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How Word Choices in the Mainstream News Media Signal a Country’s Level of Peace
By analyzing the frequency of certain words within news media from any country, a machine learning algorithm can produce a quantitative “peace index” that captures the level of peace within that country.
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Alumni Spotlight: Centering Humans in Asia’s Energy Transition
MPA-ESP graduate Srishti Mahajan discusses how the program helped advance not only her career but her understanding of human dynamics.
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Meet Steve Goldstein, Interim Director of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Steve Goldstein, interim director of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, talks about his long history with Columbia, and why the geosciences have such an important role to play in the climate crisis.
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Come Visit Us at Lamont Open House
Come out to Palisades, NY, on October 14 for some fun, hands-on science education for all ages.
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8 Questions with Jeffrey Shaman, Columbia Climate School’s Interim Dean
A Q&A with Jeffrey Shaman, who recently assumed the role of interim dean at Columbia Climate School
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How Can Communities and Developers Work to Mitigate the Impacts of Big Projects?
A new guide aims to helps developers and communities negotiate agreements that will minimize the impacts of large projects on local people and land.
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When It Rains, It Pours. Why?
Atmospheric scientist Michela Biasutti investigates what drives rainfall on a wide variety of time scales, and how climate change may affect it. She is passing on the basics to students.
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Five Columbia Climate Researchers Honored by Leading Scientific Organizations
Scientists connected to the Climate School received notable accolades from the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society.
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Meet Farida Razaqi of the Climate and Society Class of 2024
Born and raised in Afghanistan, she’s working at the intersection of climate change, gender, and security.
