illegal wildlife trade
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Alumni Spotlight: Stacia Carrington Takes on the Wildlife Trafficking Crisis
Her degree in Environmental Science and Policy set her up to make a difference in averting illegal wildlife trade.
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U.S. May Have Been Responsible for Almost Half of Recent Past Illegal Tiger Trade
A new study indicates that the scale has been underestimated.
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Rhino Number 100 and World Rhino Day
The sound of a chainsaw rises discordantly above all natural sounds, disrupting the quiet of a warm African winters’ day, a destructive sound at odds with the African wilderness. But it is not a tree that is being felled. It is the horn of a rhino.

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
