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Why Hosting an Olympic Competition in Tahiti Is a (Really) Bad Idea
A plan to build a judging tower atop coral may cause irreversible damage to the local marine ecosystem.
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Back to the Sundarbans
As part of our trip studying land subsidence and elevation changes, we boarded a boat to travel through the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
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Servicing My GNSS (GPS) in Bangladesh Once Again
The sustainability of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta and Bangladesh depends on the balance of sea level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. We are measuring the latter two across the coastal zone.
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Celebrating Women in Science: Tree-Ring Researcher Rose Oelkers
A Q&A with Rose Oelkers, a Ph.D. candidate at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory who studies tropical trees and their response to changes in the environment.
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Celebrating Women in Science: Amanda Grossi on Advancing Food Security
A Q&A with IRI’s Amanda Grossi, who works with farmers in Africa to help manage climate risk.
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Science for the Planet: Uncovering the Mysteries of Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheets
Marco Tedesco explains how remote-sensing data can reveal how Greenland’s ice sheets are melting.
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Celebrating Women in Science: Sari Blakeley
Beginning February 11, in honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re highlighting some of the amazing scientists at Columbia Climate School.
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Extreme Weather is Necessitating a Shift in Humanitarian Action: A Q&A with Andrew Kruczkiewicz
How can groups like the Red Cross anticipate and prepare for disaster, as opposed to merely responding to it?
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A Climate Expert Explains Why Atmospheric Rivers Are Causing Historic Rainfall in California
Climate professor Mingfang Ting discusses how atmospheric rivers are connected to climate change and what communities can do about them.

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