Author: Columbia Climate School49
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Earth Institute, Recycling Company Partnership Offers Win-Win Solutions
The Earth Engineering Center (EEC) at the Earth Institute at Columbia University has helped to launch a company that uses an innovative rewards system to increase household recycling. The company, RecycleBank, operates under the belief that recycling rates go up when people are paid to recycle. With this new program, residents use a recycling bin…
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Does Access to Public Transportation Increase Property Values?
Student researcher examines bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Bogota, Colombia
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Glacial Earthquakes Point to Rising Temperatures in Greenland
Rise of seismic activity linked to the movement of glaciers may be a response to global warming
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Study Offers Preview of Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid Climate Changes
Behavior of Scandinavian Ice Sheet at the end of the last Ice Age may preview loss of Greenland Ice Sheet due to global warming
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Reining in Carbon Dioxide Levels Imperative but Possible
Business-as-usual approach threatens world energy supplies and environment, but affordable, effective solutions appear within reach
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Climate Forecasting Systems Help Predict Malaria Risk in Africa
A recent study published in Nature shows that climate forecasts can help predict malaria epidemics many months in advance. These predictions can alert health service managers to changes in epidemic risk five months before the peak malaria season and four months earlier than predictions based on actual rainfall. The study appears in the February 2…
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Two New Lakes Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
Ancient water bodies may contain ecosystems adapted to life beneath more than two miles of ice
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Mapping Socioeconomic Data Reveals Trends
Humans have provoked a lot of wobbling in the global food web, and one result is the explosion of infectious diseases. “All of our infectious diseases are other species making a living off of us,” says Joel Cohen, a populations expert at both Columbia and Rockefeller Universities. “Think of the thousands of bacteria in our…
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Researchers Confirm Role of Massive Flood in Climate Change
Flood of fresh water disrupted ocean circulation and Earth’s climate; simulations validated by climate proxy record