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Climate School Expands Faculty
Vijay Modi, Dan Steingart and Alan West will join Climate School faculty in 2025.
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Unexplained Heat Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe
Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate models.
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Did the World’s Best-Preserved Dinosaurs Really Die in ‘Pompeii’ Events?
A new study throws cold water on the long-accepted dogma that exquisitely preserved fossils found in China were the result of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions.
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Shaking From April’s New Jersey Quake Went Oddly Far, Raising Questions on Regional Hazard
An earthquake on April 5, 2024, was felt at surprisingly long distances. What does it mean for assessing regional hazard?
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Ancient Ocean Sediments Reveal Analog to Human-Influenced Warming
Analyses of tiny shelled creatures from the distant past allow scientists to understand what might happen to the climate today.
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Columbia Climate School Named University Partner for Climate Week NYC 2024
The Climate Group has once again selected the Columbia Climate School as its university partner for this year’s Climate Week NYC.
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Alexis Abramson Appointed Next Dean of the Columbia Climate School
An expert in sustainable energy technology and advanced energy research, Abramson is currently Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth. She will begin her tenure at Columbia on January 1, 2025.
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New 400-Year Record Shows Great Barrier Reef Faces Catastrophic Damage
The six hottest years faced by the world’s largest reef system have occurred since 2004, with corresponding mass bleaching events.

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