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Study Links NYC Congestion Pricing Policy to Cleaner Air In Lower Manhattan
One year after the city launched its congestion pricing policy, fine particulate pollution inside Manhattan’s congestion relief zone was 13 percent lower, according to a new analysis.
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Critical Minerals, New Energy Sources and the Race for Resilience
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How Do We Make COP32 Deliver on Climate Goals?
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Lamont Researchers Receive Major Earth Science Honors from the American Geophysical Union
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Study Links NYC Congestion Pricing Policy to Cleaner Air In Lower Manhattan
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September Research Roundup: Select Papers
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Come Visit Us at Lamont Open House
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El Niño 2026: How Big Could It Get?
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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?
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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- Tuesday, October 13, 2026 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Where: Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Description: Overview A top science journalist, the new deputy science editor of The New York Times, talks about what she does and how she does it. Alexandra Sifferlin, the former science news editor for the Times Opinion section, will also discuss her […]
- Monday, October 12, 2026 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Where: Buell Hall, 515 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: Overview: Governments around the world are using industrial policy to speed the shift to a low-carbon economy. They are investing in clean energy manufacturing, emerging technologies, nature-positive supply chains, and these policies are reshaping global markets. They also raise […]
- Monday, October 12, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Where: Seismology Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Jared Bryan, LDEO, presents: TBA Jared Bryan’s research is focused on understanding magma storage and transport at volcanoes through time-lapse seismic monitoring. He has worked on developing a monitoring technique based on receiver functions, which are uniformly sensitive to velocity changes […]
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This is a remarkable article and does a great job of explaining what El Nino itself is, rather than the…
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- in climate litigation, with more than 2,100 cases filed since the 1980s, according to Michael Gerrard , founder and faculty director of Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, which tracks climate lawsuits worldwide. […]
- But “If you’re going to be out there looking for it, you’re not going to see it,” says Richard Seager, a research professor at Columbia University’s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.
- “Globally, neither national legislatures nor governments are taking adequate action, and so the advocates of climate action are turning to the courts,” said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at […]
There is only ONE experiment that can show that CO2 is responsible for planetary warming. Let’s go get a planet…