CLIMATE, EARTH SCIENCES
Art Meets Science at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont’s 2025 Research as Art exhibit provides a platform for scientists to share their research in a creative way.
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Art Meets Science at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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Meet the Inaugural Dean’s Graduate Scholars at Columbia Climate School
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How Columbia Students and Local Activists Are Co-Creating Climate Justice
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How Can AI Address Climate Justice When Women’s Voices Are Silenced?
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Planning Exercises That Got Community Engagement Right
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New Climate Finance Initiative Supports Climate Adaptation Efforts in Glacier-Dependent Regions
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Harnessing AI, Scientists Discover a Rise in Floating Algae Across the Global Ocean
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Leveraging Risk Communications to Bridge Tribal Voices
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Women in Science: Climate Scientist Gisela Winckler
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
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- Tuesday, March 10, 2026 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Where: TBD Description: Asia Society Policy Institute & Columbia Climate School Program Asia Society 725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 Asia Society Members: $15; Non-Members: $25 Buy Event Tickets Nearly a decade after countries adopted the Paris Agreement and endorsed its goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial […]
- Monday, March 9, 2026 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Where: Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Description: Perspectives Dialogue Series | “Degrowth vs. green growth: can capitalism solve climate change?” The Perspectives Dialogue Series is a flagship public forum of the Columbia Climate School, created to elevate rigorous, solutions-oriented conversations on climate questions that do not have easy […]
- Monday, March 9, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Where: Seismology Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Presentation by Russell Callahan. Geologic and Tectonic Controls on Weathering, Water, and Ecosystems Tectonic deformation and magmatic processes control mineralogy, and fracture networks, effectively preconditioning bedrock long before it is exposed at Earth’s surface. These inherited properties strongly influence how rock weathers […]
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Media Highlights
- “The risk of escalation is greater than seen in recent regional conflicts,” said Jason Bordoff, founding director of Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy, in an essay before markets opened….
- “That’s the fuel that powers these coastal storms,” said Daniel Bader, a senior staff associate at Columbia Climate School.
- In 2021, Suzanne Carbotte, marine geophysicist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, led a 41-day expedition aboard the Marcus G. Langseth. Her team towed a 9.3-mile sensor array across nearly the entire zone, firing sound […]
Good on you Terry! Onward!