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  • Getting Warmer: Understanding Threats to Ocean Health

    Getting Warmer: Understanding Threats to Ocean Health

    Two Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists affiliated with the Center for Climate and Life are leading research that examines some of the ways climate change affects the health of the ocean.

  • Short-Term Ocean Temperature Shifts Are Affecting West Antarctic Ice, Says Study

    Short-Term Ocean Temperature Shifts Are Affecting West Antarctic Ice, Says Study

    Scientists have known for some time that ice shelves off West Antarctica are melting as deep, warm ocean waters eat at their undersides, but a new study shows that temperatures, and resultant melting, can vary far more than previously thought, within a time scale of a few years.

  • AGU Names Three Earth Institute Scientists as 2018 Fellows

    AGU Names Three Earth Institute Scientists as 2018 Fellows

    The American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest earth and space science society, made the announcement on Thursday morning.

  • AGU Recognizes Lamont Scientists With Section Awards

    AGU Recognizes Lamont Scientists With Section Awards

    The American Geophysical Union honors the outstanding work of three scientists from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

  • The Story of Lake Gus

    The Story of Lake Gus

    For this early part of the season the goal is to tease apart a record of historic precipitation and temperature for this region using isotopes from leaf waxes collected in the lake sediments.

  • Scientists Are Superheroes With Super Powers

    Scientists Are Superheroes With Super Powers

    Superheroes are identified by their unique powers and skills, allowing them to see and act in ways that inspire awe in the rest of us. Do scientists have superhero powers?

  • An Icy Irony in Greenland

    An Icy Irony in Greenland

    We awoke to messages that a towering iceberg is threatening the local waterfront settlement of Innaarsuit. There is perhaps a bit of irony in the fact that a massive looming block of ice is a potential threat to the start of our field season.

  • Exploring Greenland With Wings, Boats and Drones

    Exploring Greenland With Wings, Boats and Drones

    Snow on Ice is launching into the field with two teams of scientists this summer. The first group, an ‘advance team’ of six women, will focus on lakes where meltwater has collected on the southwestern flank of Greenland bedrock.

  • $2 Million Donation Will Support Climate Change Research and Adaptation

    $2 Million Donation Will Support Climate Change Research and Adaptation

    The gift will be used to fast-track innovative high-risk, high-reward projects aimed at delivering science-based solutions to address the challenges of climate change.

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  • Getting Warmer: Understanding Threats to Ocean Health

    Getting Warmer: Understanding Threats to Ocean Health

    Two Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists affiliated with the Center for Climate and Life are leading research that examines some of the ways climate change affects the health of the ocean.

  • Short-Term Ocean Temperature Shifts Are Affecting West Antarctic Ice, Says Study

    Short-Term Ocean Temperature Shifts Are Affecting West Antarctic Ice, Says Study

    Scientists have known for some time that ice shelves off West Antarctica are melting as deep, warm ocean waters eat at their undersides, but a new study shows that temperatures, and resultant melting, can vary far more than previously thought, within a time scale of a few years.

  • AGU Names Three Earth Institute Scientists as 2018 Fellows

    AGU Names Three Earth Institute Scientists as 2018 Fellows

    The American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest earth and space science society, made the announcement on Thursday morning.

  • AGU Recognizes Lamont Scientists With Section Awards

    AGU Recognizes Lamont Scientists With Section Awards

    The American Geophysical Union honors the outstanding work of three scientists from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

  • The Story of Lake Gus

    The Story of Lake Gus

    For this early part of the season the goal is to tease apart a record of historic precipitation and temperature for this region using isotopes from leaf waxes collected in the lake sediments.

  • Scientists Are Superheroes With Super Powers

    Scientists Are Superheroes With Super Powers

    Superheroes are identified by their unique powers and skills, allowing them to see and act in ways that inspire awe in the rest of us. Do scientists have superhero powers?

  • An Icy Irony in Greenland

    An Icy Irony in Greenland

    We awoke to messages that a towering iceberg is threatening the local waterfront settlement of Innaarsuit. There is perhaps a bit of irony in the fact that a massive looming block of ice is a potential threat to the start of our field season.

  • Exploring Greenland With Wings, Boats and Drones

    Exploring Greenland With Wings, Boats and Drones

    Snow on Ice is launching into the field with two teams of scientists this summer. The first group, an ‘advance team’ of six women, will focus on lakes where meltwater has collected on the southwestern flank of Greenland bedrock.

  • $2 Million Donation Will Support Climate Change Research and Adaptation

    $2 Million Donation Will Support Climate Change Research and Adaptation

    The gift will be used to fast-track innovative high-risk, high-reward projects aimed at delivering science-based solutions to address the challenges of climate change.