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This Earth Day, Choose the Planet Over Plastics
In keeping with the theme of Earth Day 2024, how do we reduce global plastic pollution and ensure a more sustainable future?
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Key Ocean Current Contains a Warning on Climate
A new study shows that a giant current circling Antarctica has speeded up during past warm periods, eating away at the polar ice. It’s doing it again now.
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Summer 2024 Climate School Internship Opportunities
Current full-time Columbia and Barnard students (undergraduate, graduate, and PhD) are eligible to apply.
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Repairing Tectonic GNSS in Bangladesh’s Tea Region
The remainder of my fieldwork focuses on the GNSS (the general term for GPS) instruments in eastern Bangladesh to study the tectonics and earthquake hazard.
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For This Graduating Senior, Climate, Culture and Community Go Hand in Hand
Charitie Ropati’s Indigenous heritage informs her education, research and activism.
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Girl Talk Is Making Waves
In honor of International Women’s Day, we highlight a new workshop that engages women of all backgrounds in ocean sciences.
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Finishing the Coastal Service Run
Traveling by boat, we are finishing our data collection and equipment servicing in coastal Bangladesh.
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Why Hosting an Olympic Competition in Tahiti Is a (Really) Bad Idea
A plan to build a judging tower atop coral may cause irreversible damage to the local marine ecosystem.
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Back to the Sundarbans
As part of our trip studying land subsidence and elevation changes, we boarded a boat to travel through the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
The first Earth Day in 1970 ignited a movement to stop polluting our planet. This Earth Month, join us in our commitment to realizing a just and sustainable future for our planet. Visit our Earth Day website for ideas, resources, and inspiration.
