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  • How Word Choices in the Mainstream News Media Signal a Country’s Level of Peace

    How Word Choices in the Mainstream News Media Signal a Country’s Level of Peace

    By analyzing the frequency of certain words within news media from any country, a machine learning algorithm can produce a quantitative “peace index” that captures the level of peace within that country.

  • Putting This Summer’s Record Global Heat Into Context

    Putting This Summer’s Record Global Heat Into Context

    A roundup of articles aimed at explaining what is happening, and why.

  • Writing and Submitting an Opinion Piece

    Writing and Submitting an Opinion Piece

    Opinion pages are one of the best-read parts of any publication. Here is how to break into them.

  • Artists in New York City Call for Climate Change Awareness

    Artists in New York City Call for Climate Change Awareness

    Sustainability Management student Amy Bohnenkamp reports on how artists in New York have been raising their voices to make the public more aware of climate change issues.

  • Data Visualization: World Happiness Trends

    Data Visualization: World Happiness Trends

    Could the number of women in a nation’s government have an impact on its happiness? Can air quality effect the mood of a population? Do trains make people happier? Explore World Happiness Report data and trends that might also contribute to a country’s overall well-being.

  • Writing About Global Science for the International Media, with Claudia Dreifus

    Writing About Global Science for the International Media, with Claudia Dreifus

    A Sustainability Management course starting in July will help students develop skills to produce magazine articles. Professor Dreifus explains why these skills are important for scientists and sustainability professionals.

  • The Paris Climate Summit: Resources for Journalists

    The Paris Climate Summit: Resources for Journalists

    Many experts at Columbia University’s Earth Institute are attending or closely watching the Paris climate summit. These include world authorities on climate science, politics, law, natural resources, national security, health and other fields, who can offer expert analysis to journalists. Here’s a guide to resources that journalists covering the summit can tap.

  • Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists

    Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists

    (Updated Feb. 12, 2019)    Earth Institute scientists can offer a wide range of expertise to journalists covering natural-gas production using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking). This includes basics of energy exploration and extraction; rock mechanics; contaminants in underground water; manmade earthquakes; and economic/political questions surrounding the practice. Here is a brief guide. (Click on hyperlinks for individual…

  • Sachs: ‘US Remains Trapped and Paralyzed on Climate Change’

    Sachs: ‘US Remains Trapped and Paralyzed on Climate Change’

    Jeffrey Sachs discusses the inaction and inability of the US to enact any meaningful climate legislation with future prospects growing dim with the changing of the guard in Congress after last week’s midterm elections.

Science for the Planet: In these short video explainers, discover how scientists and scholars across the Columbia Climate School are working to understand the effects of climate change and help solve the crisis.
  • How Word Choices in the Mainstream News Media Signal a Country’s Level of Peace

    How Word Choices in the Mainstream News Media Signal a Country’s Level of Peace

    By analyzing the frequency of certain words within news media from any country, a machine learning algorithm can produce a quantitative “peace index” that captures the level of peace within that country.

  • Putting This Summer’s Record Global Heat Into Context

    Putting This Summer’s Record Global Heat Into Context

    A roundup of articles aimed at explaining what is happening, and why.

  • Writing and Submitting an Opinion Piece

    Writing and Submitting an Opinion Piece

    Opinion pages are one of the best-read parts of any publication. Here is how to break into them.

  • Artists in New York City Call for Climate Change Awareness

    Artists in New York City Call for Climate Change Awareness

    Sustainability Management student Amy Bohnenkamp reports on how artists in New York have been raising their voices to make the public more aware of climate change issues.

  • Data Visualization: World Happiness Trends

    Data Visualization: World Happiness Trends

    Could the number of women in a nation’s government have an impact on its happiness? Can air quality effect the mood of a population? Do trains make people happier? Explore World Happiness Report data and trends that might also contribute to a country’s overall well-being.

  • Writing About Global Science for the International Media, with Claudia Dreifus

    Writing About Global Science for the International Media, with Claudia Dreifus

    A Sustainability Management course starting in July will help students develop skills to produce magazine articles. Professor Dreifus explains why these skills are important for scientists and sustainability professionals.

  • The Paris Climate Summit: Resources for Journalists

    The Paris Climate Summit: Resources for Journalists

    Many experts at Columbia University’s Earth Institute are attending or closely watching the Paris climate summit. These include world authorities on climate science, politics, law, natural resources, national security, health and other fields, who can offer expert analysis to journalists. Here’s a guide to resources that journalists covering the summit can tap.

  • Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists

    Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists

    (Updated Feb. 12, 2019)    Earth Institute scientists can offer a wide range of expertise to journalists covering natural-gas production using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking). This includes basics of energy exploration and extraction; rock mechanics; contaminants in underground water; manmade earthquakes; and economic/political questions surrounding the practice. Here is a brief guide. (Click on hyperlinks for individual…

  • Sachs: ‘US Remains Trapped and Paralyzed on Climate Change’

    Sachs: ‘US Remains Trapped and Paralyzed on Climate Change’

    Jeffrey Sachs discusses the inaction and inability of the US to enact any meaningful climate legislation with future prospects growing dim with the changing of the guard in Congress after last week’s midterm elections.