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  • People Power and New York City Parks

    People Power and New York City Parks

    The parks may not get 1% of NYC’s $100 billion budget, but if 1% of the city’s 8.4 million people volunteered to work in their local park, those 84,000 people could clean up a lot of trash and weeds.

  • The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    A functioning park system helps address a wide variety of sustainability and social problems.

Photo of the Earth from space with the text "Lamont at AGU25" on top.

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

  • People Power and New York City Parks

    People Power and New York City Parks

    The parks may not get 1% of NYC’s $100 billion budget, but if 1% of the city’s 8.4 million people volunteered to work in their local park, those 84,000 people could clean up a lot of trash and weeds.

  • The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    A functioning park system helps address a wide variety of sustainability and social problems.