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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.

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!
