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• The Ocean on Fire: A Talk by Anaïs Maurer
  Thursday, April 30, 2026 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Where: Buell Hall, 515 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: The Ocean on Fire: Pacific Stories from Nuclear Survivors and Climate Activists Anaïs Maurer Bombarded with the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb a day for half a century, Pacific people have long been subjected to man-made cataclysm. Well before […]
• Environmental Humanities Grantee Showcase
  Thursday, April 30, 2026 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Where: Fayerweather Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 Description: In efforts to feature the progressive work being done by each of the Center for Science and Society’s Environmental Humanities-funded projects, we will be hosting our first Environmental Humanities Grantee Showcase. In 2025, we awarded grants to three incredible projects. […]
• Professional Learning Workshop: Climate and Disaster Risk Management
  Wednesday, March 25, 2026 5:30 PM – Wed , May 6, 2026 7:40 PM Where: Online Event Description: Schedule: (VIRTUAL) Wednesday evenings, March 25 – May 6, 2026. Session 1 will be 2 hours in length. All other sessions will run for 2 hours and 10 minutes. Session 1: March 25, 5:30-7:30 pm ET Session 2: April 1, 5:30-7:40 pm […]

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Media Highlights

• Giant Arctic Continent Launched Dinosaurs to World Domination
  April 27, 2026
  About 200 million years ago, it helped cause a cold spell that lasted for millennia and gave dinosaurs their chance to conquer the planet. According to palaeontologist Paul Olsen at Columbia University in New York, […]
• Oil Industry’s Supreme Court Win Spills Into Climate Lawsuits
  April 27, 2026
  Federal officer removal had been raised in every climate case, but judges found it to be a bad fit, said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, which […]
• Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin?
  April 27, 2026
  “Zeldin has displayed acrobatic flexibility in bending environmental laws to suit the desires of the White House,” Michael Gerrard, the faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, told me. […]