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Rare Earth Metals: Another Challenge for the Green Economy?

Rare earth metals play an important role in our envisaged carbon-free future, but their availability in the future is under question for different political and availability issues, which is worrying for planned reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Student ‘Aquanauts’ to Tackle Water Issues

“We would like to take on international problems, problems of development, problems in the United States, but have them done with academic content and interest. Instead of people being sent to random places, we would take engineering companies that have an interest in a particular region in solving a problem, and they would bring the…
Urban Wastewater: One Man’s Waste Is Another Man’s Treasure

How can we overcome the main challenges we face in our urban wastewater systems today? Are there opportunities to improve sustainability in water treatment systems in US cities to support local food security?
What’s in Your Rice? A Look at Where Rice in the U.S. Comes from

US rice production dominates our consumption at over 90% (USDA, 2012), and the question is whether or not that choice is the best one for our water and our environment.
Hydraulic Fracturing and Food Security: Can We Have Our Cake and Eat it Too?

What are the implications of hydraulic fracturing on agriculture and food security? In agricultural areas with widespread, ongoing hydrofracking, there have been incidences of livestock poisoning from contaminated surface water sources or grasses, and soil contamination from explosions, spills, flares, irresponsible fracking-wastewater treatment, and leaky gas pipes.
Sustainability Meets the Bottom-Line: Bloomberg LP

Lee Ballin, Sustainability Manager at Bloomberg, LP, a leader in global business news and financial information, talks to students about the organization’s internal and client-centered sustainability initiatives.
A New Spring Course: Bangladesh: Life on a Tectonically Active Delta

During the Spring 2012 semester, the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development is offering a new and unique senior Capstone Workshop that explores the world’s largest delta in Bangladesh as an example of development challenges in the 21st century.
“The Population Bomb: Defused or Still Ticking?” Seminar Recap

“Thank you for coming on this gorgeous day, to sit in an airless, lightless room and discuss how to save the world,” said John Mutter, director of Columbia’s PhD in Sustainable Development and a member of the Earth Institute faculty, in welcoming the audience of the Sustainable Development Seminar, “The Population Bomb: Defused or Still…
Plugging the Leaks in Climate Models

Independent quality controls for climate models are crucial for the quality of future climate change predictions. Not all models are equally good and should be utilized in climate impact studies for such things as crop yield and hydrology that are produced for far-reaching decision-making.

Rare Earth Metals: Another Challenge for the Green Economy?

Rare earth metals play an important role in our envisaged carbon-free future, but their availability in the future is under question for different political and availability issues, which is worrying for planned reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Student ‘Aquanauts’ to Tackle Water Issues

“We would like to take on international problems, problems of development, problems in the United States, but have them done with academic content and interest. Instead of people being sent to random places, we would take engineering companies that have an interest in a particular region in solving a problem, and they would bring the…
Urban Wastewater: One Man’s Waste Is Another Man’s Treasure

How can we overcome the main challenges we face in our urban wastewater systems today? Are there opportunities to improve sustainability in water treatment systems in US cities to support local food security?
What’s in Your Rice? A Look at Where Rice in the U.S. Comes from

US rice production dominates our consumption at over 90% (USDA, 2012), and the question is whether or not that choice is the best one for our water and our environment.
Hydraulic Fracturing and Food Security: Can We Have Our Cake and Eat it Too?

What are the implications of hydraulic fracturing on agriculture and food security? In agricultural areas with widespread, ongoing hydrofracking, there have been incidences of livestock poisoning from contaminated surface water sources or grasses, and soil contamination from explosions, spills, flares, irresponsible fracking-wastewater treatment, and leaky gas pipes.
Sustainability Meets the Bottom-Line: Bloomberg LP

Lee Ballin, Sustainability Manager at Bloomberg, LP, a leader in global business news and financial information, talks to students about the organization’s internal and client-centered sustainability initiatives.
A New Spring Course: Bangladesh: Life on a Tectonically Active Delta

During the Spring 2012 semester, the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development is offering a new and unique senior Capstone Workshop that explores the world’s largest delta in Bangladesh as an example of development challenges in the 21st century.
“The Population Bomb: Defused or Still Ticking?” Seminar Recap

“Thank you for coming on this gorgeous day, to sit in an airless, lightless room and discuss how to save the world,” said John Mutter, director of Columbia’s PhD in Sustainable Development and a member of the Earth Institute faculty, in welcoming the audience of the Sustainable Development Seminar, “The Population Bomb: Defused or Still…
Plugging the Leaks in Climate Models

Independent quality controls for climate models are crucial for the quality of future climate change predictions. Not all models are equally good and should be utilized in climate impact studies for such things as crop yield and hydrology that are produced for far-reaching decision-making.