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Coffee for the Birds: Connecting Bird-watchers With Shade-grown Coffee

A new study explores whether bird-friendly coffee is on the radar of bird watchers: Are they drinking it and, if not, why not?
Study Calls for Home Battery Storage to Protect Vulnerable During Outages

Battery storage can help protect medically vulnerable households as extreme weather makes power outages more commonplace.
Experts Weigh In on the Deep Freeze and Power Outages in Texas

Is a failure of wind power really behind the blackouts? How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again? Earth Institute scholars have answers to these questions and more.
Allergy Seasons Are Worsening and Climate Change Is Playing a Significant Role

Pollen seasons are 20 days longer and present 21 percent more pollen than in 1990, according to a new study.
Supercomputers Simulate 800,000 Years of California Earthquakes to Pinpoint Risks

Scientists are working to improve their calculations of earthquake danger by combining maps of known faults with the use of supercomputers to simulate potential shaking deep into the future in California.
Reconstructing 6.5 Million Years of Western Mediterranean Sea Levels

Researchers have reconstructed past sea levels in the western Mediterranean in new detail by sampling coastal cave formations.
New U.N. Report Highlights Need to Step Up Climate Change Adaptation

Earth Institute scientists are among the lead authors on the report, which calls for increased financing for adaptation projects, especially nature-based solutions.
2020 Tied With 2016 as the Hottest Year on Record

Scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies find that 2020 was statistically equal with 2016, continuing a long-term trend.
Far-Drifting Antarctic Icebergs Are Trigger of Ice Ages, Scientists Say

Large numbers of icebergs that drifted unusually far from Antarctica before melting into ocean waters have been key to initiating ice ages of the past, says a new study.

Coffee for the Birds: Connecting Bird-watchers With Shade-grown Coffee

A new study explores whether bird-friendly coffee is on the radar of bird watchers: Are they drinking it and, if not, why not?
Study Calls for Home Battery Storage to Protect Vulnerable During Outages

Battery storage can help protect medically vulnerable households as extreme weather makes power outages more commonplace.
Experts Weigh In on the Deep Freeze and Power Outages in Texas

Is a failure of wind power really behind the blackouts? How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again? Earth Institute scholars have answers to these questions and more.
Allergy Seasons Are Worsening and Climate Change Is Playing a Significant Role

Pollen seasons are 20 days longer and present 21 percent more pollen than in 1990, according to a new study.
Supercomputers Simulate 800,000 Years of California Earthquakes to Pinpoint Risks

Scientists are working to improve their calculations of earthquake danger by combining maps of known faults with the use of supercomputers to simulate potential shaking deep into the future in California.
Reconstructing 6.5 Million Years of Western Mediterranean Sea Levels

Researchers have reconstructed past sea levels in the western Mediterranean in new detail by sampling coastal cave formations.
New U.N. Report Highlights Need to Step Up Climate Change Adaptation

Earth Institute scientists are among the lead authors on the report, which calls for increased financing for adaptation projects, especially nature-based solutions.
2020 Tied With 2016 as the Hottest Year on Record

Scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies find that 2020 was statistically equal with 2016, continuing a long-term trend.
Far-Drifting Antarctic Icebergs Are Trigger of Ice Ages, Scientists Say

Large numbers of icebergs that drifted unusually far from Antarctica before melting into ocean waters have been key to initiating ice ages of the past, says a new study.