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  • Study Identifies Ways to Limit Arsenic Contamination From Mines

    Study Identifies Ways to Limit Arsenic Contamination From Mines

    Certain treatments of mining waste can help prevent arsenic runoff from entering local water supplies, according to a new study.

  • Interns Find Links Between Climate and Arsenic Levels in Rice

    Interns Find Links Between Climate and Arsenic Levels in Rice

    The research, from students working with the Center for Climate and Life, also identifies ways to potentially limit arsenic contamination in rice.

  • Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater

    Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater

    Widely considered a screen against contamination, clay layers may actually enhance arsenic leakage into some aquifers, study finds.

  • Arsenic Contamination is Common in Punjabi Wells, Study Finds

    Arsenic Contamination is Common in Punjabi Wells, Study Finds

    But there’s a pretty simple solution that could protect a lot of people.

  • Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2016 and Beyond

    Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2016 and Beyond

      On every continent and ocean, Earth Institute field researchers are studying the dynamics of climate, geology, natural hazards and ecology, and their practical applications to modern problems. Below, a list of expeditions in rough chronological order. Work in and around New York City and the U.S. Northeast is listed separately toward bottom. Unless otherwise stated, projects originate with…

  • Battling ‘the Largest Mass Poisoning in History’

    Battling ‘the Largest Mass Poisoning in History’

    As many as one in five deaths in Bangladesh may be tied to naturally occurring arsenic in the drinking water; it is the epicenter of a worldwide problem that is affecting tens of millions of people. For two decades, health specialists and earth scientists from Columbia University have been trying to understand the problem, and…

  • H. James Simpson; Tracked Pollutants in the Hudson and Far Beyond

    H. James Simpson; Tracked Pollutants in the Hudson and Far Beyond

    H. James Simpson, a geochemist who pioneered important studies of water pollutants in the Hudson River and abroad, died May 10. He had been affiliated with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for 50 years. The cause was Parkinson’s disease, said his family; he was 72.

  • Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2015 and Beyond

    Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2015 and Beyond

    On every continent and ocean, Earth Institute field researchers study the dynamics of climate, geology, ecology, human history and more. Here is a list of expeditions going on this year, and beyond.

  • AGU 2014: Key Events from The Earth Institute

    AGU 2014: Key Events from The Earth Institute

    Scientists at Columbia University’s Earth Institute will present important talks at the Dec. 15-19 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists. Here is a journalists’ guide in rough chronological order.

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  • Study Identifies Ways to Limit Arsenic Contamination From Mines

    Study Identifies Ways to Limit Arsenic Contamination From Mines

    Certain treatments of mining waste can help prevent arsenic runoff from entering local water supplies, according to a new study.

  • Interns Find Links Between Climate and Arsenic Levels in Rice

    Interns Find Links Between Climate and Arsenic Levels in Rice

    The research, from students working with the Center for Climate and Life, also identifies ways to potentially limit arsenic contamination in rice.

  • Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater

    Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater

    Widely considered a screen against contamination, clay layers may actually enhance arsenic leakage into some aquifers, study finds.

  • Arsenic Contamination is Common in Punjabi Wells, Study Finds

    Arsenic Contamination is Common in Punjabi Wells, Study Finds

    But there’s a pretty simple solution that could protect a lot of people.

  • Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2016 and Beyond

    Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2016 and Beyond

      On every continent and ocean, Earth Institute field researchers are studying the dynamics of climate, geology, natural hazards and ecology, and their practical applications to modern problems. Below, a list of expeditions in rough chronological order. Work in and around New York City and the U.S. Northeast is listed separately toward bottom. Unless otherwise stated, projects originate with…

  • Battling ‘the Largest Mass Poisoning in History’

    Battling ‘the Largest Mass Poisoning in History’

    As many as one in five deaths in Bangladesh may be tied to naturally occurring arsenic in the drinking water; it is the epicenter of a worldwide problem that is affecting tens of millions of people. For two decades, health specialists and earth scientists from Columbia University have been trying to understand the problem, and…

  • H. James Simpson; Tracked Pollutants in the Hudson and Far Beyond

    H. James Simpson; Tracked Pollutants in the Hudson and Far Beyond

    H. James Simpson, a geochemist who pioneered important studies of water pollutants in the Hudson River and abroad, died May 10. He had been affiliated with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for 50 years. The cause was Parkinson’s disease, said his family; he was 72.

  • Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2015 and Beyond

    Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2015 and Beyond

    On every continent and ocean, Earth Institute field researchers study the dynamics of climate, geology, ecology, human history and more. Here is a list of expeditions going on this year, and beyond.

  • AGU 2014: Key Events from The Earth Institute

    AGU 2014: Key Events from The Earth Institute

    Scientists at Columbia University’s Earth Institute will present important talks at the Dec. 15-19 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists. Here is a journalists’ guide in rough chronological order.