Tag Archive for: Environment

UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives $1.5 million pledge from founding director
The gift from Richard and Linda Turco will support students…

Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast
By Jonathan Van Dyke
Not all of the celebrities in Los…

Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams – for better and worse
UCLA-led study finds greater ‘streamflow’ may mean more…

Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years
Climate change is a significant factor, UCLA-led research…

Antarctic sea ice level could reach record low in 2022, UCLA climate scientist says
By David Colgan
Sometime in the next few weeks, during…

Notches on lions’ teeth reveal poaching in Zambia’s conservation areas
UCLA study shows the strange markings are the result of trapped…

Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires
In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine…

Farwiza Farhan wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators
By David Colgan
Conservationist receives $100,000 for work…

UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
By Jonathan Riggs
In line with his long-standing commitment…

UCLA environmental experts featured in PBS series about sustainability
Faculty and others play a major role in shaping stories of accountability…