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Columbia Researchers Team With Global Firm to Enhance Hurricane Risk Scenarios
The enhanced models will enable insurers to analyze the financial implications of catastrophic events and to understand which areas are most at risk.
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Biden’s Climate Plan Could Reduce Global Warming by About 0.1°C
The president-elect’s plan will take us closer to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, but there is much work to be done.
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Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Lake Bed Deep Beneath the Greenland Ice
Using radar and other techniques, researchers have mapped out the sediments left by a lake that apparently existed before Greenland was glaciated. Next step: drilling through the ice to see what they contain.
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Sabin Center and Lamont Launch Climate Attribution Database
The database collects the best available evidence that anthropogenic climate change is real, that it is already here, and that predicted future changes must be taken seriously.
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A New Global Archive Helps Researchers Chart Changes in Arctic Animals’ Behavior
Researchers from around the world have established a new archive of data documenting changes in the movements of animals in the far north.
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Data on Past Climates Key to Predicting Future, Scientists Say
An international team suggests that research centers around the world using numerical models to predict future climate change should include simulations of past climates.
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As of Today, the U.S. Is No Longer Part of the Paris Agreement
Whether or not we rejoin — and thereby do our part to prevent the worst impacts of climate change — depends on the outcome of the election.
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Rooftop Camera Will Track How Local Forests Change With the Climate
Installed on top of Lamont’s oceanography building, PhenoCam will help track how trees grow and change with the weather, seasons, and climate change.
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Nick Frearson Designs Devices for Earth’s Most Extreme Environments
An engineer at Lamont-Doherty, Frearson builds instruments that help scientists collect vital data in Antarctica, the deep sea, and at the top of 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“
