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- Friday, November 8, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Where: Monell Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: This is a special OCP Seminar, celebrating the 75th anniversary of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. Title: Recent and near-term hydroclimate change in the world’s Mediterranean climate regions with a diversion into mechanisms of aridification in southwest North America Abstract: Mediterranean Climate Regions […]
- Wednesday, November 6, 2024 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Where: Online Event Description: Climate LIVE K12: Bringing Youth Voices to the Climate Conversation Climate LIVE K12 is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents. About this Event Target Audience: Grades 6-8, 9-12, Educators, the Public How can youth tackle creating change in climate, addressing one of the […]
- Wednesday, November 6, 2024 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM Where: Seismology Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Presentation by Pr. Greg McLaskey What slows and stops an earthquake rupture? Insights from large-scale laboratory earthquake experiments Abstract: For decades, dynamic earthquake rupture models have employed a fracture energy Gtot ≈ 1 MJ/m2, that is orders of magnitude […]
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- In 2020, Columbia University created the Columbia Climate School, which houses its master's program in Climate and Society. Now the school, which contains a mix of preexisting and new faculty and programs, is launching a […]
- Article on research coauthored by Lamont scientist Won-Young Kim
- Article on research coauthored by Lamont scientists Dennis Kent and Paul Olsen