State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences2

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    Our popular video series for students, educators, and parents returns with an exciting lineup from January to June.

  • Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Undergraduates from Columbia will be able to serve as research assistants on projects related to sustainable development and the environment.

  • An Inside Look at the Making of the Recent IPCC Report

    An Inside Look at the Making of the Recent IPCC Report

    IRI climate scientist Daniel Ruiz Carrascal shares his experiences working on this globally influential report, as well as his thoughts about how he hopes it will affect research and action in the future.

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our June Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our June Sessions

    Students will make their own glacier goo, take a virtual drone flight over the ocean, and much more in these live sessions taught by Earth Institute experts.

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Upcoming May Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Upcoming May Sessions

    Learn how to design your own microbe, decode Python script, and much more in these live sessions taught by Earth Institute experts.

  • Spring 2020 Earth Institute Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Spring 2020 Earth Institute Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    A variety of undergraduate research assistant positions are available. Apply by January 29, 2020.

  • Head for the Hills

    Head for the Hills

    While we spent much of our time examining corals and swamps, studying sea level and storms, we became fascinated by a simple question: How did the hills of Exuma form?

  • The Long Life of Death Valley

    The Long Life of Death Valley

    Geologist Nicholas Christie-Blick has studied the Death Valley region for more than four decades. Each spring, he leads a group of Columbia University undergraduates there on a fieldtrip. Check out highlights from this year’s trip.

  • The Dinosaurs’ Demise Up Close

    The Dinosaurs’ Demise Up Close

    Tourists flock to Italy to see Michelangelo’s David and other iconic hunks of Renaissance stone, but in a trip over spring break, a group of Columbia students got to visit rocks that have shaped the world in even more profound ways.

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    Our popular video series for students, educators, and parents returns with an exciting lineup from January to June.

  • Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Undergraduates from Columbia will be able to serve as research assistants on projects related to sustainable development and the environment.

  • An Inside Look at the Making of the Recent IPCC Report

    An Inside Look at the Making of the Recent IPCC Report

    IRI climate scientist Daniel Ruiz Carrascal shares his experiences working on this globally influential report, as well as his thoughts about how he hopes it will affect research and action in the future.

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our June Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our June Sessions

    Students will make their own glacier goo, take a virtual drone flight over the ocean, and much more in these live sessions taught by Earth Institute experts.

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Upcoming May Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Upcoming May Sessions

    Learn how to design your own microbe, decode Python script, and much more in these live sessions taught by Earth Institute experts.

  • Spring 2020 Earth Institute Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Spring 2020 Earth Institute Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    A variety of undergraduate research assistant positions are available. Apply by January 29, 2020.

  • Head for the Hills

    Head for the Hills

    While we spent much of our time examining corals and swamps, studying sea level and storms, we became fascinated by a simple question: How did the hills of Exuma form?

  • The Long Life of Death Valley

    The Long Life of Death Valley

    Geologist Nicholas Christie-Blick has studied the Death Valley region for more than four decades. Each spring, he leads a group of Columbia University undergraduates there on a fieldtrip. Check out highlights from this year’s trip.

  • The Dinosaurs’ Demise Up Close

    The Dinosaurs’ Demise Up Close

    Tourists flock to Italy to see Michelangelo’s David and other iconic hunks of Renaissance stone, but in a trip over spring break, a group of Columbia students got to visit rocks that have shaped the world in even more profound ways.