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Hurricane Maria Study Warns: Climate-Driven Storms May Raze Many Tropical Forests
Biodiversity could suffer as result, and more carbon could be added to the atmosphere.
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An Explanation of Sustainable Economics
The Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development was pleased to welcome Alexander Quinn, director of sustainable economics at Hatch to its Sustainable Development Speaker Series this spring
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A Snowman’s Toils Under the Sun
One morning, a tiny snowman appears, seated on a bench near the corner of 112th Street and Broadway in New York City. Let’s take a picture every time we go by. Maybe we will learn something.
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It’s Raining on the Greenland Ice. In the Winter.
Rainy weather is becoming increasingly common over parts of the Greenland ice sheet, triggering sudden melting events that are eating at the ice and priming the surface for more widespread future melting, says a new study.
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Scientists Track Deep History of Planets’ Motions, and Effects on Earth’s Climate
Scientists are developing a geologic record of how other planets have influenced the orbit of Earth, and thus its climate, over the last 200 million-plus years.
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New Tree Ring Analysis Method May Open Insights to Past Climate
Measurements of stable isotopes in tree rings may expand the climate information that scientists can get from old trees.
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Found: The Mechanism for Arctic Cold Air Outbreaks into Eurasia
New developments in climate research led by atmospheric scientist Yutian Wu are adding to our understanding of the “polar vortex” and other extreme events.
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Into Deep Field
Moving a team from a science base into a deep field camp in Antarctica comes with a mix of high energy and optimism.
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Wallace Broecker, Prophet of Climate Change
Wallace Broecker, a geochemist who initiated key research into the history of earth’s climate and humans’ influence upon it, died Feb. 18 in New York. He was 87.
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“
