Author: Columbia Climate School44
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Urban Earthquakes, Nuclear Bombs and 9/11
Seismologist Honored for Work Local and Global
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Protecting African Farmers from Climate Extremes
Innovative Crop Insurance Will Be Geared to Weather Data
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Investor’s Guide Aims to Open West African Nation
São Tomé and Principe Offers Agriculture, Tourism, Oil
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Financier Bill Gross Selling More of His Celebrated Stamp Collection for Millennium Villages
NEW YORK – Wall Street money manager, Bill Gross, will offer another portion of his extensive, international stamp collection in a public auction conservatively estimated to bring over $1.25 million. All proceeds from the sale of his British Empire stamps will be donated by Sue and Bill Gross to the Millennium Villages project at the…
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Top Science Award Goes To Climate Researcher Wallace Broecker
Balzan Prize Honors Key Insights Into Changes in Oceans, Atmosphere
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Tides Foundation Awards $1.9 million Matching Challenge Gift to the Earth Institute to Promote Sustainable Urban Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
In a landmark contribution to the Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Tides Foundation has awarded MCI with a challenge gift of up to $1.9 million. The gift will support the project’s work to assist selected mid-sized cities across sub-Saharan Africa to promote sustainable development and achieve the Millennium…
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Rare Stamps Auctioned for $1.6 million for Projects in Africa by PIMCO’s Bill Gross
posted: June 18, 2008 NEW YORK, June 19 —Proceeds from the sale of a rare collection of Scandinavian stamps were donated in order to expand development projects in Africa that will reach more than a half million people. Bill Gross, one of the world’s most successful money managers, who has also made a name for…
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The Earth Institute Site Named Best Education Site for the 12th Annual Webby Awards
New York, NY, May 12, 2008 – The 12th Annual Webby Awards today named The Earth Institute as the Best Education Site of 2008. Hailed as “the Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video…
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Southern Flavor in the Arctic
Rocks Under the Northern Ocean are Found to Resemble Ones Far South