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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

Six lessons from the BP oil spill

In a Christian Science Monitor article Professor Matt Kahn talks about what the tragedy of the BP oil spill has taught us about regulations, technology, and how our energy diet must change.
Posted: 7/14/2010

In search of dark nights

Institute of the Environment Associate Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore led a symposium on the disruptive effect of artificial light at night.
Posted: 7/13/2010

Lancaster pushes ahead with solar energy

Professor J.R. DeShazo discusses Lancaster's new public-private alternative-energy partnership in a Daily News article.
Posted: 7/13/2010

Call to Action

Professor Dan Blumstein talks about the alarm calls of marmots in Canada's Pique Newsmagazine.
Posted: 7/9/2010

New exhibit traces 65 million years of evolution

Professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh talks about the new 'Age of Mammals' exhibit at L.A.'s Natural History Museum in an Associated Press article.
Posted: 7/9/2010

Borne on the Wing: Avian Influenza Risk in U.S. Wild Songbirds Mapped

Bird flu research conducted by Center for Tropical Research scientists is featured in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases.
Posted: 7/6/2010

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