USC Dornsife News

Republican and Democratic leaders met at the Climate Forward conference on April 4 and agreed that climate change requires urgent action. [3½ min read]

Kerry, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State, was the keynote speaker at a daylong conference with USC Dornsife and Price School where former elected officials from both parties as well as key business leaders discussed solutions to slow climate change. [1½ min read]

Experts convene at USC to determine how to break the political gridlock that is preventing action against the growing threat of climate change.

Undersea carbon reservoirs have caused global warming before — and it could happen again, according to research by an international team of scientists led by Earth scientist Lowell Stott of USC Dornsife. [4 ¾ min read]

USC Dornsife program aims to train new leaders for addressing the region’s critical environmental issues. [3 min read]

The director of USC Dornsife’s Center for the Political Future examines the politics of averting a climate calamity. [2 min read]

Intrepid explorers of the modern age, marine scientists travel the world’s oceans to understand the mysteries of — and threats to — Earth’s fount of life.

Beneath our very feet — and below the vast oceans — the past lies preserved, waiting for its dormant wisdom to be unearthed once again. As USC Dornsife researchers explore ancient fossils and artifacts, they look to this immortalized record of what once was to understand the future and how we can act to ensure we remain a part of it.