State of the Planet

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  • A Partnership to Promote Change: Climate Ride and the Earth Institute

    A Partnership to Promote Change: Climate Ride and the Earth Institute

    Climate Ride, a national organization promoting climate change awareness, and the Earth Institute recently announced their new partnership.

  • Certificate Student Builds Green Roofs

    Certificate Student Builds Green Roofs

    Eric Dalski, a student in the Earth Institute Executive Education Certificate Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability is building vegetative layers grown on a rooftop. Learn more about his perspectives on the Certificate Program.

  • Earth Institute Summer 2013 Internships

    This summer, the Earth Institute, Columbia University is offering Columbia students opportunities to intern within various departments and research centers at the Earth Institute. All full-time Columbia and Barnard students are eligible to apply for internships. These internships are funded at a rate of $15/hr for up to 35 hours per week for 12 weeks…

  • MS Student Uses Blogging to Improve the Urban Food System

    MS Student Uses Blogging to Improve the Urban Food System

    Current M.S. in Sustainability Management (MSSM) student Henry Gordon-Smith began his studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Soon thereafter he studied at Ryerson University in Toronto, where he specialized in Food Security and Urban Agriculture. When a job opportunity led him to New York, he ended up deciding to join the MSSM…

  • New Report Examines Impacts of Environmental Indicators and Indices

    New Report Examines Impacts of Environmental Indicators and Indices

    A new report produced by CIESIN and Yale University examines the role of indicators in environmental policy making, and quantifies measurable impacts.

  • Careers in Earth Science

    Careers in Earth Science

    Last year, President Obama launched Educate to Innovate, a campaign designed to improve the participation and performance of the nation’s students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

  • With 1,000 Days Left to Reach MDGs, a Look Back and Forward

    With 1,000 Days Left to Reach MDGs, a Look Back and Forward

    The 1,000-day milestone to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) gathered professors Jeffrey Sachs, Prabhjot Singh, and Vijay Modi on April 4 for the Sustainable Development Seminar Series to take a critical look at how far the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) has come in the eight years since its founding and analyze what still needs…

  • Bright Lights, Big City?

    Bright Lights, Big City?

    Researchers using nighttime lights data to ask questions about economic development in sub-Saharan Africa have findings counter to expectation.

  • Visual Skateboarding

    Visual Skateboarding

    “You can do math on excel?” I ask. I immediately imagine a face-palm response, but Dario, one of my advisors, is nice enough to hide it. I’ve collected tree core samples, I’ve prepared them and cross-dated them. Now what? Oh, right. The Science.

Photo of the Earth from space with the text "Lamont at AGU25" on top.

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

  • A Partnership to Promote Change: Climate Ride and the Earth Institute

    A Partnership to Promote Change: Climate Ride and the Earth Institute

    Climate Ride, a national organization promoting climate change awareness, and the Earth Institute recently announced their new partnership.

  • Certificate Student Builds Green Roofs

    Certificate Student Builds Green Roofs

    Eric Dalski, a student in the Earth Institute Executive Education Certificate Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability is building vegetative layers grown on a rooftop. Learn more about his perspectives on the Certificate Program.

  • Earth Institute Summer 2013 Internships

    This summer, the Earth Institute, Columbia University is offering Columbia students opportunities to intern within various departments and research centers at the Earth Institute. All full-time Columbia and Barnard students are eligible to apply for internships. These internships are funded at a rate of $15/hr for up to 35 hours per week for 12 weeks…

  • MS Student Uses Blogging to Improve the Urban Food System

    MS Student Uses Blogging to Improve the Urban Food System

    Current M.S. in Sustainability Management (MSSM) student Henry Gordon-Smith began his studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Soon thereafter he studied at Ryerson University in Toronto, where he specialized in Food Security and Urban Agriculture. When a job opportunity led him to New York, he ended up deciding to join the MSSM…

  • New Report Examines Impacts of Environmental Indicators and Indices

    New Report Examines Impacts of Environmental Indicators and Indices

    A new report produced by CIESIN and Yale University examines the role of indicators in environmental policy making, and quantifies measurable impacts.

  • Careers in Earth Science

    Careers in Earth Science

    Last year, President Obama launched Educate to Innovate, a campaign designed to improve the participation and performance of the nation’s students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

  • With 1,000 Days Left to Reach MDGs, a Look Back and Forward

    With 1,000 Days Left to Reach MDGs, a Look Back and Forward

    The 1,000-day milestone to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) gathered professors Jeffrey Sachs, Prabhjot Singh, and Vijay Modi on April 4 for the Sustainable Development Seminar Series to take a critical look at how far the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) has come in the eight years since its founding and analyze what still needs…

  • Bright Lights, Big City?

    Bright Lights, Big City?

    Researchers using nighttime lights data to ask questions about economic development in sub-Saharan Africa have findings counter to expectation.

  • Visual Skateboarding

    Visual Skateboarding

    “You can do math on excel?” I ask. I immediately imagine a face-palm response, but Dario, one of my advisors, is nice enough to hide it. I’ve collected tree core samples, I’ve prepared them and cross-dated them. Now what? Oh, right. The Science.