Why new vegetation makes it important to prepare for fires
Author: Rod Yabut

Even after January’s storms, California faces a water-scarce future. A USC Dornsife economist and USC Viterbi engineer propose a way to test higher water prices as a conservation strategy without hurting low-income users.

A team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine documented the effect of adopting zero-emission vehicles in one of the first-ever studies in the field that reveals the association between ZEVs, air pollution and public health.

USC’s greenhouse gas emissions last year marked a 31% drop compared to its baseline year of 2014, according to the University’s 2022 Sustainability Progress Report.

USC’s METRANS Transportation Consortium has been awarded a grant from the USDOT to lead the US Region 9 research, education and technology transfer program.

A maritime area three times the size of the city of London holds the highest risk for oil spills in the Gulf which can have devastating consequences locally and globally.

USC computer scientists and biologists have teamed up to tackle harmful algae blooms using “smart” robots

The University announced in a November USC News article that it prevented 32 tons of plastic, or the equivalent of one million bottles, from being sent into landfills.

In her end of year letter to the Trojan community, President Folt highlighted some of the university’s major achievements in sustainability in 2022.

Climbers and locals came together to give the national park a makeover in the inaugural Joshua Tree Facelift event.