A new @ucla study shows how African elephant poop helps ebony trees grow, the slow-growing source of wood used for guitars and pianos 🎸 In areas where elephants are poached, researchers found nearly 70% fewer ebony saplings.

‘It burns my hands, my eyes, my lungs. But what choice do I have?’ For Denica Riadini-Flesch, hearing those words changed everything. Now a 2025 Pritzker Award finalist, she’s proving fashion can restore soil, dignity and women’s futures 🪡🧵🌱

UCLA IoES is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award 🙇‍♂️🌏✨ . All under age 40, their work spans continents and cultures, united by a refusal to treat complex problems as inevitable →

What does environmental genius look like in 2025? Maybe it’s a frog sauna outside Sydney, a high-tech greenhouse in Appalachia, or a furniture studio bringing back Kenya’s mangroves 🐸 ✨ 🇰🇪 . Meet the final set of nominees for the 2025 Pritzker Award 🙇‍♂️

🐘 The second set of @UCLA 2025 Pritzker nominees show what happens when climate work starts with listening — to elephants, to tenants, to cotton farmers, to community. Their work spans bioacoustics, housing law and regenerative fashion →

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13 nominees. 5 continents. 1 blueprint 🌎. Announcing @UCLA’s 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award nominees—rising leaders using science, tech, and design to tackle climate challenges. One will receive $100,000 to scale their impact:

Featured in @latimes: Edith de Guzman, PhD ’23, brings shade inequity—and climate justice—to the spotlight at @DescansoGardens 🎨 ✨ Her exhibition explores who gets cooling shade in a warming L.A.

Following the deadly Texas floods, @UCLA water researcher Greg Pierce calls for better flood warning systems as U.S. flood deaths rise. “We should invest in that, and we’re not right now,” he tells @WashingtonPost.

When research leads, readers follow. IoES Magazine is now ranked the #2 Sustainability Blog in California by Feedspot—selected from thousands of sites for its trusted coverage of science, policy, culture and climate. Let’s keep the conversation going 🌎.

After multiple Waymo vehicles were set on fire during protests, the company pulled service across LA and much of SF. UCLA professor Rajit Gadh told @sfstandard if torchings continue, companies may add sensors and cooling systems to protect their vehicles.

As cities race to adapt to climate change, they're demanding hyperlocal forecasts. But UCLA climate sciensist Alex Hall tells @ScienceMagazine the science behind these projections is far from settled. “It really is a mess right now.” #ClimateAdaptation.

RT @KUER: Water scarcity isn't some “hypothetical future concern” for the West, says @UCLAIoES’ Noah Garrison. Wastewater recycling is a vi….

The carbon offset market could grow to $1 trillion — or collapse under its own weight. New research from leading scientists at @UCLA, Clean Air Task Force and more shows why forest carbon credits need stronger standards to deliver real climate benefits.

👏 Marilyn Raphael, professor of geography and former IoES director, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences—one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. She and 3 other UCLA faculty join a community of elite scholars and Nobel laureates.

What can cities learn from LA’s approach to clean energy and equity? 🔋⚡️. A new @UCLA study breaks down the data, decisions and trade-offs behind LA’s plan to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035–without leaving vulnerable communities behind.

Study break? Say less 🌼🌿🐿️ If you need a nature walk between classes, this UCLA hidden gem has you covered. 📸 Andrew Kleinhesselink, director of Sage Hill

🧬 Have dire wolves truly been resurrected? . “Probably not,” @ucla conservation biologist Brad Shaffer tells @gizmodo. “Does it have some of their features? Yeah. And my guess is that’s as much as they hoped to accomplish.”.