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To Kale for the First GPS Station
We drove 15 hours over two days to get to Kale, our new home base. Here, we managed to build a monument and install our first GPS station in only one day. Our homemade post-driver worked amazingly well.
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America’s Public Libraries: A Democratizing, Positive Product of our Communities
A reminder that there is far more good in the world than evil, and that we always do better when we build libraries and schools instead of prisons.
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Installing GPS in Myanmar
We believe the IndoBurman subduction zone is active and that there is a significant earthquake hazard in this densely populated region. We are installing GPS stations to monitor it.
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Coming Soon To A City Near You: E-Scooters
Shared, dockless electric scooters have taken to the streets of cities across the U.S. Is New York City ground zero for the next e-scooter invasion?
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Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development Seeks Spring 2019 Teaching Assistants
Six courses are seeking teaching assistants for Spring 2019. Apply by November 26.
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Will Trump’s Environmental Policies Send Us Over Climate Tipping Points?
The Trump administration is attempting to rescind almost all the policies to fight climate change proposed or enacted by the Obama administration. Could this send us over the climate tipping points?
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After Ten Years of Index Insurance, What’s Next?
Insurance helps to increase the food system’s resiliency to climate shocks, and encourages farmers to make more productive and sustainable decisions.
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How to Talk About Climate Change
Climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe explains how she merges her evangelical Christian faith and scientific work, and what needs to be done to win hearts and minds on the issue of climate change.
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Breaking the Climate Silence
A recent graduate of the sustainable development program talks changing the conversation and breaking climate silence with the Climate Museum.
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
