob Wasserman questions whether it can build for more lasting changes.

A low-cost approach regulates heat with common building materials that absorb or radiate heat.

In a new study, UCLA researchers analyze the most severe climate-driven public health risks in California.

The researchers drew connections between existing sustainability challenges and encroaching climate change challenges.

Smoke can spread 10-15 times farther than wildfires, posing big risks for vulnerable people.

UCLA climate expert Daniel Swain discusses the heat wave that has baked baked more than nine-tenths of California's land.

Incarcerated people are especially vulnerable to heat, experts say, but new protections exclude prisons.

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.

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.

Overturning what’s known as the “Chevron doctrine” could strip agencies like the EPA of longstanding authority.

A UCLA study shows smoke from increasing wildfires in California caused up to 55,700 deaths in 11 years.

The Luskin Center for Innovation receives a federal grant to prepare for extreme heat.