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Building Environmental Policy on America’s Support for a Clean Environment
To develop a winning strategy promoting environmental protection, we should look at our many success stories and seek to imitate them. Successful policy has been based on widely shared values: we all like to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a place free of toxics.
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8 Questions with Jeffrey Shaman, Columbia Climate School’s Interim Dean
A Q&A with Jeffrey Shaman, who recently assumed the role of interim dean at Columbia Climate School
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Chinese Scientists Are Combating a Glacier’s Melting By Covering It With a Blanket
Researchers at China’s Nanjing University are using a reflective blanket to stave off melting of the Dagu Glacier.
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Study Identifies Jet-Stream Pattern That Locks in Extreme Winter Cold, Wet Spells
Recently, scientists connected giant waves in the global jet stream to hot, dry spells gripping widely separated parts of the planet at the same time. Now they have done the same for winter weather.
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How Big Institutions Stymie Disaster Response, and What to Do About It
The new book Catastrophic Incentives explores why society is underprepared for natural and human-made disasters.
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How Can Communities and Developers Work to Mitigate the Impacts of Big Projects?
A new guide aims to helps developers and communities negotiate agreements that will minimize the impacts of large projects on local people and land.
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An Archive of the Stars Is Born
NASA has designated a group at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory with preserving and making easily accessible data from all the extraterrestrial material curated by the agency.
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Adapting to our Warming Planet Despite our Dysfunctional Congress
The renewable energy transition has begun, but it will not happen rapidly. In the meantime, we need to invest in infrastructure and other measures that will enable human settlements to withstand the impact of extreme weather and recover from the damage that inevitably comes.
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Using Recycled Materials, Designer Jianhui Yan Is Creating Sustainable Fashion
An interview with fashion designer Jianhui Yan, who’s been making beautiful and eco-friendly apparel for almost two decades.
