UCLA MacDonald Research Group and Lab

11/01/2023

Congratulations to Elizabeth Fard on her brand new paper on Seal Beach Marsh!

Sea-level rise is particularly concerning for tidal wetlands that reside within an area with steep topography or are constrained by human development and alteration of sedimentation. Sediment augmentation to increase wetland elevations has been considered as a potential strategy for such areas to pr...

09/22/2023

Great news for UCLA -

The campus also earned top marks in social mobility and educating military veterans in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” rankings.

08/02/2023

Here is a link to a new podcast on our California wildfire research. It is provided by the USDA SOUTHWEST CLIMATE HUB & DOI SOUTHWEST CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTER -

What’s behind the increasing size and severity of California’s wildfires? And if the trajectory continues, what does that mean for people living there? How has this trend already impacted residents? Three co-authors of a recent synthesis on driver...

07/11/2023

Glen is one of the plenary panel speakers at this National Academies Summit in Washington DC -

Learn more from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

04/03/2023

The Guardian newspaper just published an article about our recent study of drought, vegetation impacts and environmental justice in Los Angeles! Congrats to lead author Chunyu D**g. Read all about it here -

The city will see continued heatwaves, but a new study says heat-damping urban vegetation is unevenly distributed

03/24/2023

Glen is at the AAG Annual Meeting - enjoying the opening reception with AAG President Marilyn Raphael and Exec Director Gary Langham. Over 6000 in attendance!

03/14/2023

We turned our attention to the response of Los Angeles urban vegetation and land surface temperatures to drought in this study led by former post-doc, Chunyu D**g. Evidence of environmental injustice now and likely in the future.

Urban vegetation is valuable in alleviating local heatwaves. However, drought may decrease vegetation health and limit this cooling effect. Here we us…