Posts
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Regulating Technological Complexity
It is in the public interest to regulate new and emerging technologies to reduce the harm they create. Broad policies can be set by law, but the detailed rules must be left to experts in administrative agencies.
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Rethinking Boundaries in a Warming World
Climate-driven migration is sure to increase. Here’s why we need to embrace it.
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COP28: Delegates From the Climate School Share Their Plans and Hopes
Columbia Climate School representatives will be attending the global climate summit in Dubai. Here’s what they hope to achieve.
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Five Ways to Host a More Sustainable Thanksgiving
Food systems researcher Jessica Fanzo offers tips for a more environmentally friendly holiday.
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In Many Major Crop Regions, Workers Plant and Harvest in Spiraling Heat and Humidity
The ability of farmworkers to cultivate major crops including rice and maize may be compromised if climate trends continue.
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The Mismanagement of New York City’s Government, and the Repeated Delay of Food Recycling
To enhance New York City’s services, local government must focus on management rather than politics and substance and outcomes rather than image and public relations.
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Science for the Planet: Why Marshes Must Be Preserved
While collecting sediment cores from a New York City coastal marsh, botanist and climatologist Dorothy Peteet explains how such ecosystems store massive amounts of carbon, but are under threat from sea-level rise.
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She’s on a Mission to Plumb the Secrets of New York’s Disappearing Wetlands
Botanist and climate scientist Dorothy Peteet has been in the business digging deep into bogs, marshes and fens for more than 40 years, revealing natural and human histories going back thousands of years, and their role in changing climate. A final frontier: the obscure remains of New York City’s once widespread coastal wetlands.
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Frontline Heroes: Predicting Climate Extremes in Africa
Advanced weather-forecasting tools and techniques, like those developed at Columbia Climate School’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), can help key stakeholders in Africa prepare for the worst.
