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Capitalism will help us adapt to climate change, economist says

Institute of the Environment Professor Matt Kahn discusses his new book, "Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future."
Posted: 8/17/2010

Off-trail: How mighty are human hunters?

The Billings Gazette reported on a study by Professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh about an alternative explanation for the extinction of woolly mammoths.
Posted: 8/16/2010

'Countdown to Zero' focuses on nukes

Institute of the Environment Affiliate Professor Albert Carnesale was featured in a CNN report on the new documentary about the threat of nuclear terrorism.
Posted: 8/10/2010

Countdown to Zero

Charlie Rose interviews Countdown to Zero producer and Institute of the Environment Advisory Board member Lawrence Bender on his new documentary about the threat of a nuclear event.
Posted: 8/9/2010

Is environmentalism a luxury good?

A working paper by Institute of the Environment professor Matt Kahn examines the relationship between unemployment and concern for the environment.
Posted: 8/3/2010

Local students learn to analyze the surrounding environment

Arbol University, a project of the IoE Urban Center for People and the Environment and Earth Systems Science and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology departments at UC Irvine, graduates its first class.
Posted: 8/3/2010

Bird flu findings fly in face of assumptions

Scientists at the Institute of the Environment Center for Tropical Research help prove U.S. songbirds can carry the avian flu.
Posted: 8/2/2010

The climate fight heads to California

Institute of the Environment Professor Matt Kahn participated in a Q&A session with The American Prospect to discuss AB 32, the law that aims to reduce greenhouse gas levels.
Posted: 7/30/2010

UCLA Engineering gets $7.5M from NSF to create state-of-the-art sustainability labs

The National Science Foundation has awarded the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science $7.5 million to renovate its current infrastructure for use in sustainability research.
Posted: 7/30/2010

Teens discover intersection of art and science

The Sci | Art NanoLab Summer Institute — a two-week summer collaboration of UCLA's Art | Sci Center and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) — recently introduced 40 high school students to the art and science that stimulates scientific innovation.
Posted: 7/27/2010

Free Showing of Countdown to Zero

"Countdown to Zero" Opening in Theatres in Los Angeles This Week July 31 at the ArcLight Hollywood and July 30, 31 and August 1 at the Landmark Westwood. Free Tickets available -- see information below
Posted: 7/26/2010

Applied math lab joins scientists working on oil cleanup in the Gulf

Posted: 7/23/2010

Is Climate Change Leading To Super Marmots?

National Public Radio interviews marmot expert and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor and Department Chair Dan Blumstein.
Posted: 7/23/2010

Sled Dogs: A breed of their own

In a Science Now article Professor Robert Wayne comments on a genetics study that concludes sled dogs represent their own breed.
Posted: 7/23/2010

Building healthy communities

Dr. Richard Jackson, Chair of the Environmental Health Sciences department, will be featured in a public television series about improving living conditions in major metropolitan areas.
Posted: 7/21/2010

Climate change benefits marmots

A study co-authored by Dan Blumstein, Chair of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department, is profiled by PhysOrg.
Posted: 7/21/2010

Distinguished climate researcher Stephen H. Schneider dies at 65

Stanford University biologist and climate change expert Stephen H.Schneider died of a heart attack July 19, 2010.
Posted: 7/20/2010

Research powers the future

The California Energy Commission has approved funding for an Institute of the Enviroment led urban transportation systems project that will help prepare for California's energy future.
Posted: 7/19/2010

Critics say oil spill cleans up too slow

Environmental Health Sciences Professor Rich Ambrose assesses the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort on Australia's The World Today radio program.
Posted: 7/16/2010

Environmental Conservation

A study by economics professor Matthew Kahn showing how energy conservation incentives can sometimes lead to greater consumption was featured on the American Public Media radio program "Marketplace."
Posted: 7/16/2010

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