State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

climate and life

  • Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    The Center has awarded nearly $1 million to four scientists whose research will improve understanding of how climate change impacts the essentials of human sustainability.

  • Coring Arctic Lakes to Study Vikings

    Coring Arctic Lakes to Study Vikings

    Billy D’Andrea, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory paleoclimatologist and Center for Climate and Life Fellow, is investigating the relationship between environmental change and characteristics of early settlements in Norway’s Lofoten Islands.

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.

  • Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    The Center has awarded nearly $1 million to four scientists whose research will improve understanding of how climate change impacts the essentials of human sustainability.

  • Coring Arctic Lakes to Study Vikings

    Coring Arctic Lakes to Study Vikings

    Billy D’Andrea, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory paleoclimatologist and Center for Climate and Life Fellow, is investigating the relationship between environmental change and characteristics of early settlements in Norway’s Lofoten Islands.