Students from the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program at SIPA have produced a podcast called “Greener on the Other Side,” on sustainability, climate change, and the environment.
If a serious cyclone were to strike Mumbai, the results could be catastrophic, says a study underway at Columbia.
Hoaxes have been calling Irma a Category 6 hurricane, but there’s no such thing. Could there be, in the future?
As Hurricane Irma batters the Caribbean with winds up to 185 miles per hour, Earth Institute experts are standing by to answer questions from the media.
It’s too soon to say there’s a connection, but searching for the fingerprints of climate change shouldn’t take too long.
As Texas reels in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, our scientists are helping to make sense of how this storm became so destructive, and what’s needed for recovery.
Over the past day and a half, Hurricane Harvey’s winds have quickened from about 35 to 109 miles per hour. What’s driving this massive power-up?
Earth Institute experts are on-hand to answer media questions about hurricane physics, rapid intensification, emergency response, and more.
An all-purpose guide for journalists covering disasters, natural and manmade.
We can do a good job forecasting the weather for a week or two, and we can settle on what the climate is likely to do season to season, a month to a year into the future. But what about in-between?
