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Columbia Professor Shahid Naeem to Head Ecological Society of America
The Columbia ecologist will serve as the society’s president in 2023-2024.
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You Asked: When Will Polar Bears Go Extinct?
A recent study provides a rough timeline, but there’s still time to save them if we cut our carbon emissions.
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You Can Help Protect a Fish Species That Is Vital to Oceanic Ecosystems
Menhaden are used to make fish oil and fishmeal, but are harvested unsustainably. Fortunately, there are many alternatives at the grocery store.
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Wildfire
A poem of destruction and rebirth.
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Scientist Questions Ethics of Collecting Endangered Insects for Study
As glaciers disappear, so too do the insects that call them home. So an ecologist has questioned whether traditional methods of killing insects to study them is sustainable.
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High School Students Learn From and Educate Communities About Hudson River Ecosystems
In the Next Generation of Hudson River Educators program, students learned what community members think about the Hudson and developed tools to share their own findings.
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Now-Extinct Giant South American Sloth Likely Devoured Meat With Its Vegetables
Up to now, it has been thought that the two-ton Darwin’s ground sloth, which lived up to 10,000 years ago, was strictly vegetarian. Apparently not.
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That’s a Wrap for SIPA’s 2021 Summer Ecology Courses
Students in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program learned about the ecology of NYC and other cities around the world this summer as they completed courses in Principles of Ecology and Urban Ecology.
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Natural Climate Solutions: Why We Need Them
Natural climate solutions offer cost-effective ways to reduce carbon emissions, provide ecosystem benefits, and increase resiliency to climate change impacts.
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
