Understanding the importance of mental health in climate work
December 18, 2020
We need to better understand the effects of climate change on mental health.
social determinants
Parks and green spaces improve community health and reduce health inequities
November 20, 2020
Life in lockdown teaches a lesson that public health scientists have known for a long time: parks are a lifeline, especially for city-dwellers.
The 5-year anniversary of Aliso Canyon natural gas leak – A reflective review
November 3, 2020
Diane Garcia-Gonzales and Michael Jerrett’s guest column in the Los Angeles Daily News
Students in the Hot Seat: The Impact of Heat on Education
October 27, 2020
Increased heat can affect students’ academic performance, especially students who are Black, Hispanic, or from low-income families.
Boiling Point: These maps show how air pollution and COVID-19 can be a deadly mix
October 8, 2020
Michael Jerrett interviewed in the Los Angeles Times
More parks could increase life expectancy in LA County’s Latino and Black communities
September 28, 2020
New research shows that adding green space in LA’s “park poor” neighborhoods could lead to a population-level gain of some 165,000 years in life expectancy.
“I Can’t Breathe”: A Rallying Cry for Both #BlackLivesMatter and Environmental Justice
September 25, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown some of the ways that Black communities face the harshest consequences of our public health failures. We need to work together to implement climate adaptive policies that protect Black lives and close the gap.
The luxury air business is booming — as many Californians struggle to breathe
September 23, 2020
Michael Jerrett quoted in the Los Angeles Times
As fires and floods wreak havoc on health, new climate center seeks solutions
September 23, 2020
UCLA C-Solutions featured in California Healthline and Kaiser Health News, including an interview with Co-Directors Jonathan Fielding and Michael Jerrett
Strategic locating of refuges for extreme heat events (or heat waves)
September 30, 2018
Andrew M. Fraser, Mikhail V. Chester, and David Eisenman. Urban Climate 25:109-119 (2018).