EARTH SCIENCES, SUSTAINABILITY
Leveraging the Power of Open Source Data To Map the World’s Oceans
In honor of World Oceans Day, marine geophysicist Vicki Ferrini discusses the current state of ocean research, and the important role international collaboration plays in this field.
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Student Spotlight:For This MA Candidate, the Path to Climate Policy Is Personal
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Leveraging the Power of Open Source Data To Map the World’s Oceans
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Student Spotlight: Advancing Equity Through Clean Energy Policy
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A Composer’s Instrumental Ode to the Arctic Circle
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Playing With Fire: Harnessing Lava To Build Sustainable Cities
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Gen Z Leads the Call for Conservation With TreeTalks
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Chance, Connection and Climate Change on the Greenland Ice Sheet
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What a Year of Climate Research Taught Me About Resilience
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Congratulations to the 2025 Graduates of the Columbia Climate School
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Climate LIVE K12: Pathways to Climate Resilience in Agriculture & Food Systems Climate LIVE K12 is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents. About this Event Target Audience: Grades 6-8, 9-12, Educators, the Public The vast and complex global agriculture and food system comprises many […]
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Los Angeles Wildfires: Mobility, Adaptation & Resilience In the lead-up to MR2025, the Columbia Climate School’s biannual conference on topics related to mobility, adaptation, and well being in a changing climate, we offer this webinar to examine the complexities around managed retreat in a diverse urban context […]
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Climate change is reshaping financial markets, altering risk profiles, and creating new imperatives for capital allocation. Investors, institutions, and businesses must grapple with both the physical and transition risks of a changing climate—requiring a deeper integration of climate science into financial decision-making. At the same time, achieving […]
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- That would almost certainly mean defunding the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton University, “one of the best labs in the world for modelling the atmosphere”, says Adam Sobel, a professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty […]
- The Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York is also home to the diner best known for its appearance on Seinfeld. … Why it matters: The closure of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space […]
- A new analysis of America’s 28 largest population centers found that all but three are sinking overall, and in many cases significantly. Several of the most affected areas are in Texas, particularly around Fort Worth […]