USC Dornsife News

Johan Rockström joins the ranks of environmental visionaries honored by the USC Dornsife-administered prize for his work on the “Planetary Boundaries” framework.

Researchers uncover factors in urban areas that affect diversity among insects and spiders — and turn up dozens of previously unknown species, to boot.

The agreement still leaves many unanswered questions, as well as concerns from vulnerable countries about who will qualify, who pays and who is in charge.

USC Dornsife researchers studying a common Caribbean coral’s ability to adapt to rising temperatures turn up an unexpected result.

Led by USC Dornsife’s Spatial Sciences Institute, a new report offers a detailed, unique look at the region’s natural ecology before European settlers arrived.

New findings from the La Brea Tar Pits in southern California suggest human-caused wildfires in the region, along with a warming climate, led to the loss of most of the area’s large mammals.

USC Dornsife researchers aim to bolster urban greenery, lower city temperatures and address longstanding environmental inequities, powered by a $2.9 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.

The mung bean, a historic staple food, has provided cheap and nutritious protein for millions across continents for millennia. Researchers at USC Dornsife are using genomic testing to uncover two game-changing variants for crop breeders in the face of climate change.

Pioneering initiative aims to unite diverse academic disciplines for ecosystem conservation.