State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

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  • How to Find a Job in Sustainability

    How to Find a Job in Sustainability

    Sustainability careers are becoming more mainstream, but this transformation comes with no standard playbook.

  • Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Are Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells

    Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Are Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells

    A new study adds to the evidence that structural racism in federal policy is linked to the disproportionate siting of oil and gas wells in marginalized neighborhoods.

  • Now Hiring: Lecturer in the Field of Climate and Environmental Justice

    Now Hiring: Lecturer in the Field of Climate and Environmental Justice

    The Columbia Climate School invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track, renewable position of associate in discipline/lecturer in discipline/senior lecturer in discipline in the field of climate and environmental justice.

  • Climate School Dean Receives Environmental Champion Award

    Climate School Dean Receives Environmental Champion Award

    Maureen Raymo, co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School and director at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received an Environmental Champion Award from NY State Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick. 

  • Come Ride on the Cicada Carousel

    Come Ride on the Cicada Carousel

    Getting people interested in wildlife conservation is no easy feat. Zoos serve a critical, but often overlooked, role.

  • Summer 2022 Research Assistant Needed

    Summer 2022 Research Assistant Needed

    Professor Ben Orlove is seeking a German-speaking research assistant to examine documents and interviews from a region in the Alps affected by climate change.

  • Crowdsourcing to Build Better Insurance

    Crowdsourcing to Build Better Insurance

    In order to offer protective insurance to greater numbers of smallholder farmers, in 2021, the ACToday project began testing mobile crowdsourcing apps that tap into the experiences and memories of farmers themselves.

  • Earth Day Urgency

    Earth Day Urgency

    We are nowhere close to achieving the transition to environmental sustainability, but the process is well underway here in the United States. To achieve this, we need to think about our shared values rather than our differences. Let’s make every day an Earth Day.

  • Beyond Earth Days

    Beyond Earth Days

    Tune in to Sustain What for justice songs, eel revivals, and myriad paths toward planetary progress today and every day.

Photo of the Earth from space with the text "Lamont at AGU25" on top.

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

  • How to Find a Job in Sustainability

    How to Find a Job in Sustainability

    Sustainability careers are becoming more mainstream, but this transformation comes with no standard playbook.

  • Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Are Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells

    Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Are Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells

    A new study adds to the evidence that structural racism in federal policy is linked to the disproportionate siting of oil and gas wells in marginalized neighborhoods.

  • Now Hiring: Lecturer in the Field of Climate and Environmental Justice

    Now Hiring: Lecturer in the Field of Climate and Environmental Justice

    The Columbia Climate School invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track, renewable position of associate in discipline/lecturer in discipline/senior lecturer in discipline in the field of climate and environmental justice.

  • Climate School Dean Receives Environmental Champion Award

    Climate School Dean Receives Environmental Champion Award

    Maureen Raymo, co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School and director at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, received an Environmental Champion Award from NY State Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick. 

  • Come Ride on the Cicada Carousel

    Come Ride on the Cicada Carousel

    Getting people interested in wildlife conservation is no easy feat. Zoos serve a critical, but often overlooked, role.

  • Summer 2022 Research Assistant Needed

    Summer 2022 Research Assistant Needed

    Professor Ben Orlove is seeking a German-speaking research assistant to examine documents and interviews from a region in the Alps affected by climate change.

  • Crowdsourcing to Build Better Insurance

    Crowdsourcing to Build Better Insurance

    In order to offer protective insurance to greater numbers of smallholder farmers, in 2021, the ACToday project began testing mobile crowdsourcing apps that tap into the experiences and memories of farmers themselves.

  • Earth Day Urgency

    Earth Day Urgency

    We are nowhere close to achieving the transition to environmental sustainability, but the process is well underway here in the United States. To achieve this, we need to think about our shared values rather than our differences. Let’s make every day an Earth Day.

  • Beyond Earth Days

    Beyond Earth Days

    Tune in to Sustain What for justice songs, eel revivals, and myriad paths toward planetary progress today and every day.