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In Sediments Below Antarctic Ice, Scientists Discover a Giant Groundwater System
For the first time, scientists have mapped in detail water locked in a deep basin far under the Antarctic ice. The discovery could have implications for how the continent reacts to, or even contributes to, climate change.
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2022 World Food Prize Awarded to Columbia Climate Scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig
The award recognizes her pioneering work in modeling the impact of climate change on food production worldwide.
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Ammar Belal Knows There’s No Sustainable Fashion Without Social Justice
Socially responsible fashion designer Ammar Belal is teaching Sustainability Management students to avoid the mistakes he once made.
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Investment Governance in Cambodia: A Window of Opportunity
A new investment law in Cambodia could open the way for more inclusive, sustainable investment.
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Cryptocurrency’s Dirty Secret: Energy Consumption
To be a true game changer, crypto may need to come clean and go green.
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Fieldwork in Bangladesh During the End of Ramadan and Eid Festival
We have come to in Bangladesh in the pre-monsoon heat to better image the active faults beneath the surface using electromagnetic instruments. We are using the fallow fields from the just-harvested rice crop for our sites.
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Are You Feeling the Heat Yet?
Disadvantaged populations are hit hardest by climate change impacts. Let us practice climate justice by thinking of the unconscious injustices that we are a part of.
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Summer 2022 Internship Opportunities at the Earth Institute
A variety of positions are available. Applications are due by May 9 at 11:30pm ET.
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New York City’s Recovery Will Be Built on Our Resiliency and Ingenuity
This diverse, intense city has the brainpower to engineer a comeback. We did it before and we will do it again.

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
