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Balancing Act: Can Precariously Perched Boulders Signal New York’s Earthquake Risk?
Long ago, melting glaciers dropped giant boulders onto surfaces in the New York City exurbs, and many seem to remain in their original, delicately balanced positions. Can they be used to judge the maximum sizes of past earthquakes?
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As Global Warming Fuels Record-Smashing Heat Emergencies, Cut Vulnerability Now and CO2 Always
Don’t let the heat, or the size of the climate problem, paralyze you. There are cool solution paths cutting climate risk down the block or around the world.
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Heat Waves: Climate School Experts Available to Comment
Hundreds of people have lost their lives in Spain and Portugal due to a heat wave that is moving north and east.
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Tropical Cyclones Are Dropping in Number, Study Says
Using historical records and model data, researchers have for the first time shown that the annual number of tropical cyclones dropped during the 20th century compared with the late 19th century.
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What’s Causing the Devastating Floods in China, India, and Bangladesh?
Climate School experts explain the conditions contributing to heavy downpours that are displacing millions in Asia.
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How to Prepare for a Hyperactive Hurricane Season
What an “above average” hurricane forecast means, and how individuals and communities can be ready to ride out the possible storms to come.
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Heat, Storm, Drought, Fire: Prolonged Climate Extremes as Cool La Niña Pacific Pattern Persists
As the tropical Pacific stays stuck in a cool phase, dangerous patterns persist worldwide.
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Looking for the Origin of Slow Earthquakes in the Guerrero Gap
We are underway on our 48-day long expedition offshore of the west coast of Mexico near Acapulco, where the young Cocos oceanic plate dives beneath the North American plate.
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Start of the Mini-Field School
We were joined in our electromagnetic investigation of the subsurface and earthquake hazard by a group of US and Bangladeshi students and professors for a mini-Field School.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
