Environment + Climate

New UCLA-led research demonstrates the financial benefits of using sources such as groundwater.

An increase in the number and severity of heat waves over the coming years would pose a particular challenge for the species because small-bodied birds dehydrate more quickly.

Researchers at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability predict the state will experience dramatic shifts between extreme dry and extreme wet weather by end of 21st century.

From water resources to wildfires, UCLA research reveals a climate future that will have wide-ranging consequences.

Mark Gold says it'll take a combination of capturing stormwater, recycling treated wastewater and restoring groundwater.

Jon Christensen warns that as the city rediscovers the river, the future of communities along its path hangs in the balance.

UCLA-led research shows more than 550 payments for ecosystem services programs are active worldwide with more than $36 billion in annual transactions.

UCLA-led research shows Earth may be approaching a carbon dioxide threshold for melting ice in the Arctic.

“It’s critical to educate the next generation of scientists to understand how and why our climate is changing, and what measures must be taken to adapt,” said professor Alex Hall.

“It will take a lot of work, but 100 percent local water is possible by 2050,” said Mark Gold, one of the authors of the report.

The yearlong partnership provides graduate students with opportunities to create new narratives to engage audiences with research.

Results from the evaluation of 14 estuaries along the Pacific coast of the United States will help to inform policy on conservation of wetlands.

Climate scientist Alex Hall will embark on a three-week, 1,000-mile, two-wheel trek on a mission of educating, learning and engaging with the public.

UCLA is already leading the way through its Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.

The Bruins’ basketball legend told the Pac-12 Network audience about the campus’s energy-efficiency initiatives, including the bike share program and tower gardens, during a victory over Stanford.

The hardy marine invertebrates survive a bleaching process but their growth is slowed, a UCLA study conducted off the coast of American Samoa has found.

This ignorance of what’s a legitimate threat and fanciful fiction can result in insufficient responses to real threats like climate change.

UCLA biologists' research focusing on the yellow warbler looks at species’ challenges and their capacity to adapt.

Volunteers analyze photos from NASA’s Landsat program to locate the coastal ecosystems in oceans around the world.

UCLA research shows that the changes have had a dramatic effect on Colpichthys hubbsi, a species that lives only in the region near the Sea of Cortez.

Record-breaking weather consistent with climate change is fanning the flames.

New research by UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and GRID Alternatives quantifies benefits of solar power on affordable housing.

A UCLA-led study finds that negative health effects are a powerful force to reduce consumption.

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation's Southern California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness Atlas provides a wealth of information to assist decision-makers in meeting consumer demand.

A new UCLA-led study reinforces the importance of collaboration in assessing the effects of climate change.