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Learning vessel

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability will support a new research and teaching boat.


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.

Malibu Creek Watershed - Ecosystem on the Brink

A scientific roadmap for protecting a critical natural resource.

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.

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.

Marine biology researchers adapt Billy Joel hit to explain their work

UCLA scientists sing about their coral reef research.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mark Gold named to UCLA environmental post

Gold will serve as the Institute's Associate Director.

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.

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.

UCLA Law report recommends improvements in state's groundwater regulation

Better management is key to securing California's water supply for future.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fears of Dry Winter Intensify With La Niña

The Albuquerque Journal covered IoES Director Glen MacDonald's new drought study.

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.

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.

On the Water Front, The UCLA WaTeR Center

A UCLA team of engineers works to find alternative sources or water.

Hold the salt: UCLA engineers develop revolutionary new desalination membrane

Process uses atmospheric pressure plasma to create filtering 'brush layer'

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.

Working to restore a historic campus creek

Students and community members come together to restore the ecology of a campus sanctuary.

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.

Troubled Waters

Science, Policy and the Fight to Preserve Our Natural Resources.

 

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