UCLA Climate Change Portal News http://www.climate.ucla.edu The UCLA Climate Change Portal represents the UCLA Climate Change Consortium, a collaborative group of the dozens of researchers and staff at UCLA who are working on climate change. en-us UCLA Climate Change Portal http://www.climate.ucla.edu.ucla.edu/images/logotype.png http://www.climate.ucla.edu The sounds and smells…and costs…of urban ecosystem servicing A Nature of Cities blog by California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA Director and IoES Adjunct Professor Stephanie Pincetl. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=18444 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:32:51 PDT Q&A with Susanna Hecht about her new book On June 4 the IoES and UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will host a book release and signing for Urban Planning professor Susanna Hecht to debut "The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha." http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=18285 Fri, 31 May 2013 11:34:52 PDT UCLA study shows warming in central China greater than most climate models indicated ESS, AOS, and IoES Assistant Professor Aradhna Tripati contributed to new findings that show temperatures are rising over time in China. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=18085 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:03 PDT New book analyzes climate changes threats for Southwest U.S. A hotter future is projected for the Southwestern United States, and the anticipated threats unique to the region are detailed in a landmark report released May 2, with contributions from two experts at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=18045 Tue, 7 May 2013 09:49:21 PDT A quarter of Angelenos breathe noxious freeway pollutants every morning Research led by Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and IoES Professor Suzanne Paulson, conducted in collaboration with School of Public Health and IoES Professor Emeritus Arthur Winer, was published in science journal Atmospheric Environment. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17856 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:14:41 PDT Green college guide highlights UCLA, seven other UCs UCLA and seven other UCs made the cut in a 2013 guide to green colleges, produced by The Princeton Review and the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17835 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:59:34 PDT Veteran journalist and faculty member Jon Christensen new editor of Boom: A Journal of California Christensen is an environmental historian with joint faculty appointments at the IoES and Department of History. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17843 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:25:25 PDT Leveraging SmartMeter Technology to Reduce Energy Consumption A research proposal initiated by IoES and Anderson School of Management's Magali Delmas received $25,000 funding from the UCLA Transdisciplinary Seed Grant program. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17807 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:26:39 PDT Magali Delmas gets $447,000 NSF grant for energy-conservation research UCLA Professor Magali Delmas received a $446,912 grant from the National Science Foundation for her ongoing research tracking energy use in individual homes and testing what motivates people to reduce their power usage. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17739 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:32:00 PDT Headlines IoES in the News. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17620 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:15:34 PDT Scientists decode genome of painted turtle, revealing clues to extraordinary adaptations Genome Biology published a new study by Professor Brad Shaffer, a conservation biologist with joint appointments at the IoES and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17677 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:25:08 PDT UC looks to reduce carbon emissions, comply with cap and trade policies UCLA and four other UC campuses quality for a statewide cap and trade program this year. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17662 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 16:24:10 PDT High-speed rail might boost housing prices, if Calif. can afford to invest in it The Harvard Business Review published an op-ed by Matthew Kahn, a professor at the IoES with joint appointments in economics and public policy. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17615 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:23:01 PDT Students change course from traditional spring break Alternative spring break activities include a UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation workshop at the center's field station in the Santa Monica Mountains. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17331 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:48:05 PDT Aquatic Academy isn't kid stuff The New York Times highlighted an Aquarium of the Pacific special lecture series featuring climate change experts, including IoES Director Glen MacDonald. http://www.climate.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=17303 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:55:00 PDT