Author: Guest22
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Students Tour Gowanus Canal Superfund Site
With the help of local tour guides, Environmental Science and Policy students learned about the background and current state of one of the most contaminated sites in the country.
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Collapsing Glacier in Kyrgyzstan Sends Worrying Signal to Central Asia
In Kyrgyzstan, where glaciers cover 8% of the land, a recent glacier collapse highlights the dire plight of glaciers in a country that depends on them.
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Carbon Footprints: How to Advance Transparency and Prevent Greenwashing
We need a unified format for how carbon footprints are communicated, and policies to make them a normal part of doing business.
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Seeing Through the Sea
How researchers are plumbing the seafloor during a quest to understand ‘silent’ earthquakes off the Mexican coast.
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Life Aboard the Langseth
Daily life on a research vessel is smaller and slower-paced — in a good way, for the most part.
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Working the Night Shift on the R/V Marcus Langseth
When you work 4am to 12pm on a research vessel, you get to watch some beautiful sunrises and eat breakfast for lunch every day.
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The Research Begins: Dropping Instruments Into the Abyss
Aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth, Expedition MGL2204’s science team has started deploying ocean-bottom seismometers.
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Coming This Fall: Opinion Writing Workshop for Alumni
The five-week workshop for alumni of the Climate School and the School of Professional Studies will be taught by science journalist Claudia Dreifus.
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Alumni Spotlight: Chak Cherdsatirkul
Chak Cherdsatirkul, one of the first two graduates of Columbia’s Sustainability Management program, shares his aspirations, advice, and post-graduate, award-winning projects.
