After being rescued by evolutionary biologist Brad Shaffer (department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), UCLA environmental science students and partners, a population of 28 genetically significant turtles were released back into the wild last May after living in captivity for eight months.
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Lawren Sack (department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) served as a senior researcher on a research project which will improve predictions of which plant species will survive the increasingly intense droughts associated with global climate change.
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UCLA on Tuesday announced the creation of a $15 million self-replenishing fund to support campus sustainability projects, forming the largest fund of its kind in the country.
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Thomas Smith, professor of Evolutionary biology and researcher on the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, explores the concept of ‘assisted migration’ as a means of protecting threatened species from climate change.
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A team of UCLA atmospheric scientists including Robert Fovell (department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) was instrumental in the creation of the Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index- a new tool to classify the fire threat potential of the Santa Ana wind. The index was introduced Sept. 17 by the U.S. Forest Service, in collaboration with UCLA and San Diego Gas and Electric.
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