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California earthquake prediction project aimed to identify hotspots

IoES & Department of Earth and Space Sciences Professor David Jackson was quoted in an Associated Press article about predicting earthquakes in California.
Posted: 9/27/2011

UCLA study strives to reduce traffic and air pollution

IoES & Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Professor and Vice Chair Suzanne Paulson is a researcher on the study.
Posted: 9/27/2011

Charging stations installed in response to the growing electric vehicle population in L.A.

Two electric vehicle charging stations were recently installed in Parking Structure 9, in anticipation of increased demand for electric cars in the West Los Angeles area.
Posted: 9/23/2011

"Water is Rising: Music and Dance Amid Climate Change"

Panel discussion: October 13th & Performance: Oct. 15th
Posted: 9/22/2011

UCLA scientists find H1N1 flu virus prevalent in animals in Africa

UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the
Posted: 9/22/2011

New gift will fund cutting-edge, rainforest-based research

Susan and Dan Gottlieb's contribution will help support graduate student Hilton Oyamaguchi's work.
Posted: 9/21/2011

UCLA Volunteer Day 2011 includes environmental projects

Volunteer Day is part of a major initiative to expand UCLA’s already strong tradition of service.
Posted: 9/21/2011

UCLA, Rutgers collaborate on technology to reduce traffic congestion, air pollution

NSF-funded study aims to integrate variety of traffic management systems
Posted: 9/20/2011

Market Fresh

A closer look at the Westwood Village Famers’ Market
Posted: 9/19/2011

UCLA Professor Yang Yang's research shows cellphone energy could soon be recycled

Professor Yang Yang develops proof-of-concept technology to allow screens to act as solar panels
Posted: 9/19/2011

Adapting to Global Climate Change

A column in the Wall Street Journal about the future and sustainability of cities features book recommendations by Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Professor Matt Kahn, who holds joint appointments in economics and public policy.
Posted: 9/13/2011

Public health assessments should be part of government decisionmaking, report says.

Environmental Health Sciences Chair & IoES Professor Richard Jackson chaired a 14-member panel that authored a report requested by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: "Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessme
Posted: 9/12/2011

With a Growing Effort Toward Safe Routes to Schools, Why Not Safe Routes to Universities?

With gas prices reaching nearly five dollars per gallon and university tuitions on the rise, getting to and around school seems to be the easiest way to make a college student go broke fast.
Posted: 9/12/2011

Can scientists look at next year's climate?

Is it possible to make valid climate predictions that go beyond weeks, months, even a year? UCLA atmospheric scientists report they have now made long-term climate forecasts that are among the best ever — predicting climate up to 16 months in advance, nea
Posted: 9/9/2011

Jared Diamond on 'Guns, Germs, and Steel'

Department of Geography & IoES Professor Jared Diamond was interviewed by NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” about his book “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies,” which is now required reading at many colleges and universities.
Posted: 9/9/2011

UC-developed technology saving consumers trillions of watt-hours, millions of dollars

A University of California technology that significantly reduces the amount of energy wasted by chips in computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices has recently passed the trillion watt-hour milestone in energy savings, according to the technol
Posted: 9/9/2011

Politics and Global Warming: Democrats, Republicans, Independents and the Tea Party

The Yale Project on Climate Change and Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication conducted a study on how members of each political party respond to the issue of global warming.
Posted: 9/7/2011

UCLA's top teachers: Law prof trains defenders of environment

School of Law and IoES Professor Ann Carlson is a winner of the 2011 Distinguished Teaching Award—UCLA’s highest teaching prize awarded by the Academic Senate.
Posted: 9/1/2011

Beaches, good weather and wine: Protecting the world's five Mediterranean climates

When researchers from around the globe converge at UCLA on Sept. 6 to discuss the small 2 percent of the planet covered by the world’s five Mediterranean-climate regions, they’ll be focusing on how to protect the whopping 16 percent of Earth’s plant speci
Posted: 8/31/2011

Capturing a complex 'snapshot' of air pollution in California

UCLA atmospheric scientists participated in the largest single atmospheric research effort in California history. Some 70 different monitoring devices on the tower were used by 40 independent research teams to gather complex data that will help guide poli
Posted: 8/30/2011

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