September 28, 2012
‘Carmaheaven’: Closure of I-405 in 2011 improved air quality up to 83 percent
In study findings announced Sept. 28, UCLA researchers report that they measured air pollutants during last year’s Carmageddon (July 15–17)
September 7, 2012
Rob Fovell elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
Election as a Fellow of AMS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers. Fellows are recognized for meritorious
August 1, 2012
NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s energetic radiation belts, launched into
July 24, 2012
Yuri Shprits wins major award
Yuri Shprits wins major award Yuri Shprits, a research geophysicist with UCLA’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the
June 7, 2012
AOS Professor Liou wins major international award
AOS Professor Liou is the recipient of the 2012 Quadrennial Gold Medal Award given by the International Radiation Commission (IRC).
June 7, 2012
AOS Professors Curtis Deutsch and Holger Brix with Hartmut Frenzel (and others) publish a paper in Science magazine detailing Climate-Forced Variabilty of Ocean Hypoxia.
Oxygen (O2) is a critical constraint on marine ecosystems. As oceanic O2 falls to hypoxic concentrations, habitability for aerobic organisms
June 7, 2012
UCLA joins Southern California Marine Institute to revitalize marine research in Los Angeles
AOS’ own professors Jim McWilliams and Burkard Baschek lead the effort to partner. “UCLA has entered into a collaboration with
June 7, 2012
Scattering by chorus waves as the dominant cause of diffuse auroral precipitation
UCLA researchers & Richard M. Thorne, Binbin Ni, Xin Tao, Richard B. Horne & Nigel P. Meredith were published in
June 7, 2012
Lunjin Chen selected as recipiant of 2012 AGU Fred Scraf Award
The F. L. Scarf Award was established in 1989 by the AGU’s Space Physics and Aeronomy Section to recognize an
June 1, 2012
AOS Professor Hall predicts more hot spells in Southern California
By the middle of the century, the number of days with temperatures above 95 degrees each year will triple in