Posts
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Announcing a New Undergraduate Major: Climate System Science
Launched in partnership with the Columbia Climate School, the new major is aimed at students who want to understand the past, present, and future climate system, and learn strategies for solving the climate crisis.
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How the Climate Imaginations Network is Dreaming Up a Better World
A collective of researchers, artists, and storytellers is approaching the climate crisis with imagination and creativity. All are welcome.
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Reflections on Visits to Pakistan
A conservation biologist writes about his trips to Pakistan over the last 30 years, reflecting on challenges, growth, and connections made over time.
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American Geophysical Union 2022: Key Research From the Columbia Climate School
A guide to some of the most provocative and groundbreaking talks at the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists.
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Google Doodle Celebrates Marie Tharp, Who Mapped the Ocean Floor
Tharp co-published the first world map of the ocean floors and helped prove the theory of continental drift.
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The Challenge of Sustainable Fashion
Young people, who are the primary market for fast fashion, are beginning to understand the environmental damage caused by the industry.
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A Study Offers New Insights Into the Record 2021 Western North America Heat Wave
Several weeks during summer 2021 saw heat records in the western United States and Canada broken not just by increments, but by tens of degrees, an event of unprecedented extremity. To what degree was it climate change, bad luck, or a combination?
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How Studying the Clouds Can Improve Climate Models
Kara Lamb discusses her research using machine learning to study cirrus clouds and how it can increase the accuracy of climate models.
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Iron-Rich Dust From South America Played Role in Last Two Glacial Periods, Says Study
Dust from the land that gets blown into the ocean appears to influence natural climate swings. A new study looks into where much of that dust came from in the past 260,000 years.
