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Climate change law comes to Columbia
Climate change is coming to the legal profession in a big way. And law schools are starting to notice, with Columbia Law School announcing today that it has hired environmental lawyer Michael Gerrard to head a new Center for Climate Change Law.
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Earth Institute at the American Geophysical Union
Earth Institute scientists are presenting scores of talks at the world’s largest gathering of earth scientists, the fall 2008 meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Subjects include unseen natural hazards, changing climate, and how mankind will deal with these challenges. Most researchers at AGU come from two of the Earth Institute’s largest centers: Lamont-Doherty Earth…
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Climate matters, and most of the world agrees
Climate matters, and that’s not just the opinion of the Columbia Climate Center. Recent surveys in the US and overseas indicate that most people see climate change as a threat; even those that don’t consider it a serious problem agree that it is worth addressing. In a recent survey of twelve countries, made by HSBC…
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Welcome to Climate Matters @ Columbia!
Welcome to Climate Matters @ Columbia, a new blog coming out of the recently formed Columbia Climate Center from the Earth Institute, Columbia University. On Climate Matters, we’ll talk about all things climate: from basic climate science to policy considerations, from the climate impacts on public health to using conservation of biodiversity as a strategy…
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Geophysicist Wins ‘Women of Discovery’ Award
Maya Tolstoy Recognized for Deep-Sea Exploration
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Carbon Dioxide Already in Danger Zone, Warns Study
Revised Theory Says Levels in Air Must Decline, Not Just Stabilize
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Rocks Could Be Harnessed to Sponge Vast Amounts of Carbon Dioxide from Air, Say Researchers
Proposed Method Would Speed Natural Reactions a Million Times
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Google Grant to Researchers Aims at Climate-Connected Disease
Work in Ethiopia Will Aid Predictions of Malaria, Meningitis Outbreaks
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Explorers to Probe Hidden Antarctic Mountains
Under Miles of Ice, Range May Hold Secrets of Geology and Climate
