earth sciences

I’ve been at UCLA for almost 27 years — more than half my life!

Geology powers the collaboration between UCLA assistant professor John He and postdoc Jordan Wang.

Natural selection began favoring Indigenous Andeans with a high number of salivary amylase genes when potatoes were first grown in the Andean highlands.

Living classroom field trips are helping K-12 students connect with nature, science and a university campus experience.

Bruin scholars Eric Becklin, Martin Gilens and Craig Manning exemplify how UCLA research continues to power progress across disciplines.

New UCLA research finds that airborne dust traps about twice as much heat as climate models have estimated.

Geologists just found signs of the ancient Colorado River hiding in remnants of a vanished lake.

The new satellite will provide scientists with a detailed look at how the texture of the Earth’s surface is changing.

UCLA organic chemists have made phosphine behave like precious metal catalysts.

The research team demonstrated prototype devices that, above a certain voltage, conducted electricity with lower noise than the normal flow of electrons.

Theta-phase tantalum nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper, opening new pathways for cooling electronics and AI hardware.

UCLA’s department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences fieldwork immerses students in discovery.

The revolutionary achievement could lead to smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks.

The volunteer-led event drew more than 12,000 visitors in its 17th year.

A UCLA-led study of what’s called a supershear earthquake reveals how fault structure and rock contrasts enabled one of the fastest continental ruptures ever observed.

The sanctuaries protect fish that prey on other animals that eat kelp, helping it bounce back more quickly after a heat wave.

Copper antimicrobials are increasingly used to reduce the emergence of resistant strains.

Student startups pitched sustainability initiatives during the Easton Technology Management Center’s cross-campus program.

Mona Jarrahi, Suk-Young Kim, Jingyi Jessica Lee, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni and Park Williams are among a group of 198 new fellows chosen from more than, 3,500 applicants.

The inaugural performance of “Climate Notes” takes place April 27 at 4 p.m. in Schoenberg Hall.

It honors the late atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Michio Yanai and his wife Yoko; Jacob Bortnik is the inaugural chair holder.

Studying wildfire-impacted kelp deepened UCLA doctoral student Lori Berberian’s commitment to environmental science.

A UCLA-led study shows the eruption of the underwater volcano reduced temperatures over the Southern Hemisphere by 0.1 C.

A new UCLA-NRDC report reveals basin-wide gaps in wastewater reuse despite worsening water shortages.

Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously form on a small germanium chip.