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People Power and New York City Parks
The parks may not get 1% of NYC’s $100 billion budget, but if 1% of the city’s 8.4 million people volunteered to work in their local park, those 84,000 people could clean up a lot of trash and weeds.
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Teaching Assistant Needed for NYC Watershed Course
Apply by September 15.
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Exploring Actionable Solutions for Water Security
America’s water systems face many challenges, including climate change and aging infrastructure. An upcoming event will focus on ways to solve multiple problems at the same time, with the same funding.
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The Energy Transition Needs to Be Climate-Proofed
Increasingly extreme weather has the potential to derail renewable energy projects — but there are a few things we can do to keep moving forward.
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Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2023
The application deadline is October 31.
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Fast-Wasting Antarctic Glacier Lost Ice Even Faster in Past, Raising Concerns for Future
Some time in the past 200 years, Antarctica’s giant Thwaites Glacier saw a period of retreat much faster than even that observed in recent years. It could be a warning of rapid sea-level rise in the near future.
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Otters the Size of Lions Once Roamed the Earth
Enhydriodon omoensis dwarfed ancestors of humans who lived alongside it from 2.5 to 3.5 million years ago; the two species may have competed for food.
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Jackson Mississippi and America’s Infrastructure Crisis
The collapse of the public water system in Jackson is far from unique. The combination of climate-accelerated extreme weather and infrastructure disinvestment ensures there will be many more Jacksons in our future.
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Meet Patrick Beckley From the Climate and Society Class of 2023
He is interested in implementing climate solutions both locally and globally.

You Asked invites you to share your most pressing questions about climate, science, and sustainability. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School experts will respond with clear, evidence-based answers. Pose your questions and story ideas!
