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- But in reality, the axis pierces through the surface of the planet at points some distance away from the geographic poles, says Jim Davis, a geodesist at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, who […]
- “I don’t think subsidizing electricity just as a general matter necessarily makes sense,” says Noah Kaufman, a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, who served as a senior […]
- But having a plan can help you make better choices in an emergency, said Sabine Marx, a senior trainer at Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness.