Has climate change contributed to the L.A. fires? Expert: ‘Definitely.’
A 2018 wildfire in Los Angeles. (Photo: iStock)

We asked Adam Rose, a Professor (Research) at the USC Price School of Public Policy, about the link between climate change and the fires ravaging Los Angeles County this week.

USC men’s basketball zero waste ‘green game’ a sustainability win
USC Chief Sustainability Officer Mick Dalrymple pitches in during Tuesday’s “green game.” (USC Photo/Evan Morris)

The annual event puts a spotlight on USC’s efforts to reduce waste through reuse, recycling and composting.

Could Africa’s largest water dispute be avoided with open science?
Aerial shot of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, image credit Maxar Technologies

Researchers suggest a framework for sharing the Nile’s water and hydropower resources under prolonged drought.

Want to raise concern about climate change? Tell someone’s story
Illustration of people standing in front of a globe split into two sides, lush and barren. (Composite: Dennis Lan; Image source: iStock)

A new study co-written by a USC professor finds that indirect experience with severe weather drives public concern about climate change around the world.

Code Green
Green initiatives at USC illustrated as a tower with medical, research, office and cooking facilities. (USC Staff Illustration by Ana Cuna)

By upcycling plastics, reducing environmentally harmful anesthesia gases and transforming medical supply chains, the USC health system and health sciences schools are working to shrink health care’s carbon footprint.

Aroussiak Gabrielian’s research and design work reimagines AI
Image courtesy of Aroussiak Gabrielian. Teaching biomorphic form finding with generative AI.

What if artificial intelligence systems were built differently? How might they function if they were modeled not on human intelligence, but rather on plant intelligence?

USC-led CLIMA Center awarded $4.1 million by NIH to study impact of wildfire smoke and extreme heat on human health
Photo shows Night long exposure photograph of the Santa Clarita wildfire (Photo/iStock FrozenShutter).

With a $4.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, USC researchers will characterize climate-related exposures and gaps in adaptation capacity to understand their combined impacts on human health.

Global sustainability pioneer named dean of the USC Price School of Public Policy
Environmental justice leader Christopher Boone will join USC after decades of impactful work supporting the growth of sustainability programs. (Photo/Courtesy of the Arizona State University Provost’s Office)

Christopher Boone joins USC Price after decades of work supporting the growth of sustainability programs in colleges and universities across the country.

What triggered Nepal’s catastrophic 2021 flood – and could it happen again?
Floods in 2021 left much of Melamchi buried in mud and debris. (Photo: GFDRR/Ranjan Kumar Dahal.)

Using cutting-edge technology, USC Dornsife scientists discovered how a deadly combination of factors led to disaster. They hope their research will help identify other regions vulnerable to similar flooding events.

UN climate negotiations end on shaky geopolitical ground, but I see reasons for hope
Officials from countries around the world met in Baku, Azerbaijan, for COP29 in November 2024. (Photo: UN Climate Change via Flickr.)

National leaders may be struggling to agree, but businesses see the economic benefits of clean energy, states are cutting emissions, and people everywhere are more cognizant of their actions.