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Vanishing Glaciers: The Future of Water in Peru’s High Andes
In the high Andes of Peru, glacial retreat poses a complex set of challenges related to water supply.
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Writing About Global Science for the International Media, with Claudia Dreifus
A Sustainability Management course starting in July will help students develop skills to produce magazine articles. Professor Dreifus explains why these skills are important for scientists and sustainability professionals.
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Days on Earth Are Getting Longer. You Can Thank the Moon, Not the Seasons.
For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer. Very slowly.
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New York’s Waterways are WILD: Come Explore at the Great Fish Count!
On June 2nd, residents in and around New York City can join scientists in exploring our estuary and assessing the diversity of our local waterways.
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Machine Listening for Earthquakes
In a new study, researchers show that machine learning algorithms can pick out different types of earthquakes from three years of data at Geysers in California. The repeating patterns of earthquakes appear to match the seasonal rise and fall of water-injection flows into the hot rocks below.
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Photo Essay: How High Could Seas Rise?
Columbia scientists recently visited the Caribbean island of Barbados, whose fossilized coral reefs contain an exquisite record of how the ocean has risen and fallen in the past.
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What Do We Do About Plastics?
We need local policies to encourage better waste management, more recycling and less use of plastics in the first place.
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North American Coasts Are Absorbing Large Amounts of Carbon
Coastal waters play an important role in the carbon cycle by absorbing carbon into sediments or transferring it to the open ocean, a new study confirms.
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The 100th Meridian, Where the Great Plains Begin, May Be Shifting
Two new papers find that the line that divides the moist East and arid West is edging eastward due to climate change—and the implications for farming and other pursuits could be huge.
