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Congestion Pricing is Stuck in New York’s Political Traffic
The subway system requires new signals, switches, cars, and expanded routes. While congestion pricing can’t pay for all of that, it can help.
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The Research Begins: Dropping Instruments Into the Abyss
Aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth, Expedition MGL2204’s science team has started deploying ocean-bottom seismometers.
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Coming This Fall: Opinion Writing Workshop for Alumni
The five-week workshop for alumni of the Climate School and the School of Professional Studies will be taught by science journalist Claudia Dreifus.
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NATO’s Cold Response and the Implications of Militarization in the Arctic
Russia’s decline of the observer invitation and the deaths of several marines underscore the seriousness of the circumstances which surround the event this year.
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In Energy, Water and Climate Crises, Conservation is Still Too Often an Unmentionable ‘C’ Word
Whether the challenge is energy, mobility or water, addiction to the status quo has long cut against doing something incredibly effective at community scale: using less.
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Alumni Spotlight: Chak Cherdsatirkul
Chak Cherdsatirkul, one of the first two graduates of Columbia’s Sustainability Management program, shares his aspirations, advice, and post-graduate, award-winning projects.
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Looking for the Origin of Slow Earthquakes in the Guerrero Gap
We are underway on our 48-day long expedition offshore of the west coast of Mexico near Acapulco, where the young Cocos oceanic plate dives beneath the North American plate.
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To Improve Climate and Food Futures, We Need More Rewards for Connection Makers
The networked approach taken by World Food Prize Laureate Cynthia Rosenzweig shows a path to progress in facing rapid climate and societal change.
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Affordable Energy and Water Are Out of Reach for the Urban Poor. Providing Both Would Be Simple.
A visit to a slum in Kampala, Uganda, reveals how the poor pay exorbitant prices for basic utilities that other city dwellers take for granted. The problem could be easily solved.

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
