Author: Marie DeNoia Aronsohn
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Twelve Years After Sandy, Have We Gotten Better at Preparing for Disaster?
Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, the director of Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, reflects on applying lessons from Hurricane Sandy to more recent disasters.
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Amid a Sweltering Summer, a New Study Finds Street Trees Thrive in NYC
New research demonstrates trees grow fastest in the neighborhoods that need them the most.
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The Measure of a Man: Jerome M. Paros ’63GSAS’ Life of Invention and Philanthropy
Jerry Paros’ inventions have improved the measurements of geophysical phenomena such as tsunamis, and enhance our ability to understand the complex earth, air and ocean processes that produce climate change.
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The Hidden Language of Ocean Coral
Logan Brenner, a scientist at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is part of an international collaboration to drill into the ocean’s past.
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Tackling Severe Air Pollution in Africa
An atmospheric scientist has been working to measure and mitigate a longtime health crisis afflicting much of the continent.
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A Summer of Science Saturdays: Casting a Wide Net at Lamont
Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s community education program draws in students of all ages to learn about the Hudson River.
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Anticipating and Tracking Climate Refugees in a Warming Africa
Researchers are looking at what drives climate migration, and how it might best be handled.
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5 Questions With a Scientist and Student Researching Carbon Storage
Environmental scientist Martin Stute and Barnard student Grace Brown discuss their project studying the potential for a rock formation in Oman to store carbon dioxide.
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Sea Level Rise: A Crash Course for All
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory presents a public lecture on the driving forces and dynamics reshaping global coastlines.
