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Data Dive: Carolynne Hultquist on Spatial Data, Social Vulnerability and Disasters
Dr Hultquist discusses fusing GIS with crowd-sourced and social data to uncover new insights and inform disaster preparedness and response.
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Your Holiday Trash Could Be Contributing to Environmental Injustice
Here are a few things you can do to help.
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Data Scientist Garima Raheja Is Addressing the Environmental Justice Issues of Air Pollution
She’s using air quality sensors to measure how air pollution impacts disadvantaged people in the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa.
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8 Ways NYC Can Help Vulnerable Communities Survive Summer Heat
Communities of color are especially at risk from extreme heat, and COVID-19 has made cooling off more challenging for many. Here’s how the city can do better.
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Issues of Inequity Explored By the Next Generation of Hudson River Educators
When it comes to access to nature and environmental protection of these resources, environmental resources are all too often not allocated equitably.
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Study Maps Urban Heat Islands With Focus on Environmental Justice
A new collaborative project is heat-mapping parts of New York City with a focus on improving health outcomes and addressing long-standing environmental justice issues.
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Meet Irina Ishan From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
She helped to draft a national climate change policy in her home country.
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Which Areas Will Climate Change Render Uninhabitable? Climate Models Alone Cannot Say
Understanding how people will respond to climate dangers depends not only on top-down data, but also on bottom-up community engagement.
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Meet the Inaugural Cohort of the Earth Institute Summer Intern Program
These undergraduates and educators will work on research projects that connect the science of climate change to people and communities.
