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Why We Need Climate Stoicism to Overcome Climate Despair
The immediate and apocalyptic stakes of climate change can be overwhelming to the point of despair. Can we stay motivated by clinging to optimism, or are we better off accepting the value of a partial victory?
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A New Primer on Climate Change Science
A new primer lays out the basics of climate science in compact form.
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Potentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity and Heat Are Emerging Across the Globe
A new study has identified thousands of incidents of previously rare or unprecedented extreme heat/humidity combinations in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and North America, including in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
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Interactive Map: Daily Maximum Wet-Bulb Temperature
View an interactive world map that shows where extreme, sometimes potentially fatal, mixtures of heat and humidity are emerging across the globe.
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How Mangos Got Me Hooked on Climate Change
A student writes about how a moment of enlightenment changed her career path.
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How Catastrophic Floods May Have Carved Greenland’s ‘Grand Canyon’
In a new study, researchers propose a mechanism for how mega-canyons under northern Greenland’s ice sheet formed: from a series of catastrophic outburst floods that suddenly and repeatedly drained lakes of meltwater.
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The Pandemic is a Reason to Preserve Not Pollute the Planet
The pandemic should be teaching us the importance of public health, environmental protection and scientific analysis; which should lead us to preserve rather than pollute the planet.
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Cayte Bosler: Chronicler of Wilderness Conservation
Cayte is an explorer, an environmental journalist and conservationist, and a student in Columbia’s Sustainability Management masters program.
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Waterfront Development Added Billions to Property Values Exposed to Hurricane Florence
Rapid development in flood-prone zones during recent decades helped boost the amount of property exposed to the 2018 hurricane substantially, a new study says.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
