
How California can better adapt to extreme weather
Some solutions such as remaking flood maps are relatively inexpensive. But larger efforts such as buying out homes in floodplains are far more complicated and expensive.
Some solutions such as remaking flood maps are relatively inexpensive. But larger efforts such as buying out homes in floodplains are far more complicated and expensive.
In 1861-62, a series of deadly winter storms caused widespread devastation and flooding in the West — and it could happen again. Learn why in this piece that first published in 2020.
Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics that are meant to go viral to spread their message.
USC experts weigh in on the impacts of the protracted conflict on climate change as world leaders convene for the annual climate summit — an event being held against the backdrop of Russian supply chain manipulation.
The Center for Climate Journalism and Communication will provide critical training to media, public relations and communications professionals to be climate storytellers who advance a deeper understanding of the consequences of climate change.
A new computer modeling tool provides a more accurate analysis of species’ movement amid climate change. What it’s finding is bleaker than experts expected.
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers used a new analytic approach to study more than 1.5 million deaths across California.
USC researcher Douglas Noble discusses the impact of climate change on Old Faithful, shrinking glaciers and desert oases.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The president of USC Dornsife’s Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies explains the Catholic case for climate action.
COP26 summit brings the world together to discuss sustainability, and Trojans aim to contribute.
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.
Tropical storms have caused about $3 billion in damage in Australia over 50 years — a figure that would have been 10 times larger if not for coastal wetlands, a USC researcher and colleague found.
In oceans and lakes across the country, tiny organisms create big problems.
USC researchers say confronting reality and taking local action may help humanity cope — and even spur economies and innovation.
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.
A new study strengthens the case that a prehistoric disaster is a good model for studying the potential effect of rising carbon dioxide levels.
The installation and launch of a solar energy system at USC Wrigley Marine Science Center marks a significant step in the university’s efforts to boost sustainability.
Looking closer, researchers discover that algal blooms in the ocean encompass microscopic battles, with the front lines shifting on a daily basis.
USC Dornsife scientist explains why current models aren’t enough to predict future changes in climate and weather patterns.
By learning how to write a funding grant, they propose ways to help the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center and LA Coliseum.