According to a new study published by UCLA climate scientists, climate change will increase extreme rainfall and reduce snowfall in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains by the 2070s.
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Daniel Swain (climate scientist at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) was quoted in stories in the AP/Los Angeles Times and the Weather Channel about a University of Arkansas study finding that warming temperatures have exacerbated drought conditions in the West, and that the region may be experiencing a two decades-long “megadrought.”
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The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) is highlighted in the cover story of the Spring 2020 UCLA magazine, along with several faculty members whose research is advancing our understanding and response to the climate crisis.
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UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain was quoted in several news outlets about the unusually dry conditions in February 2020 and wildfires in northern California.
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Researchers from the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation (LCI) helped develop a new California State Water Resources Board report aimed at establishing a statewide low-income rate assistance program for water.
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