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Bacteria Beach: “A day at the beach should never make you sick!”
Leave it up to us, the Heal the Bay Beach Water Quality Team, to determine when it’s safe for you to swim.
Posted: 5/13/2013
Malibu Creek Watershed - Ecosystem on the Brink
A scientific roadmap for protecting a critical natural resource.
Posted: 3/18/2013
Going, going, gone? Vanishing DDT is big surprise at ocean deposit off Los Angeles
IoES Associate Director Mark Gold is quoted in an Environmental Health News article about decreased pesticide deposits in L.A. County waters.
Posted: 3/13/2013
Refreshing the Clean Water Act
The LA Times featured an Op-Ed by IoES Associate Director Mark Gold about the federal law turning 40 this week.
Posted: 10/17/2012
Marine biology researchers adapt Billy Joel hit to explain their work
UCLA scientists sing about their coral reef research.
Posted: 8/13/2012
Town Hall LA to run water professional roundtable
89.3 KPCC featured a story about a Southern California water resource management conference that IoES Associate Director Mark Gold is participating in.
Posted: 3/21/2012
UCLA summit explores future of water in southern California, forges vision for local source development
UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and the Water Technology Research Center hosted “The Future of Water in Southern California."
Posted: 3/8/2012
The Lost Wetlands of Los Angeles
KCET.org featured a story about a new report on Ballona Creek co-authored by IoES Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore.
Posted: 3/6/2012
New beach water rules: Enough to make you sick
An LA Times op-ed by Institute Associate Director Mark Gold argued that the EPA has not done enough to ensure water quality and protect beach users.
Posted: 2/7/2012
UCLA summit looks at future of water in Southern California
The summit is is sponsored by the Luskin Center for Innovation at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs; the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; and UCLA's Water Technology Research (WaTeR) Center.
Posted: 1/25/2012
Heal the Bay president steps down to take UCLA post
The LA Times reported on Dr. Mark Gold's new appointment as Associate Director at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 1/10/2012
Mark Gold named to UCLA environmental post
Gold will serve as the Institute's Associate Director.
Posted: 1/10/2012
In Los Angeles, paddling down a concrete river
Sean Hecht, executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center, was quoted in an Associated Press article about efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River.
Posted: 8/29/2011
Profs’ water-cleaning system could save campus thousands of gallons, dollars
UCLA’s power plant had something that professors Yoram Cohen and Panagiotis Christofides wanted: hopelessly filthy water. And they have invented something that the Cogeneration Plant wanted: a way to clean it up.
Posted: 8/5/2011
UCLA Law report recommends improvements in state's groundwater regulation
Better management is key to securing California's water supply for future.
Posted: 8/1/2011
Ocean's harmful low-oxygen zones growing, are sensitive to small changes in climate
IoES Affiliate Professor Curtis Deutsch co-authored a new study about how climate affects the growth of harmful ocean zones that threaten marine life.
Posted: 6/17/2011
The Future of Water in Southern California
The inaugural meeting of the UCLA Water Resources Group brought water experts and concerned citizens together to review insights and recommendations regarding future water demands.
Posted: 5/31/2011
Heal the Bay 2011 Beach Report Card
Water quality at LA County beaches worsened between 2010 and 2011 and water quality statewide dipped slightly but remained “very good to excellent,” according to the annual report released May 25 by environmental group Heal the Bay.
Posted: 5/25/2011
The Dry Garden: Looking at redesigned LADWP bill and considering the true cost of water
IoES Professor Matt Kahn and IoES Advisory Board member Mark Gold are cited in a LA Times blog about the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power redesigning the monthly bill its customers receive.
Posted: 5/16/2011
Water shortages threaten the American West lifestyle
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Director Glen MacDonald is quoted in a Miller-McCune magazine article about water shortages in the western United States.
Posted: 5/16/2011
Scientists worry about oil 'iceberg' in Gulf
Richard Ambrose, professor of environmental health sciences, was interviewed on the Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s "The World Today" about the clean-up following the BP oil rig explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.
Posted: 4/28/2011
Reflections on the Gulf Oil Spill—One year later
On April 20, 2010 an explosion rocked the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling rig. On April 22, 2010 Deepwater Horizon sank, leaving the well gushing at the sea floor and causing the largest offshore oil spill in United States history. Two UCLA experts weigh in on the anniversary of the disaster.
Posted: 4/26/2011
U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Job Recruitment
New environmental science-related opportunities are available with the newly re-organized bureau. BOEMRE will be hiring environmental scientists in the coming months to do work in fields ranging from environmental studies to NEPA review to environmental compliance.
Posted: 4/15/2011
Southern California Marine Institute and UCLA collaborate in creating marine research facility/div
UCLA is looking to expand its marine research as it collaborates with the Southern California Marine Institute to create a facility in the Port of Los Angeles.
Posted: 1/18/2011
Gerald Haug presents "Climate and Societies"
The renowned Professor of Climate Geology takes a look back into the 10th century to find the effects that the migration of the tropical rainfall belt had on the de-urbanization and eventual collapse of the Mayan civilization.
Posted: 1/7/2011
UCLA joins Southern California Marine Institute to revitalize marine research in Los Angeles
UCLA joins a a strategic alliance of 11 major universities in southern California dedicated to advancing ocean studies.
Posted: 12/17/2010
PNAS Special Report on Southwest Water Sustainability
A special feature on water resources and sustainability of the Southwest that was organized and edited for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science by Institute Director Glen MacDonald is now available.
Posted: 12/14/2010
Fears of Dry Winter Intensify With La Niña
The Albuquerque Journal covered IoES Director Glen MacDonald's new drought study.
Posted: 10/21/2010
UCLA joins new center to study climate change in the Southwest
Created through an award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, six institutions will manage the new Southwest Climate Science Center.
Posted: 10/20/2010
Coastal panel weighs restoration of Malibu Lagoon
School of Public Health and IoES Professor Rich Ambrose is quoted in an LA Times feature about a proposal to restore Malibu Lagoon.
Posted: 10/12/2010
On the Water Front, The UCLA WaTeR Center
A UCLA team of engineers works to find alternative sources or water.
Posted: 6/2/2010
Hold the salt: UCLA engineers develop revolutionary new desalination membrane
Process uses atmospheric pressure plasma to create filtering 'brush layer'
Posted: 4/8/2010
UCLA engineers develop faster method to detect bacterial contamination in coastal waters
Method cuts testing time from a day or more to less than an hour.
Posted: 3/11/2010
Working to restore a historic campus creek
Students and community members come together to restore the ecology of a campus sanctuary.
Posted: 11/24/2009
10 questions: ocean protector Richard Ambrose
Whether he's scuba diving in the Channel Islands, inspecting coastal Californian wetlands for signs of recovery or poking around in tide pools, Professor Richard Ambrose's research is almost literally a day at the beach.
Posted: 10/19/2009
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