climate change

The research is the most comprehensive study to date investigating the potential future scale and cost of 10 different ways to use carbon dioxide.

Janet Napolitano issued the following statement following the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement.

UCLA’s V. Kelly Turner launched a massive mural painted with a surface-cooling coating to start a conversation about our warming world.

UCLA-led research examined records dating to 1700s to discover how mangroves expand and retreat with climate cycles.

UCLA’s Center for Climate Science embarks on a bicycle expedition.

The California-China Climate Institute will identify and share best practices and key lessons and help inform policymakers.

Free online tool updated to include solar capacity and six more years of data, as California aims for 100% renewable energy.

Researchers will study the DNA of endangered and threatened animals and plants to help preserve species and learn which are most vulnerable to climate change.

At a Zócalo/UCLA Downtown event, experts discussed how much sea level rise we can expect, how we balance public and private concerns, and how we can reduce additional risk.

The California Climate Expedition — led by climate scientist Alex Hall — grants riders the chance to experience climate change impacts from Oakland to Los Angeles.

If the same change were made by all of the U.S., it would account for one-third of the greenhouse gas reduction prescribed in the 2013 President’s Climate Action Plan.

Also in this section: stories on the L.A. Rebellion, veterans and climate change.

Climate change won’t solve itself, but all Bruins can make changes and help UCLA beat the other University of California campuses.

The UCLA report calls for conservation, policy and infrastructure improvements.

UCLA research shows that swift public action could actually result in more wetlands.

Summer of 2018 included the hottest temperature recorded on the Westwood campus: 111 degrees.

Environmental law experts Ann Carlson and Cara Horowitz review the long record of benefits achieved by the state’s aggressive anti-pollution rules.

Research by UCLA and others finds that the crayfish disrupt native predators that eat mosquito larvae.

Single-celled coastal coccolithophores appear resilient to high levels of carbon dioxide.

A UCLA study projects that as temperatures rise, and the number and severity of heat waves increases, getting pregnant may become harder than ever.

UCLA researchers found that a smog test and vehicle repair program has shown benefits to residents in central California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Guidance from legal researchers could strengthen California climate policy by helping policymakers further reduce carbon pollution from transport fuels.

Low-income and minority students are particularly affected, and the problem stands to worsen as global temperatures rise, according to public policy researcher Jisung Park.

The donation, which builds on a decade of support from the foundation led by Dan and Rae Emmett, includes $1.8 million and a challenge: The foundation will match one-to-one gifts made by other donors up to $2.5 million.

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.