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Part of the Pacific Ocean Is Not Warming as Expected. Why?
Climate models predict that as a result of human-induced climate change, the surface of the Pacific Ocean should be warming. But one key part is not.
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Citizen Scientists Can Help Predict and Prepare for Disasters
A recent study finds that you don’t need to be an expert to gather information that aids disaster prediction and response.
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Climate Service Initiative Begins Work on a New Continent
After a decade of development in Africa, the ENACTS initiative is expanding to Bangladesh this year.
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A Seismologist Present at the Discovery of Plate Tectonics
Lynn Sykes, a pivotal figure in the development of plate tectonics, discusses a new memoir of his career.
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Floods, Infrastructure and Climate Change
Climate change will require that we rebuild our flood control systems in new and creative ways. We will need more research on climate impacts to do this successfully and we will need to moderate the rate of those impacts to ensure that what we build doesn’t quickly become outdated.
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Capturing Carbon’s Potential: These Companies Are Turning CO2 into Profits
Researchers and businesses are finding innovative ways to use carbon dioxide captured from power plants or the air.
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On June 1st, Fish Will Be Filling Our Nets All Around New York City
Join us on Saturday, June 1st to explore one of New York’s most underrated treasures: our productive waterways!
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Earth Institute Director Alex Halliday Honored with Knighthood
Years before Alex Halliday joined Columbia University’s Earth Institute as its director, he was changing the field of geochemistry.
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Breaking Down the Anti-Vaccine Echo Chamber
The rhetoric around vaccination is generally black and white: vaccines are good or vaccines are bad. But now more than ever, it’s important to find ways to communicate across the divide.
