Tag Archive for: climate change

Aerial view of rainforest in Amazonas, Brazil
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Are extreme heat waves happening more than expected? UCLA research says not yet.

The temperatures that baked the Pacific Northwest in 2021 should…
Image of Marilyn Raphael, director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.Image credit: Ashley Kruythoff/UCLA

Talking environmental solutions with Marilyn Raphael

By David Colgan | April 21, 2022 Environmental news…
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Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams – for better and worse

UCLA-led study finds greater ‘streamflow’ may mean more…
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Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years

Climate change is a significant factor, UCLA-led research…
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Antarctic sea ice level could reach record low in 2022, UCLA climate scientist says

By David Colgan Sometime in the next few weeks, during…
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Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires

In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine…

UCLA’s Bird Genoscape Project to aid conservation efforts for North American birds threatened by climate change

UCLA researchers announced today the Bird Genoscape Project,…