The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge’s first competitive research grants will go to 11 projects, ranging from developing lightweight solar panels that double as batteries to studying the costs of algae-based biofuels.
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Sean Hecht (UCLA School of Law and Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment) discusses the upcoming California Coastal Commission meeting, detailing potential impacts of decisions made by the commission.
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Mark Gold, Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, foreshadows tens of billions of gallons of lost water runoff resulting from Los Angeles’ lack of appropriate infrastructure to capture and store rainfall.
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A new study led by Alex Hall of UCLA’s department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences provides a way to reduce variation in global climate models by 35 percent.
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UCLA’s Hammer Museum hosted the final iteration of its 2015 program “Next Wave: Quality, Quantity, and Accessibility to Water in the 21st Century”. The final presentation grappled with issues closest to home, largely under the purview of the goals articulated by the ambitious Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
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