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Study Paves Way for Rainwater Harvesting in Mexico City
The city has installed more than 20,000 systems for some its neediest residents.
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Challenging Social Exclusion in the Urban Built Environment
A new book and online resource list offer perspectives, ideas, and resources to decenter whiteness within historic preservation.
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How Urban Transport is Changing in the Age of COVID-19
The pandemic is changing how we get around. Emergency response measures and experiments around the world offer lessons for sustainable mobility and resilience strategies going forward.
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Density, Equity, and the History of Epidemics in New York City
The city’s economic success depends on its density. But density also allows contagious diseases to spread. Looking at how the city has managed this conflict in the past could shed light on what the future holds.
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Urban Farms: Growing Community Across the Five Boroughs
While urban agriculture is often praised for promoting sustainable growing techniques, one of its most important qualities is its encouragement of social connections and civic engagement.
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Pod of the Planet Ep.3: Transport for the People
An interview with Professor Jacqueline Klopp on how travel early in her life affected her career.
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Gentrification vs. Sustainable Neighborhood Development in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Two futures exist for this neighborhood: one of gentrification and luxury real estate, the other of environmental justice, job growth and opportunities for people whose families have called Sunset Park home for generations.
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Coronavirus Response Shows the World Is Not Ready for Climate-Induced Pandemics
The outbreak in China shows we still have a lot to learn when it comes to dealing with global pandemics, which are expected to increase due to climate change.

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

