Extreme rainfall events could become three times more likely and 20% more severe by 2079 – according to a new study led by Daniel Swain (climate scientist at the UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability) and colleagues.
Read more →A research team from the UCLA Samuel School of Engineering and Caltech has published new findings in Nature Catalyst about the development of a promising method to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into ethylene, a chemical used in the production of cosmetics, plastics, solvents and a myriad of other products used globally.
Read more →The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has created the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions to address the health effects of climate change. UCLA C-Solutions will collaborate with Los Angeles community members and elected officials to advance research-based strategies to strengthen communities’ climate resilience and slow the harmful health impacts of climate change.
Read more →Edith de Guzman (TreePeople, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) and David Eisenman (UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters) were two contributing authors on a Los Angeles Urban Cooling Collaborative study on urban heat and potential cooling strategies.
Read more →Students head back to school this month in Los Angeles, albeit remotely. We sat down with R. Jisung Park, assistant professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, to learn more about his research on heat and student performance, as well as the disproportionate impacts on Black and Hispanic students. The takeaway: Whether learning takes place in school or at home, temperature matters.
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