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Children Highly Vulnerable to Health Risks from Climate Change
Madeleine Thomson, a senior research scientist at IRI and a senior research scholar at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, is a co-editor of PLOS Medicine‘s special issue on Climate Change and Health. Articles in the issue cover climate-related impacts, adaptation and mitigation.
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The Trump Administration’s Continued Attack on Science
As of August 14, the federal government has attempted to censor, misrepresent, and otherwise stifle science over 150 times, according to the Sabin Center’s Silencing Science Tracker.
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Global Climate Models For Public Health? Useful, But Not In The Way We Think
A new paper in PLOS Medicine argues that climate change projections are often misused in health impact studies: they are best suited for shaping public health policies, not for triggering operational actions on the ground.
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Getting Warmer: Understanding Threats to Ocean Health
Two Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists affiliated with the Center for Climate and Life are leading research that examines some of the ways climate change affects the health of the ocean.
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Investigating How the Built Environment Impacts Health and Equality
Having grown up poor, urbanist and Earth Institute faculty member Malo Hutson brings a unique perspective to his work with displaced and impoverished people.
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Short-Term Ocean Temperature Shifts Are Affecting West Antarctic Ice, Says Study
Scientists have known for some time that ice shelves off West Antarctica are melting as deep, warm ocean waters eat at their undersides, but a new study shows that temperatures, and resultant melting, can vary far more than previously thought, within a time scale of a few years.
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Fall 2018 Earth Institute Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities
A variety of undergraduate research assistant positions are available. Apply by September 16, 2018.
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Fall 2018 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities
A variety of undergraduate, graduate and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by September 16, 2018.
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Understanding Climate Change: Long Beach New York, Post-Sandy
People in Long Beach have experienced the impact of climate change and are doing what they can to prepare for future floods. Sandy changed local attitudes toward measures designed to build climate resilience.
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
