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Jimmy Carter’s Climate Legacy: A Road Not Taken
The former president’s progressive climate agenda demonstrates how leadership might inform long-term climate action.
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Year in Review: Our Top Stories of 2024
In case you missed it: Check out this past year’s top stories, videos, research highlights and more.
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High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds
Young adults and small children are the main victims of extreme heat, according to a study done on mortality in Mexico.
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World Water Film Festival Makes a Splash at Columbia Climate School
The event featured films and speakers from around the world who spotlighted humanity’s essential relationship with water and how it continues to evolve in our changing climate.
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Unexplained Heat Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe
Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate models.
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American Geophysical Union 2024: Key Research From Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School
Some of the most newsworthy presentations at the world’s largest yearly gathering of earth and space scientists.
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New Opportunities at Columbia’s Climate School to Shape Sustainable Development and Drive Climate Action
New undergrad programs and a change in leadership underscore the Climate School’s multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to sustainability.
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Discover Climate LIVE K12 Sessions for 2024-2025
In the Climate LIVE video series, experts from across the Columbia Climate School discuss topics in climate and sustainability for grade school and university students, educators, parents and the public.
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Did the World’s Best-Preserved Dinosaurs Really Die in ‘Pompeii’ Events?
A new study throws cold water on the long-accepted dogma that exquisitely preserved fossils found in China were the result of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions.
AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
