Author: Columbia Climate School5

Reflections on COP28

A look back at the annual global climate conference.
Why Did This Journalist Enroll in the Climate and Society Program?

Vishal Manve is looking for new ways to help make the world more sustainable and just.
Climate School Announces Two New Appointments

Meet Melissa Lott and Catherine McKenna, two new members of the Columbia Climate School
COP28: Delegates From the Climate School Share Their Plans and Hopes

Columbia Climate School representatives will be attending the global climate summit in Dubai. Here’s what they hope to achieve.
Science for the Planet: Why Marshes Must Be Preserved

While collecting sediment cores from a New York City coastal marsh, botanist and climatologist Dorothy Peteet explains how such ecosystems store massive amounts of carbon, but are under threat from sea-level rise.
In Massive Project, Scientists to Probe Deposits Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Drilling into sub-ice deposits left behind during times when the Earth was warmer than today should provide insights into how a massive ice sheet will react to human-induced climate change.
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.
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.
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.

Reflections on COP28

A look back at the annual global climate conference.
Why Did This Journalist Enroll in the Climate and Society Program?

Vishal Manve is looking for new ways to help make the world more sustainable and just.
Climate School Announces Two New Appointments

Meet Melissa Lott and Catherine McKenna, two new members of the Columbia Climate School
COP28: Delegates From the Climate School Share Their Plans and Hopes

Columbia Climate School representatives will be attending the global climate summit in Dubai. Here’s what they hope to achieve.
Science for the Planet: Why Marshes Must Be Preserved

While collecting sediment cores from a New York City coastal marsh, botanist and climatologist Dorothy Peteet explains how such ecosystems store massive amounts of carbon, but are under threat from sea-level rise.
In Massive Project, Scientists to Probe Deposits Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Drilling into sub-ice deposits left behind during times when the Earth was warmer than today should provide insights into how a massive ice sheet will react to human-induced climate change.
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.
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.
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.