To call Jon Christensen multifaceted overstretches the prefix multi-. He is an adjunct assistant professor in UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (or IoES), the Department of History, and the Center for Digital Humanities. At the IoES, he is [...]

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Wake up and smell the climate change! A new study shows that Americans sleep less on unusually warm nights, and we’re seeing more of them as the climate warms. Nick Obradovich is with the science, technology, and public policy program [...]

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Sekich-Quinn: “Oftentimes the majority of people associate climate change with extreme weather, fires, urban heat centers. But at the end of the day, our oceans and coast are at the center of climate change.” That’s Stefanie Sekich-Quinn of the Surfrider [...]

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There’s more to a lush green plant than meets the eye. Armies of tiny organisms called microbes live on and in leaves, stems, and roots. They help plants absorb nutrients, fight disease, and endure stresses like drought. Now, a biotech [...]

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Mark Gardiner, a fourth generation Kansas cattle rancher, is no stranger to wildfires. Gardiner: “I’ve seen them every year of my life.” But the fire that swept through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas this March was extreme. Nearly 40,000 acres on [...]

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CORTEZ, COLO. – In Colorado’s San Juan National Forest, between 7,000 and 10,000 feet, quaking aspen grow in glorious, shimmering groves. In mid-2004, Forest Service rangers noticed the aspen groves sickening. Trees crowns browned in patchy clusters. Their lime-green, spear-shaped [...]

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David Herbert of Bremen, Maine, is serious about saving energy. About six years ago he started tracking his electricity use with the help of a kilowatt reader. Herbert: “You plug it into the wall and you plug your appliance into [...]

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Climate change represents a growing threat to human well-being — through heat waves, extreme weather events, expanding ranges for tropical diseases, shortfalls in nutrition due to effects on agriculture, and more. For these dog days of August, YCC offers a bookshelf [...]

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The luscious red tomatoes and juicy peaches in your local grocery store were most likely picked by hand to prevent bruising. But that personal touch comes at a price. On hot days, the workers who pick these crops are at [...]

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Every summer, visitors flock to the beaches along Rhode Island’s 400 miles of coastline. And the locals gain the benefits of a five-billion-dollar tourism industry. But climate change is starting to interfere with Rhode Island’s beach season. Rubinoff: “We have [...]

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