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Science Scramble
Unscramble the scientific term before time expires!
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New Trainings Will Lead the Way on Climate Resilience and Equitable Disaster Response
With a $1.5 million grant from FEMA, Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness will create and deliver trainings on climate resilience with a focus on equity for state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers.
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The Challenge of Sustainable Supply Chains
The heart of the challenge of sustainable supply chains is that “out of sight” can no longer mean “out of mind.”
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Expanding Global Cold Chains: Effective Adaptation, or Dangerous Contribution to Climate Change?
Cooling technologies, including refrigerators and industrial chillers, can prevent food waste and are increasingly necessary in our warming climate. Are there ways to minimize their climate impacts?
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Human Activity Has Degraded More Than a Third of the Remaining Amazon Rain Forest
A new study finds that an area 10 times the size of the United Kingdom has been affected by some form of human disturbance, contributing to biodiversity loss and carbon emissions.
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Restoring Land for Livelihoods Can Have Ecological Benefits, Study Suggests
Acoustic recorders detected promising changes in the soundscape after a restoration project in India.
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Changing Perspectives: How Bottom-Up Studies Can Improve Water Security
When monitoring melting glaciers, integrating scientific knowledge with local and Indigenous knowledge may improve data collection as well as local adaptation.
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What Is Blue Carbon and How Can It Help Fight Climate Change?
Researchers at Columbia Climate School discuss the benefits and challenges of working with carbon from ocean and coastal ecosystems.
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Columbia Climate School Welcomes New Faculty Member Jessica Fanzo
Jessica Fanzo will be joining the Climate School faculty as professor of climate in July.
