News

Climate change is making L.A. hotter

Coverage of the new IoES study that predicts climate change will cause temperatures in the L.A. region to rise by an average of 4 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit by the middle of this century.
Posted: 6/21/2012

Looking Up: How Green Roofs and Cool Roofs Can Reduce Energy Use, Address Climate Change, and Protect Water Resources in Southern California

The UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment has partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council on a new study analyzing the benefits of smart roofing options for Southern California.
Posted: 6/21/2012

Mercury rising: Greater L.A. to heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees by mid-century

A sophisticated new regional climate study was produced by UCLA with funding and support from the City of L.A., in partnership with the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability.
Posted: 6/21/2012

Study predicts more hot spells in Southern California

The L.A. Times reported on new, cutting-edge climate modeling research from the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 6/21/2012

Dissonant Music Brings out Animal in Us

Research by Daniel Blumstein, IoES professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was highlighted by the Australian and Press Trust of India.
Posted: 6/20/2012

Landers Family Scholarship to attend Williams College – Mystic Seaport's Maritime Studies Program

Posted: 6/14/2012

Local vineyards and dirty beaches: Environmental students make an impact

The Environmental Science Practicum is a capstone experience in which seniors work together in small teams on an environmental problem representing a real life, multi-disciplinary, forward looking issue.
Posted: 6/14/2012

Finding the root of urban biogeography

International Innovation Magazine profiled California Center for Sustainable Communities Director Stephanie Pincetl's work on urban forests.
Posted: 6/13/2012

What’s Green and Read All Over?

IoES is sponsoring a book drive!
Posted: 6/13/2012

Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia

Coverage of the new study published in journal Nature Communications on woolly mammoth extinction by IoES Director Glen MacDonald, UCLA researchers, and colleagues.
Posted: 6/12/2012

Woolly mammoth extinction has lessons for modern climate change

A team of scientists led by IoES Director Glen MacDonald mapped the woolly mammoth's pattern of extinction.
Posted: 6/12/2012

Certified Fresh

Meet some of the members of the Environmental Science Class of 2012, graduating June 17th.
Posted: 6/11/2012

2012 Science Festival

UCLA La Kretz Center participates in the 2012 National Park Service Science Festival.
Posted: 6/7/2012

Environmental Science senior practicum offers hands-on experience in field

The Practicum is a culminating research experience for students pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science.
Posted: 6/7/2012

UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Annual Lecture

"Marine Protected Areas: Reasons for Hope" presented by Dr. Sylvia Earle, internationally renowned oceanographer, explorer, and author
Posted: 6/6/2012

Stay or go? Some towns are eyeing retreat from sea

IoES Associate Director Mark Gold was quoted in an Associated Press article about how cities along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts are dealing with coastal erosion resulting from global warming.
Posted: 6/5/2012

Compost crew Waste Watchers turn trash into fertilizer by properly disposing organic waste

Waste Watchers, a group of six students who compost campus waste, formed in fall through a course at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 6/1/2012

Congratulations to the Leaders in Sustainability Class of 2012!

Posted: 5/31/2012

Los Angeles joins plastic bag ban

IoES Associate Director Mark Gold was interviewed on American Public Media's “Marketplace” about the L.A. City Council's vote to ban plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and eventually require stores to charge 10 cents for paper bags.
Posted: 5/29/2012

Professor Richard Jackson hosts PBS documentary ‘Designing Healthy Communities’

IoES and Department of Environmental Health Sciences' Dr. Richard Jackson serves as host of a four-part television series on urban planning and public health.
Posted: 5/29/2012

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