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Too Much Pollution
Environmental advocacy group stages press conference to present new report on global warming pollution in the U.S.
Posted: 11/17/2009
UCLA experts take lead in regional climate plan
The (LARC) Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability hopes to transform the Los Angeles region.
Posted: 11/6/2009
UCLA Researcher Finds CO2 at Highest Levels in 15 Million Years
You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, UCLA chemist Aradhna Tripati and colleagues report Oct. 8 in the online edition of the journal Science.
Posted: 10/9/2009
Waxman, Pavley and others link security and climate at UCLA forum
Politicians and scientists gather at UCLA to discuss the effects of climate change and role that public policy will have in finding a solution.
Posted: 8/30/2009
Environmental centers work together on climate change
Environmental research in departments across UCLA collaborate to understand climate change and make a difference in the community.
Posted: 8/21/2009
Power misers scour campus for ways to save energy
UCLA Energy Services staff create big savings by cutting energy use in rooms across campus.
Posted: 8/15/2009
Stimulus funds help start program to create clean-tech leaders
New UCLA program will develop leaders in clean technology and provide grants to Ph.D. students.
Posted: 8/11/2009
Droughts of past yield lessons for a warming world
Glen MacDonald, the new director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment (IoE), has spent much of the last year conducting research in the subtropical areas of the Northern Hemisphere that are particularly prone to drought, both recently and in the distant past.
Posted: 7/27/2009
Low-cost solution processing method developed for CIGS-based solar cells
Researchers at UCLA's Henry Samueli school of engineering develop a new method that could provide an answer to a manufacturing challenge.
Posted: 7/7/2009
Building's green makeover wins high score UC-wide
The recent LEED certification of the Public Affairs Building adds another super-efficient building to UCLA.
Posted: 6/18/2009
Chancellor Emeritus Carnesale opens D.C. summit on climate change
UCLA Chancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale today launched a two-day summit in Washington to gather information for a pioneering project on climate change, a study that will culminate in recommendations to Congress.
Posted: 3/30/2009
Climate Action Plan
UCLA set to meet green house gas emission reduction goals eight years early!
Posted: 1/30/2009
CCCS Receives Support from the Nicholas Endowment
The UCLA Institute of the Environment has received a grant from the Nicholas Endowment in support of the mission of the Center for Climate Change Solutions.
Posted: 12/18/2008
No quick or easy technological fix for climate change, researchers say
Global warming, some have argued, can be reversed with a large-scale "geoengineering" fix, such as having a giant blimp spray liquefied sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere or building tens of millions of chemical filter systems in the atmosphere to filter out carbon dioxide.
Posted: 12/17/2008
Global warming affects warm-weather species too, study finds
Even tropical plant and animal species living in some of the warmest places on Earth may face threats from a warming planet, according to new research co-authored by a UCLA scientist.
Posted: 10/9/2008
Mideast Drought and Syrian Wheat Harvest Failure
The wheat harvest is in across Syria and the Middle East and the situation looks grim. View Video by Glen M. MacDonald.
Posted: 8/1/2008
UCLA summit examines impact of climate change on human health
Californians advised to add severe-weather preparedness to earthquake plans in order to prevent casualties associated with climate change
Posted: 10/18/2007
