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Students Address Real-World Sustainability Challenges in Capstone Workshop Briefings
The workshop offers students an opportunity to apply the skills and techniques they have gained through their studies to solve real-world problems for a client.
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In Ancient Scottish Tree Rings, a Cautionary Tale on Climate, Politics and Survival
Using old tree rings and archival documents, historians and climate scientists have detailed an extreme cold period in Scotland in the 1690s that caused immense suffering. It may have lessons for Brexit-era politics.
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Newly Identified Jet-Stream Pattern Could Imperil Global Food Supplies, Says Study
Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the northern jet stream that cause simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated regions—a previously unknown threat to global food production that could worsen with warming.
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Taro Takahashi, Who Uncovered Key Links Between Oceans and Climate
Taro Takahashi, a seagoing scientist who made key discoveries about carbon dioxide and the earth’s climate, has died. In a career spanning more than 60 years, he and his colleagues documented how the oceans both absorb and give off huge amounts of carbon dioxide, exchanging it with the atmosphere.
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The Injustice That Education Does to the Environment: A Story From a Survivor
What the world’s worst industrial disaster can teach us about how schools should engage students on environmental issues.
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How Should Columbia Drive Climate Change Innovation?
The university asks students to collaborate on building a roadmap for climate response and a more sustainable future.
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As Climate Warms, Plants May Demand More Water, Cutting Supplies for People
New study challenges many climate scientists’ expectations that plants will make much of the world wetter in the future.
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Trump’s Continued Climate Denial and the Fires of California
If we are to address climate change, environmental protection must once again be seen as above politics and an unfit arena for partisan battle.
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Five Ways Schools Can Advance Sustainability and Climate Justice
It is more important than ever for schools, educators, and students to lead the way toward a more sustainable future.
AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
