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New Book: Climate Information for Public Health Action
A new textbook edited and written by researchers across Columbia gives the health community a primer on why, when and how climate information can and should be incorporated into health research, policy and practice.
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Children Highly Vulnerable to Health Risks from Climate Change
Madeleine Thomson, a senior research scientist at IRI and a senior research scholar at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, is a co-editor of PLOS Medicine‘s special issue on Climate Change and Health. Articles in the issue cover climate-related impacts, adaptation and mitigation.
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Greener Ways to Keep Cool During a Heat Wave
The world is warming and our air conditioners are making it worse. Here are some less energy-intensive ways to survive the rising heat.
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“No Time for Delay” On Climate and Public Health, Doctors Warn
At meeting in mid-March, doctors, climate scientists, and global health specialists discussed how to tackle the health threats that climate change carries with it.
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Tracking Respiratory Infections in NYC, With or Without Symptoms
There’s a lot we don’t know about respiratory viruses and how they spread. A study currently underway seeks to unravel these mysteries, in part by studying people who are healthy enough to be walking around in Manhattan.
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Planting a Park on the Cross-Bronx Expressway Would Save Money and Lives
Public health researchers run the numbers on creating a park on top of a section of the highway, finding it a worthwhile investment for community health.
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Jeffrey Shaman: What Makes the Flu Spread?
The onset of flu season each year comes as no surprise. But what is surprising is that we don’t know exactly how the flu spreads. Jeffrey Shaman is working on that.
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Track Mosquitoes with your Smartphone
Using crowd-sourced data, the Bitebytes app can educate the public on mosquitoes, the diseases they transmit, and mosquito habitat control, while allowing cities to target key areas to help control the potential for the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.
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Study Warns of Surge in Heat-Related Deaths in New York City
A new study projects that as many as 3,331 people a year could be dying from the heat during New York City summers by 2080 as a result of the warming climate. That compares to 638 heat-related deaths on average between 2000 and 2006.
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
