Clearing the air: USC faculty seek to shift the climate change conversation
Cross-disciplinary researchers work to educate general audiences about what they need to know when faced with confusing environmental information.
A majority of people around the world are concerned about climate change
Americans are also showing increased concerns about climate change, an analysis by USC Price’s Wändi Bruine de Bruin finds.
Machine learning, nature benefits: How AI helps 2 USC environmental scientists unlock the natural world’s mysteries
How do you measure a cloud? How do you count a swarm of bees? Machine learning provides insights into complex natural phenomena.
Yellowstone flooding underscores environmental pressures facing U.S. national parks
USC researcher Douglas Noble discusses the impact of climate change on Old Faithful, shrinking glaciers and desert oases.
What is ‘committed warming’? A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue long after emissions end
Because of humans, the concentration of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now 50% higher than before the industrial era and these gases are raising Earth’s temperature.
Laguna Niguel fire signals start of a long wildfire season in California
USC experts predict wildfire threat to grow in coming years, but see hope in new mitigation methods.
UN climate report demands action, not just words, from policymakers
USC faculty members weigh in on the latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: It’s a matter of life and death.
Climate change is taking a toll on our health: USC experts weigh in
EARTH WEEK: From disparities to interdisciplinary teamwork, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers explore evidence and seek solutions.
Public art exhibit showcases global worldview of climate change
EARTH WEEK: Students are transforming giant globes to communicate abstract ideas about the climate crisis.
Forget that doom-and-gloom attitude toward climate change
Climate change isn’t an inevitable death sentence, but the latest news often makes people as though it is. A task force led by USC’s Gale Sinatra finds that psychologists can make a big difference.
Why the cost of mitigating climate change can’t be boiled down to one right number
Human behaviors change constantly and shift in response to numerous factors such as changes in public policy and the arrival of new technologies. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
Economist Matthew Kahn says human ingenuity is key to living with climate change
The USC Dornsife professor explains how market capitalism will help us adapt to the growing challenges unleashed by a warming planet.
Driven to lead, USC sets the pace on carbon neutrality
In a move taken by only a handful of universities, USC aims for carbon neutrality. By 2025, USC will have improved its energy efficiency and expanded the use of solar power. USC also has made sustainability a core part of its curriculum, fostering global citizens who will fight climate change.
Smoke, heat and stress: A snapshot from Southern California of life in an altered climate
The latest USC Dornsife-Union Bank LABarometer survey shows that the effects of climate change have impacted Los Angeles County residents in a variety of ways including mental health.
Adverse environmental conditions impact a growing number of Angelenos, LABarometer survey finds
The second annual USC Dornsife-Union Bank LABarometer survey regarding sustainability and resilience examines how Los Angeles County residents experience and interact with their natural environment in the midst of a warming climate.
These Students Fight Climate Change With Art
See how students use poetry, viola concertos and animated whales to try to wake the world up to climate change.
USC Dornsife student enjoys up-close view of UN Climate Change Conference
Murad Jah scored a dream assignment for a young environmental scientist. He worked with activists and studied climate change negotiations to prep for the summit underway in Scotland.
Why is a delegation from the Vatican attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference?
The president of USC Dornsife’s Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies explains the Catholic case for climate action.
U.N. climate conference draws USC experts and students to grapple with solutions
COP26 summit brings the world together to discuss sustainability, and Trojans aim to contribute.
With the clock ticking on climate disaster, USC experts see ways to respond
Scientists and researchers discuss how humanity will respond to climate change as the 26th U.N. Climate Conference and two weeks of negotiations kick off this week.
Stunning Virtual Reality Project Takes You to the Arctic — and Into Climate Change
Think caribou in the arctic tundra have nothing to do with you? USC students use immersive technology to explain their urgent message for us all.
Students tackle climate change in global simulation conference
Teams focus on subjects such as deforestation, clean technologies, carbon trading and offsets, ocean health and population control.
Enlisting the power of AI to fight California wildfires
USC Viterbi artificial intelligence experts are helping firefighters strategize how best to plan controlled burns and manage unexpected blazes.
Big fires demand a big response: How 1910’s Big Burn can help us think smarter about fighting wildfires and living with fire
Expensive, militarized fire suppression led the U.S. down a forest management path that neglected more nuanced approaches, two USC experts note.