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  • 18,000 Scientists–In One Place

    This week marks the world’s largest annual gathering of earth and space scientists: the five-day December meeting of the American Geophysical Union. There will be about 18,000 of them, spread across two giant San Francisco convention halls giving talks and discussing the latest in their fields. Scores of researchers from the Earth Institute will be…

  • Abrupt Climate Shifts May Come Sooner, Not Later

    Rising Seas, Severe Drought, Could Come in Decades, Says U.S. Report

  • Earth Institute at the American Geophysical Union

    Earth Institute scientists are presenting scores of talks at the world’s largest gathering of earth scientists, the fall 2008 meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Subjects include unseen natural hazards, changing climate, and how mankind will deal with these challenges. Most researchers at AGU come from two of the Earth Institute’s largest centers: Lamont-Doherty Earth…

  • G. Michael Purdy Awarded 2006 Maurice Ewing Medal

    Honor by the American Geophysical Union recognizes more than 30-year commitment as a researcher, administrator and innovator in the earth sciences

  • Earth Institute Researchers Present Their Work at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

    Wide array of topics includes climate change, social consequences of natural disasters

Columbia Climate School Giving Day on October 28, 2026, featuring students and renewable energy imagery

October 28, 2026 is Columbia Giving Day! Your gift to Columbia Climate School helps advance interdisciplinary research, educate the next generation of leaders, and transform bold ideas into real-world solutions for climate, Earth, and society.

  • 18,000 Scientists–In One Place

    This week marks the world’s largest annual gathering of earth and space scientists: the five-day December meeting of the American Geophysical Union. There will be about 18,000 of them, spread across two giant San Francisco convention halls giving talks and discussing the latest in their fields. Scores of researchers from the Earth Institute will be…

  • Abrupt Climate Shifts May Come Sooner, Not Later

    Rising Seas, Severe Drought, Could Come in Decades, Says U.S. Report

  • Earth Institute at the American Geophysical Union

    Earth Institute scientists are presenting scores of talks at the world’s largest gathering of earth scientists, the fall 2008 meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Subjects include unseen natural hazards, changing climate, and how mankind will deal with these challenges. Most researchers at AGU come from two of the Earth Institute’s largest centers: Lamont-Doherty Earth…

  • G. Michael Purdy Awarded 2006 Maurice Ewing Medal

    Honor by the American Geophysical Union recognizes more than 30-year commitment as a researcher, administrator and innovator in the earth sciences

  • Earth Institute Researchers Present Their Work at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

    Wide array of topics includes climate change, social consequences of natural disasters