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Are You Feeling the Heat Yet?
Disadvantaged populations are hit hardest by climate change impacts. Let us practice climate justice by thinking of the unconscious injustices that we are a part of.
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New York City’s Recovery Will Be Built on Our Resiliency and Ingenuity
This diverse, intense city has the brainpower to engineer a comeback. We did it before and we will do it again.
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Come Ride on the Cicada Carousel
Getting people interested in wildlife conservation is no easy feat. Zoos serve a critical, but often overlooked, role.
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Earth Day Urgency
We are nowhere close to achieving the transition to environmental sustainability, but the process is well underway here in the United States. To achieve this, we need to think about our shared values rather than our differences. Let’s make every day an Earth Day.
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It’s Time to Think About Lyme Disease Prevention
With tick-borne diseases on the rise, preventing tick bites and Lyme disease cannot solely be the onus of individuals. More federal funding is needed.
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Climate Risk Is Not the Only Environmental Risk Companies Should Disclose
If we want to grow our economy without destroying our planet, we need to do a better job of measuring and managing our environmental impacts.
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Unpaid Internships are Unethical and Wrong
Internships can be valuable and important apprenticeship opportunities for students engaged in them. They should be encouraged, and they should be paid.
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Environmentalism Shouldn’t Be This White
An Asian environmentalist shares reflections on diversity and inclusion in higher education.
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Ukraine Demonstrates the Problem With Nuclear Power
The technology we depend on needs to be resilient, reliable, and as safe as possible. Nuclear power fails those tests, as the war in this nuclear energy-dependent nation demonstrates.
You Asked invites you to share your most pressing questions about climate, science, and sustainability. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School experts will respond with clear, evidence-based answers. Pose your questions and story ideas!
