USC Dornsife News

USC Sea Grant is building on its sea level rise study for L.A., so the same methods can be applied to the rest of L.A. County — from Malibu to Long Beach.

USC Dornsife researchers study the Amazon to discover effects of climate change — and find hidden secrets in river water, sediment and leaves.

As the inaugural speaker of the USC Dornsife Sustainability Task Force’s Distinguished Lecture Series, renowned ecologist William Schlesinger warns against the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” threatening a sustainable future.

USC Dornsife welcomes two new assistant science professors whose research focuses on some of the greatest challenges facing the 21st century — climate change and the search for clean, renewable energy.

The effect of global warming on sea level in Los Angeles will worsen coastal flooding and erosion as major storms produce higher tides, according to a new study by the USC Sea Grant, housed at USC Dornsife’s Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.

On Catalina Island — and the University Park campus — the legendary Wrigley family has created a kingdom of scientific researchers.

USC Dornsife’s Steven Lamy travels to Reykjavik, Iceland, to present his views on Arctic security surrounding climate change during the first global forum to discuss cooperation on major issues impacting the region.

Fossil fuel emissions are likely responsible for changing the types of nitrogen fixers that are growing in the ocean, a new USC Dornsife study has shown. Some sea life will thrive, others will fade.

USC Dornsife scientists are combining marine and evolutionary biology to thwart the effects of climate change in the ocean. How climate change affects ocean life and human health will be discussed during a March 12 Dornsife 2020 conference at the Doheny Library.