Author: Francesco Fiondella6
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From Climate Science to Climate Service
What makes for good climate services? A new commentary in the journal Science outlines three considerations.
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Crowd-Sourcing Tornado Data, and Other Climate Talks
From crowd-sourcing tornado data to teaching Harlem high-school students about climate change and climate justice, IRI scientists will share a number of fascinating projects at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society
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Watch: Using Climate Information to Boost Resiliency
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society and its partners work in some of the most impoverished areas of the world to increase food security, decrease vulnerability to disasters and predict outbreaks of diseases such as malaria.
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International Conference on El Niño, Nov. 17-18
A live-streamed international conference on El Niño takes place on Nov. 17 and 18 at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society.
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Global Nutrition Report Highlights Role of Climate
Climate change is complicating global efforts to end malnutrition. Even small and seasonal fluctuations in climate can have big impacts on food availability.
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Climate Conditions Help Forecast Meningitis Outbreaks
Wind and dust conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa Africa could help predict a meningitis epidemic, according to a new research by NASA GISS and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society.
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Website Maps the Flu, and Predicts Its Progress
Infectious disease experts at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health have launched a website that reports weekly predictions for rates of seasonal influenza in 94 cities in the United States.


