201812
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Interactive Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Climate Change and Its Impacts
In celebration of Climate Week NYC, here are 10 sample questions from our Climate Challenge game on Kahoot!
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6 Ways Our Team Is Taking Action on Climate Change—And How You Can, Too
Scientists and staff within the Earth Institute share some of the ways they’re shrinking their carbon footprints.
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Urbanization is Cutting Off Life Support to NYC’s Wetlands
New study reveals surprising facts behind a shrinking wetland, and suggests remedies.
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Silencing Science Tracker Expanded to Include State and Local Government Actions
Because the federal government isn’t the only one trying to censor, misrepresent, or otherwise stifle science.
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North Korea’s 2017 Bomb Test Set Off Later Earthquakes, New Analysis Finds
Using newly refined analysis methods, scientists have discovered that a North Korean nuclear bomb test last fall set off aftershocks over a period of eight months on a previously unmapped earthquake fault nearby.
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After Florence: Improving the Management of Toxic Materials
This is an opportunity to reengineer and reimagine the way toxic materials are managed.
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6 Ways America Can Get Back on Track with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
And why our lives depend on it; an excerpt from professor Jeffrey Sachs’ new book, A New Foreign Policy.
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Global Perspectives on the UN’s Global Pact for the Environment
Legal experts from around the world weigh in on a UN resolution that aims to codify a human right to the environment in international law.
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Dear Environmentalists, We Must Talk About Business
The pressure is on us to make a change, and we can’t afford to leave anyone behind. If we want to change the world, we have to work with big forces.
AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
