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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Change Is Here, but There Is Hope
The Fifth National Climate Assessment was released today. The message: change is here, but immediate action can avert the worst impacts.
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The Accomplishments and Limits of Environmental Policy
For environmental policy to be effective, it must encourage the transition already underway in many private businesses, focusing on continuous improvement rather than the achievement of symbolic goals, with a broader scope than climate change alone.
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Learning How Trees Can Help Unlock Secrets of Our Climate Future
A new cataloging system will help better preserve, track and share thousands of tree ring samples from around the globe.
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How Can Cities Fight Climate Change and Still Stay Within Legal Guardrails?
The authors of a new book discuss how urban areas can take climate action without running afoul of state and federal laws.
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In Massive Project, Scientists to Probe Deposits Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Drilling into sub-ice deposits left behind during times when the Earth was warmer than today should provide insights into how a massive ice sheet will react to human-induced climate change.
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Climate LIVE K12 Is Back: RSVP for Winter 2023 and Spring 2024 Sessions
In the Climate LIVE video series, experts from across the Columbia Climate School discuss topics in climate and sustainability for grade school and university students, educators, parents and the public.
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America’s Groundwater Crisis
The future of America’s water supply is an open question. The need for an adequate water supply is not open to question.
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Student Spotlight: How the Sustainable Development Program Helped Further My Career
Two sustainable-development students reflect on career-defining internships.
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World Temperatures Will Blow Past Paris Goals This Decade, Asserts New Study
James Hansen warned the world in the 1980s that global warming was coming. Now, he is warning that it is barreling down even faster than expected.
