Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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Bringing Climate Research to New York City’s Classrooms
The NYC Mid-Winter Climate Institute brought together K-12 educators to identify meaningful entry points for climate education lessons in their classrooms and beyond.
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Earth’s “Missing” Billion Years: Study Links the Great Unconformity to Early Tectonics
New findings shed light on a widespread gap in the geologic record, where more than a billion years of Earth’s history appear to have been erased.
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Antarctica Undergoes ‘Greenlandification’ As Ice Melt Accelerates
Scientists have found that Antarctica’s ice loss is increasing rapidly, mirroring the melting of its northern counterpart, Greenland.
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Art Meets Science at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont’s 2025 Research as Art exhibit provides a platform for scientists to share their research in a creative way.
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How Can AI Address Climate Justice When Women’s Voices Are Silenced?
Unless women’s lived realities are embedded in AI’s foundations, it risks reinforcing the very inequities it claims to solve.
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Harnessing AI, Scientists Discover a Rise in Floating Algae Across the Global Ocean
A recent study demonstrates the power of artificial intelligence as a tool for processing large amounts of ocean data.
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Women in Science: Climate Scientist Gisela Winckler
Winckler focuses on the history and causes of past, present and future climate variability, as well as the ocean’s role in the climate system and the carbon cycle.
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Women in Science: Paleoceanographer Apollonia Arellano
Arellano uses geochemical analyses to reconstruct deep ocean circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Women in Science: Geochemist Terry Plank
Award-winning geochemist and volcanologist Terry Plank studies the phenomena shaping the Earth’s crust and how they affect the world’s volcanoes.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
