State of the Planet

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  • Mapping Offshore Faults in Kingston Bay

    Mapping Offshore Faults in Kingston Bay

    Motion along these faults is associated with the 1907 Kingston earthquake, which shook the capital of the island with a magnitude of 6.2

  • Into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and Back

    Into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and Back

    For the last week of our trip, we traveled by boat to reach the sites where we are measuring subsidence in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and nearby embanked islands.

  • The R/V Pelican Sets Sail, and Data Collection Begins

    The R/V Pelican Sets Sail, and Data Collection Begins

    Researchers are mapping the seafloor and subseafloor between Haiti and Jamaica, to evaluate the potential for earthquakes.

  • Marco Tedesco: Snow Man

    Marco Tedesco: Snow Man

    Although his parents wanted him to become an electrical engineer, Tedesco felt drawn to a life of research. Then he fell in love with snow. Now he is among the most well-respected and quoted polar experts in the world.

  • From Barisal to Khulna

    From Barisal to Khulna

    We continued to service our GNSS and RSET-MH equipment measuring land subsidence in coastal Bangladesh. Long distances, poor roads and slow ferries made for very long days, but we were able to complete the work at the sites.

  • Dhaka and Beyond

    Dhaka and Beyond

    After a week of meetings and a wedding in Dhaka, we headed back to the field to service equipment measuring land subsidence in Bangladesh.

  • Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Step Forward

    Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Step Forward

    Research from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is being used to pull CO2 out of the air.

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    Our popular video series for students, educators, and parents returns with an exciting lineup from January to June.

  • Back to Bangladesh at Last

    Back to Bangladesh at Last

    I am finally back in Bangladesh after a pandemic hiatus. I need to repair precision GPSs that failed over the last few years. They are measuring tectonic movements for earthquake hazard and land subsidence, which exacerbates sea level rise.

  • Mapping Offshore Faults in Kingston Bay

    Mapping Offshore Faults in Kingston Bay

    Motion along these faults is associated with the 1907 Kingston earthquake, which shook the capital of the island with a magnitude of 6.2

  • Into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and Back

    Into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and Back

    For the last week of our trip, we traveled by boat to reach the sites where we are measuring subsidence in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and nearby embanked islands.

  • The R/V Pelican Sets Sail, and Data Collection Begins

    The R/V Pelican Sets Sail, and Data Collection Begins

    Researchers are mapping the seafloor and subseafloor between Haiti and Jamaica, to evaluate the potential for earthquakes.

  • Marco Tedesco: Snow Man

    Marco Tedesco: Snow Man

    Although his parents wanted him to become an electrical engineer, Tedesco felt drawn to a life of research. Then he fell in love with snow. Now he is among the most well-respected and quoted polar experts in the world.

  • From Barisal to Khulna

    From Barisal to Khulna

    We continued to service our GNSS and RSET-MH equipment measuring land subsidence in coastal Bangladesh. Long distances, poor roads and slow ferries made for very long days, but we were able to complete the work at the sites.

  • Dhaka and Beyond

    Dhaka and Beyond

    After a week of meetings and a wedding in Dhaka, we headed back to the field to service equipment measuring land subsidence in Bangladesh.

  • Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Step Forward

    Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Step Forward

    Research from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is being used to pull CO2 out of the air.

  • EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions

    Our popular video series for students, educators, and parents returns with an exciting lineup from January to June.

  • Back to Bangladesh at Last

    Back to Bangladesh at Last

    I am finally back in Bangladesh after a pandemic hiatus. I need to repair precision GPSs that failed over the last few years. They are measuring tectonic movements for earthquake hazard and land subsidence, which exacerbates sea level rise.