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AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More

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• Earth Observations: Conversations with Lamont Scientists | Dec 10
  Wednesday, December 10, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: Online Description: Join us for a conversation on  Lessons From Past Ice Shelves on Future Ice Sheet Stability Lamont-Doherty experts will explore the scientific evidence for ice-shelf instability preserved in the geologic record and share how their research is advancing our understanding of the processes that drive polar ice-sheet (in)stability and […]
• MPG/SGT Seminar – Jules Bourcier
  Wednesday, December 10, 2025 12:00 AM – 1:00 PM Where: Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Presentation by Dr. Jules Bourcier. Characterization of Strike-Slip Fault Offsets Using Deep Learning and Simulated Topographic Data Abstract: Tectono-geomorphic features, such as offset river channels and ridges, are typically used to estimate the surface displacements from past earthquakes along […]
• Sustainability Graduate Programs Final Capstone Briefings: Fall 2025
  Tuesday, December 9, 2025 6:10 PM – 9:15 PM Where: Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, 606 W. 115 St., New York, NY 10025 Description: The M.S. in Sustainability Management and M.S. in Sustainability Science programs invite you to attend the Capstone Final Briefings! The Integrative Capstone Workshop serves as the culminating academic experience for students in the M.S. in Sustainability Management […]

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• Private Companies Have Raised Millions to Block the Sun. What Could Go Wrong?
  December 3, 2025
  Reaching that scale would require thousands of flights per year from specialized planes and at least the quiet tolerance of governments deciding to look the other way, said Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia […]
• Environmentally Friendly Coffee
  December 3, 2025
  Walter Baethgen, a senior research scientist at Columbia Climate School, cautioned against what he called “carbon myopia,” focusing solely on emissions while overlooking other important social and environmental impacts of coffee production.
• Scientists Warn of Emissions Risks From the Surge in Satellites
  December 2, 2025
  “Unless you have the data from the field, you cannot trust your simulations too much,” Columbia University’s Kostas Tsigaridis, one of the scientists on the NASA team, told me.