Author: Columbia Climate School32
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James Hansen to Lead New Program on Climate Science and Policy
A Focus on Practical Results
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Ozone-Protection Treaty Had Climate Benefits, Too, Study Says
The global treaty that headed off destruction of earth’s protective ozone layer has also prevented major disruption of global rainfall patterns, according to a new study in the Journal of Climate. The 1987 Montreal Protocol phased out the use of chloroflourocarbons, or CFCs, a class of chemicals that destroy ozone in the stratosphere, allowing more…
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Disaster Readiness Center Joins Earth Institute
Shaping Local, Global Responses to Natural and Manmade Threats
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‘Highway from Hell’ Fueled Costa Rican Volcano
Finding Could Lead to Improved Eruption Forecasting
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Distant Quakes Trigger Tremors at U.S. Waste-Injection Sites, Says Study
Finding Could Help Identify Critically Stressed Faults
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New Forensic Technique May Help Track Illegal Ivory
Epic Elephant Slaughter Leads Scientists to Develop Dating Tool
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Genetic Maps Of Ocean Algae Show Bacteria-Like Flexibility
May Hold Clues to Future Climate
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Arctic Current Flowed Under Deep Freeze of Last Ice Age, Study Says
Evidence Retrieved from Sediments in Remote Polar Basins
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Climate Scientist, Volcanologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Mark Cane, an expert on the El Niño climate pattern, and Terry Plank, an authority on explosive volcanoes—both scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory–have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the National Academy, given for excellence in original scientific work, is one of the highest honors awarded to engineers and…