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  • Discussing Climate, Cities and Food

    Discussing Climate, Cities and Food

    Last week, the Earth Institute and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society hosted a discussion on cities, food and climate. What were people saying? Find out in this Storify recap of reactions from across Twitter!

  • The ‘Skinny’ on Antarctic Sea Ice

    The ‘Skinny’ on Antarctic Sea Ice

    One piece of our IceBridge mission focuses on sea ice here in the south. Sea ice in the northern regions has been reducing at dramatic rates over the last decade, setting a new record just this year, but the story in the south is not so clear. In fact, there has been a buzz that…

  • Nigeria Working With Earth Institute to Expand Anti-Poverty Program

    $1.2 Billion Committed to Achieving Millennium Development Goals

  • Ikea Foundation Funds Effort To Boost Primary Education In India

    $2.5 Million for 5-year Demonstration Project Led by the Earth Institute

  • Practicum Introduces Students to Earth Institute Research

    Each fall the Earth Institute offers a unique insight into the cutting-edge research of institute centers and units and the policy implications of that research in the Earth Institute Practicum. The practicum provides an opportunity to learn about issues in sustainable development, sustainability management and environmental science from faculty and researchers in these areas.

  • Joanna Rubinstein Named Assistant Director for International Programs

    Dr. Joanna Rubinstein has been appointed today to the position of assistant director of the Earth Institute for international programs. Rubinstein will help to lead the Earth Institute’s international programs for sustainable development, with a key role in coordinating the Earth Institute’s new role as Secretariat of the UN Sustainable Development Solution Network, an initiative…

  • Daniel Hillel, Pioneer in High-Efficiency Irrigation, to Receive World Food Prize

    A Career in 30 Nations, From the 1950s to Today

  • Student Research Showcase 2012

    Student Research Showcase 2012

    The Earth Institute, Columbia University was proud to support student research in the areas of environment and sustainable development at the annual Student Research Showcase on April 27, 2012. Student interns, research assistants and travel grant recipients, and their Faculty and Research Advisors, were honored for their research contributions that ranged in topics from biodiversity,…

  • Top Planetary Scientist to Lead Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost John H. Coatsworth have named Sean C. Solomon, a leading geophysicist whose research has combined studies of the deep earth with missions to the moon and the solar system’s inner planets, to be director of Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Solomon, a research scientist and director emeritus at…

Photo of the Earth from space with the text "Lamont at AGU25" on top.

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

  • Discussing Climate, Cities and Food

    Discussing Climate, Cities and Food

    Last week, the Earth Institute and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society hosted a discussion on cities, food and climate. What were people saying? Find out in this Storify recap of reactions from across Twitter!

  • The ‘Skinny’ on Antarctic Sea Ice

    The ‘Skinny’ on Antarctic Sea Ice

    One piece of our IceBridge mission focuses on sea ice here in the south. Sea ice in the northern regions has been reducing at dramatic rates over the last decade, setting a new record just this year, but the story in the south is not so clear. In fact, there has been a buzz that…

  • Nigeria Working With Earth Institute to Expand Anti-Poverty Program

    $1.2 Billion Committed to Achieving Millennium Development Goals

  • Ikea Foundation Funds Effort To Boost Primary Education In India

    $2.5 Million for 5-year Demonstration Project Led by the Earth Institute

  • Practicum Introduces Students to Earth Institute Research

    Each fall the Earth Institute offers a unique insight into the cutting-edge research of institute centers and units and the policy implications of that research in the Earth Institute Practicum. The practicum provides an opportunity to learn about issues in sustainable development, sustainability management and environmental science from faculty and researchers in these areas.

  • Joanna Rubinstein Named Assistant Director for International Programs

    Dr. Joanna Rubinstein has been appointed today to the position of assistant director of the Earth Institute for international programs. Rubinstein will help to lead the Earth Institute’s international programs for sustainable development, with a key role in coordinating the Earth Institute’s new role as Secretariat of the UN Sustainable Development Solution Network, an initiative…

  • Daniel Hillel, Pioneer in High-Efficiency Irrigation, to Receive World Food Prize

    A Career in 30 Nations, From the 1950s to Today

  • Student Research Showcase 2012

    Student Research Showcase 2012

    The Earth Institute, Columbia University was proud to support student research in the areas of environment and sustainable development at the annual Student Research Showcase on April 27, 2012. Student interns, research assistants and travel grant recipients, and their Faculty and Research Advisors, were honored for their research contributions that ranged in topics from biodiversity,…

  • Top Planetary Scientist to Lead Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost John H. Coatsworth have named Sean C. Solomon, a leading geophysicist whose research has combined studies of the deep earth with missions to the moon and the solar system’s inner planets, to be director of Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Solomon, a research scientist and director emeritus at…