President Folt outlines ambitious yet achievable plans for sustainability
In two high-profile public appearances, the president also detailed USC’s efforts to combat the local — and global — effects of climate change and COVID-19.
Most Angelenos say climate change is a threat — but few act accordingly
USC Dornsife’s LABarometer survey shows that a majority of L.A. County residents remain unaware of the sustainable lifestyle changes available to them.
Effects of West Coast wildfires go beyond evacuations and air quality
USC experts explain why the worst wildfires in California’s history are just a preview of climate change’s eventual impact on our everyday lives.
As fires rage, climate change is back on the election agenda
Will this be the year when American voters make their choice based on climate policy? USC experts examine how extreme weather and wildfires may influence the 2020 election.
USC Dornsife’s Public Exchange and UN Foundation partner on climate change study
The study will identify misleading or confusing terminology with the goal of finding ways to improve the public’s understanding of climate science.
Undergrad turns to both science and policy to take on climate change
Before she even became a Trojan, Isabella O’Brien turned discarded oyster, clam and mussel shells into a means to deacidify ocean and lake waters.
Climate change could make toxic algal blooms even more deadly
Research funded by USC Sea Grant has found that these increasingly toxic blooms can poison marine mammals and contaminate seafood.
Urban heat waves imperil L.A.’s most vulnerable communities
New USC research highlights the outsized risk for low-income communities as global warming raises temperatures and our cities become even more crowded.
How will billions of marine microbes adapt to climate change? A new study investigates
USC scientists and their colleagues have developed a model that estimates two different ways microbes will respond to warming oceans.
How a USC student from Chicago ended up protecting sea life through science
Senior Connie Machuca studies corals and anemones to understand how they respond to rising temperatures, acidification and other ocean-related issues linked to climate change.
Rising sea levels could force millions of Americans to inland cities
A new USC Viterbi study projecting climate change-driven migration has found that 13 million people could be forced to relocate inland by 2100.
Earth scientists and AI researchers join forces to better predict our climate future
Paleoclimatology data — which contains the details of our climate history — can be messy. That’s why USC’s scientists and AI experts have teamed up on a new platform to standardize it for research, analysis and prognostication.
Why aren’t we tackling climate change like we did Y2K?
Two decades after billions were spent to fix the Y2K bug, that same fervor has not been directed toward solving climate change. That said, USC Dornsife professors believe lessons can still be learned from the panic of 1999.
Why Are USC Students Going to the Bottom of the Sea?
A USC Earth science doctoral candidate goes deep to see how oceans are reacting to climate change.
What Are Algal Blooms and Are They Harmful?
In oceans and lakes across the country, tiny organisms create big problems.
Searching for answers, students flock to class on the science behind climate change
Enrollment is up in Professor Lowell Stott’s general education class as USC students seek out the scientific underpinnings of our increasingly warming world.
What Will Our World Look Like in 2050?
USC researchers say confronting reality and taking local action may help humanity cope — and even spur economies and innovation.
How some corals might help their offspring survive warming oceans
USC researchers have discovered that corals can pass on their reshuffled symbiotic algae, which may help their progeny withstand climate change.
Through dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate change
A USC Dornsife professor describes how exploring the work of artists and poets can spur us to embrace and protect the environment.
A surprisingly abundant type of marine bacteria may speed up climate change
A USC-led study into certain marine microbes may have revealed a dramatic shift in how the ocean and its microorganisms will contribute to global warming.
The 20th century was Earth’s hottest period in nearly 2,000 years
Two global warming studies from an international network of scientists indicate that the greatest increase in the Earth’s temperatures began after the Industrial Revolution.
Stopping the spread of fake news, one class at a time
A USC Dornsife expert on climate change teaches mathematical and scientific fundamentals to help his students see through the growing cloud of misinformation.
How undersea gases once helped superheat our planet
Undersea carbon reservoirs have caused global warming before — and it could happen again, according to research by an international team of scientists led by USC.
Much-lauded Earth Works exhibition finds beauty in a climatological disaster
Justin Brice Guariglia’s work, on display at the USC Fisher Museum of Art, captures gorgeous images of glaciers as they melt away forever.