Posts
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Introducing The Big Switch, A New Podcast From the Center on Global Energy Policy
The show explores how to transform energy systems and make them more sustainable.
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Explore This Map of Land and Sea Features Named After Trailblazers at Lamont
The legacies of many of our researchers are recorded not only in the history books, but also in the mountains, canyons, and islands that now bear their names.
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Why We Will Meet the Challenge of the Climate Crisis
Technology solves problems and creates problems, and then new technology is needed to solve the problems created by earlier technologies. It’s an endless cycle.
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Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable
As the world re-opens, it’s a good time to take stock of the implications of how we dress.
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COVID-19 Lockdowns Led to the Cleanest Snow Across Asia in 20 Years
Reduced air pollution led to cleaner snow in the Himalayas and Hindu Kush, with significant implications for water supplies for people across the Indus River Basin.
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Stop Calling Green Energy ‘Clean’
The so-called clean energy transition depends on massive environmental destruction.
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Protecting Temperate Old-Growth Rainforest is Key for a Sustainable Future
As tensions run high between environmental activists, loggers and government in British Columbia, Canada, there may be more at risk than we think.
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A Brief History of Ocean Research at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Past and Present
In honor of World Oceans Day on June 8.
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Pod of the Planet Episode 16: World Oceans Day 2021
Today we’re celebrating World Oceans Day with a deep dive into an international project to map the entire seafloor.
