Our own Viktoria Kuehn, a recent graduate of LMU and current CURes Sustainability Fellow, was featured in the The Los Angeles Loyolan’s article about Earth Day at LMU: http://www.laloyolan.com/news/aslmu-hosts-earth-week-events/article_73a581b1-89ba-5d23-8466-217f2d392dea.html  

Coastal wetlands, like the Ballona Wetland salt marsh, provide a valuable array of ecosystem functions involving many physical-biological interactions that, for example, support biodiversity, abate flooding, sequester carbon, and purify … Read more

From the vantage point of being from the Baby Boom Generation, I remember well the first Earth Day in April 1970. Organized by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day gave … Read more

A weighty question indeed. When we consider the ecology of human expansion, certain raw materials are the fuel of social and economic transformation. The insatiable appetite of the industrial revolution … Read more

Loyola Marymount University (LMU) started using recycled water for campus landscape irrigation in 1997. The water is supplied by LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP). It is secondary treated wastewater … Read more

Dr. John M. Carfora, Associate Provost, Research Advancement and Compliance Office of Academic Affairs and Dr. Eric Strauss, Executive Director of the Center for Urban Resilience hosted a delegation from Pakistan … Read more

A couple of days ago I gave the second presentation in The Annenberg Foundation seminar, “Urban Ecology and Our Cities Future”. I spoke on ethics and urban ecology, with a … Read more

This week, I will attend the first-ever Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Forum in Panama City. The event will draw adaptation experts, practitioners and policymakers from across the globe to share … Read more

With more frequent heat waves predicted, it is essential to study health outcomes associated with elevated temperature.  By identifying vulnerable subgroups, some heat-related deaths, illnesses, and adverse health outcomes can … Read more

  Climate change models predict more frequent and more intense extreme weather events (EWE) for Europe in future decades. Great attention has been devoted to the health effects of high … Read more

Iingcungcu is an isiXhosa name referring to Sunbirds and Sugarbirds with long beaks. Inspired by the global decline in pollinators and the need to nurture leadership for biodiversity in youth, … Read more