State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

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  • 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.

  • Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Undergraduates from Columbia will be able to serve as research assistants on projects related to sustainable development and the environment.

  • Spring 2022 Internship Opportunities

    Spring 2022 Internship Opportunities

    The Earth Institute is offering undergraduate, graduate and PhD students with opportunities to intern in various departments and research centers.

  • Crucial Antarctic Glacier Likely to Collapse Much Earlier than Expected

    Crucial Antarctic Glacier Likely to Collapse Much Earlier than Expected

    Thwaites Glacier, dubbed Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier,’ has been predicted to undergo dramatic changes, with its ice shelf likely to break apart in as little as five years.

  • Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought

    Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought

    It was long accepted that the Vikings were the first people to settle the Faroe Islands, around 850 A.D. until traces of earlier occupation were announced in 2013. But not everyone was convinced. New probes of lake sediments clinch the case that others were there first.

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  • 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.

  • Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

    Undergraduates from Columbia will be able to serve as research assistants on projects related to sustainable development and the environment.

  • Spring 2022 Internship Opportunities

    Spring 2022 Internship Opportunities

    The Earth Institute is offering undergraduate, graduate and PhD students with opportunities to intern in various departments and research centers.

  • Crucial Antarctic Glacier Likely to Collapse Much Earlier than Expected

    Crucial Antarctic Glacier Likely to Collapse Much Earlier than Expected

    Thwaites Glacier, dubbed Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier,’ has been predicted to undergo dramatic changes, with its ice shelf likely to break apart in as little as five years.

  • Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought

    Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought

    It was long accepted that the Vikings were the first people to settle the Faroe Islands, around 850 A.D. until traces of earlier occupation were announced in 2013. But not everyone was convinced. New probes of lake sediments clinch the case that others were there first.