Climate28
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The Fire This Time: Facing the Reality of Climate Change
While our short-term response to extreme weather must remain on adaptation, in the long run, we need to understand the reality of the warmer planet we live on and work to mitigate climate change.
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AI’s Growing Carbon Footprint
Artificial intelligence has the potential to develop game-changing ways to fight climate change — but only if we can find ways to cut its carbon emissions.
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How Wildfire Smoke Can Travel Thousands of Miles, and How to Protect Yourself
Columbia Climate School experts comment on the dangerous air pollution from Canadian wildfires.
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State Farm’s California Pullout: What It Means for Climate Adaptation and Communities
Do decisions like State Farm’s aid in moving people out of harm’s way? Climate School experts discuss.
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Announcing a New Podcast: DoveTale
Science and technology alone cannot solve climate change. The DoveTale podcast explores the interconnecting ethical, spiritual, psychological, moral, artistic, and historical dimensions of on-the-ground climate action.
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Montreal Protocol Is Delaying First Ice-Free Arctic Summer
New research from Columbia climate scientists shows that the 1987 ozone treaty, designed to protect the ozone layer, has postponed the occurrence of the first ice-free Arctic by as much as 15 years.
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New Method Predicts Extreme Weather Events More Accurately
Columbia engineers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that will aid in understanding and mitigating the impact of extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent in our warming climate.
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New Mapper Opens Up Access to Flood Planning in New York State
An easy-to-use flood planning tool visualizes building footprint data for nearly all New York State, except New York City.
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Aaron Stockel: From Byzantine History to Modern Politics
A soon-to-be graduate of the M.A. in Climate and Society program discusses his roundabout journey to climate science and politics.

AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
