Posts
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On the Road, Teaching Glacier Science
A PhD student explains what life is like on a week-long bicycle trip that’s bringing climate science to students from economically disadvantaged families.
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Out on the Farm With SEE-U NYC
This summer, the Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates gave students an in-depth look at the food systems in and around NYC.
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Q&A With Sustainable Engineering Expert Tom Abdallah
The chief environmental engineer for the MTA New York City Transit is currently teaching the Capstone Workshop in the Sustainability Management masters program.
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Grim Projections for the Ocean—and the Life Within It
Sonya Dyhrman, a microbial oceanographer affiliated with Lamont’s Center for Climate and Life, explains how human-caused climate change is harming ocean health.
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Highlights from the 2019 Lamont Open House
This year’s Open House attracted more than 3,000 visitors and, just like research at Lamont, covered a vast range of subjects and regions, from under the sea to the surface of the moon.
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Follow Along on a Bicycle Tour That Teaches About Hudson Valley’s Glacial History
A student-led Cycle for Science trip will follow the footsteps of an ice sheet that buried the NYC area under a mile of ice during the last ice age.
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Defining and Measuring Sustainability
An emphasis on generally accepted sustainability metrics can help ensure that sustainability substance dominates sustainability symbols.
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You Asked: Do Artificial and Enhanced Wetlands Work?
A paleoecologist explains why it’s actually a bad idea to “drain the swamp.”
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Announcing a New Earth Institute Affiliation Program
Are you a Columbia faculty, researcher or staff person with work related to sustainability, climate or earth and environmental science? We invite you to join the Earth Institute community by becoming an Affiliate.
