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Food Systems Offer Huge Opportunities to Cut Emissions, Study Finds
Researchers drilling into the many moving parts of food systems say that greenhouse-gas emissions have been systematically underestimated.
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The Future of the Fossil Fuel Business
While fossil fuels are in decline, there is no reason that fossil fuel companies cannot adjust and play a part in the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy.
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Climate Change and Glaciers Affect Mountain-Building in Patagonia
Extensive field work in Patagonia confirms the theory that climate change and glaciers can affect the forces inside the Earth that build mountains.
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Watching My Dad Die With Optimism Changed My Outlook on Climate Change
His father’s positive attitude in the face of terminal illness has inspired Cascade Tuholske to apply the same optimism while studying climate change.
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Columbia World Projects Issues New Report on Carbon Capture and Storage
The report identifies opportunities and challenges in implementing new technologies that could reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels worldwide.
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Melting Glaciers Have Shifted the Earth’s Axis
New research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that polar drift experienced in the 1990s was caused by a redistribution of water from glaciers to oceans.
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Columbia Institute to Be Key Partner in New World Bank-funded Climate Resilience Project
The Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa project will help farmers anticipate and prepare for destructive climate-related events.
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Climate Migration: An Impending Global Challenge
As climate change impacts intensify, more and more people will likely be forced to leave their homes and potentially cross borders into other countries.
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During the Last Ice Age, the Tropics Were Colder Than We Thought. Bad News for Us.
Gases collected from ancient groundwater provide a compelling portrait of how much past temperatures have swung back and forth.
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