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What Can Fossil Corals in the Cook Islands Teach Us About Global Sea Level Rise?
Scientists are studying fossil coral reefs in the Cook Islands to reconstruct sea levels during the Last Interglacial, and hoping to improve projections of future change.
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Real Science, Right Now: How High School Students Are Researching Climate Solutions
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What Can Fossil Corals in the Cook Islands Teach Us About Global Sea Level Rise?
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Columbia Climate School Hosts City Leaders to Address Energy Affordability and Climate Action
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On Ancient Madagascar, Large Native Herbivores Paid the Price as Introduced Livestock Spread
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A Career Spent Collecting Earth’s Seismic Clues
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Robot Sailboats Will Spend Five Years Measuring Carbon in the Southern Ocean
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New Report: Ocean Carbon Removal Shows Promise, But Big Questions Remain
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Empowering the Next Generation of Climate Leaders in the Green Mountains
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This Stanley Park Fellow Is Studying Climate Finance To Help Guide Chile’s Energy Transition
On Saturday, October 17, 2026 from 10am to 4pm, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House—our biggest, best science fun and discovery event of the year—will take place on our beautiful campus in Palisades, NY. Mark your calendar and join us for this free, family-friendly celebration of science! RSVP Today!
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Upcoming Events
- Tuesday, October 6, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Where: Online Description: A strong El Niño event is anticipated in the coming months, creating a unique opportunity to examine implications for climate risk, city preparedness, and community resilience. El Niño can affect weather, precipitation, temperature, storms, drought, air quality, food systems, supply chains, energy use, and health outcomes. It is also likely […]
- Monday, October 5, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Where: Seismology Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Ed Beuler, University of Alaska- Fairbanks, presents: Stokes glacier models with Firedrake The power-law Stokes equations describe the flow of ice in glaciers and ice sheets. This is a gravity-driven, viscous, and shear-thinning flow with a stress-free surface. The surface is […]
- Thursday, October 1, 2026 6:10 PM – 8:00 PM Where: International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: Natural Resources, Development, and Brazil’s Place in the Global Economy Daniela Campello | Columbia University Event Description: Taking a Global South perspective, this session uses Brazil as a case study to examine the political and economic consequences of globalization […]
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Media Highlights
- It is sobering that some of the most significant progress this year wasn’t because the United Nations took action, but because of the Iran war, said Gernot Wagner, an economist at Columbia Business School….
- When Jeffrey Shaman, a climatologist at Columbia Climate School, heard the phrase “super El Niño” for the first time earlier this year, he said, “I literally googled it.”…
- Lisa Sachs, director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, said that green banks can only do so much to close the gap. “The public capital is the binding constraint on how much private capital […]
And we are in 2026. And how many if any of these grand proposals are in progress?