January 20242
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Equipping Teachers and Students for Effective Sustainability Education
The Climate School and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are partnering with the Tencent Foundation to develop sustainability education curricula.
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Science for the Planet: Sinking Seaweed for Sequestration
This second video for Science for the Planet series explores the idea of sinking sargassum seaweed deep in the ocean, taking carbon with it.
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A Volcanic Explosion 520,000 Years Ago Dwarfed One That Devastated the Minoan Civilization
An undersea eruption a half million years ago was much larger than nearly anything recorded in human time.
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Floods and the Urgency of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure
Typically, political processes depend on catastrophes and crises to motivate major programs and expenditures. Will it take a large-scale flooding disaster to generate the political support to fund a flood control system that meets our region’s needs?
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Student Spotlight: How Two Sustainable Development Program Alumni Chose Their Graduate Careers
Christina Deodatis and Lucas Chapman, current MA in Climate and Society students, reflect on their time at Columbia and offer advice for students interested in the climate field.
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Student Spotlight: Shifting Gears From Mitigation to Prevention
After he graduates from the Master of Science in Sustainability Science program in the spring, Tyler Zorn hopes to work in a sustainability-driven climate technology firm.
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Student Spotlight: Funding an Equitable Clean Energy Transition
Shubhi Arora believes in a just and equitable energy transition, and is pursuing an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy to further her goals.
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Alaska Challenges Reinstated Protections for Tongass National Forest
A coalition of Alaskan groups have challenged the Biden administration’s reinstated rules to protect the Tongass National Forest, a major carbon sink that is crucial to Indigenous groups, local biodiversity and the Alaskan economy.
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Bottled Water Can Contain Hundreds of Thousands of Previously Uncounted Tiny Plastic Bits, Study Finds
Using a new technique, scientists have been able to identify extremely minute plastic fragments in bottled water, 10 times more than previously counted.
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
