UC San Diego Study highlights challenges and opportunities in reducing China’s dependence on coal
New research reveals how media coverage helped successfully mitigate forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon
Does the U.S. President’s Party Matter to Black and Latino Economic Wellbeing?
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New report from UC San Diego’s Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research shows kitchen-table gains for Black and Latino Americans under Democrats…
Heat Waves Amplify Existing Inequities. Meet the Researchers Working to Change That.
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Workers in “exposed industries” such as construction, farming and manufacturing face significant impacts to both their health and productivity during periods of extreme heat. According to research led by UC San Diego economist Joshua Graff Zivin, Black and brown communities bear a greater burden of these impacts because they are overrepresented in these industries.
New faculty member Meera Mahadevan is searching for ways to help developing countries access the resources they need — without hurting the planet
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy findings reveal there is a rise in “union-curious” employees in the U.S.
Teevrat Garg, economist at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, has authored a series of studies revealing the myriad consequences extreme heat has on South Asia
UC San Diego’s DERConnect, an NSF-funded powergrid testbed, will control various campus assets, including buildings, solar panels, EV chargers, light fixtures, and smart plugs, to enhance energy management and innovation.
Drawing from the expertise of the UC San Diego community, UC San Diego Today presents a list of seven ways that heat impacts health.