CLIMATE, GENDER EQUALITY
Celebrating the 2026 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
In honor of this year’s theme, “Synergizing AI, Social Science, STEM and Finance: Building Inclusive Futures for Women and Girls,” we’re highlighting just some of the exceptional women researchers from the Columbia Climate School.
Recent Stories
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Celebrating the 2026 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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How Can We Mend Our Living World?
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Can Carbon Markets Offset the Emissions We Can’t Eliminate?
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Unexpected Climate Feedback Links Antarctic Ice Sheet With Reduced Carbon Uptake
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Greenland Ice Cap Vanished Just 7,000 Years Ago
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Sea Levels Are Rising—But in Greenland, They Will Fall
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Human Activity Is Driving Rapid Sinking of World’s River Deltas
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Remembering World-Renowned Soil Scientist, Agriculture and Food Security Center Director Pedro Sanchez
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Get Ready for Smokier Air: Record 2023 Wildfire Smoke Marks Long-Term Shift in North American Air Quality
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“
Education & Community
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Upcoming Events
- Wednesday, February 11, 2026 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Where: Online Event Description: Climate LIVE K12: The Secret Life of a Dress Climate LIVE K12 is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents. About this Event Target Audience: Grades K-12, Educators, the Public What happens before a dress lands on a store shelf, and after it leaves […]
- Wednesday, February 11, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: A MPG/SGT seminar presentation by Dr. Kate Scholz. Title: Insights from Modeling Magmatic Processes: Deep Long Period Earthquakes and Dikes at Stratovolcanoes Abstract: Magmatic plumbing systems span the entirety of the Earth’s crust and involve complex feedback between thermal, […]
- Wednesday, February 11, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: Online Event Description: Join us for a conversation on Freshwater and the Sustainability of Bangladesh’s Delta Water is abundant in Bangladesh, but not always in the form needed: it may be too salty for irrigation or drinking, contaminated with microbial pathogens, or laden with arsenic. It can flow in overwhelming amounts […]
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Media Highlights
- The lab best positioned to support such analysis was NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. But the Trump administration has targeted Goddard for massive staff and budget cuts, especially within its climate programs. “They were […]
- At the first drill site, the Challenger’s drill bit jammed on a very hard layer 200 meters below the bottom of the sea. The next day, Hsü and his co-lead scientist, William Ryan of Lamont-Doherty […]
- “We’ve only ever thought about carbon being added to the atmosphere from the land and going into the ocean,” Gavin Schmidt, the co-author of the new study and director of the NASA Goddard Institute for […]