research
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Columbia Climate School’s Seed Grants Advance Interdisciplinary Research
Seven teams will pursue innovative and collaborative research to address urgent climate challenges around the world.
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Science for the Planet: Creating Climate Solutions with Urban Communities
Climate School professor Sheila Foster works with frontline communities on climate adaptation strategies.
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Mangroves, Tigers and Shopping
The last part of our trip was a whirlwind of seeing multiple sites in the Sundarbans mangrove forest and its wildlife, more interviews with villagers, historic and cultural sites and shopping, followed by tearful goodbyes.
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Science for the Planet: In Madagascar, Learning From a Library of Human Experience
Archaeologist Kristina Douglass explains how past human adaptation can inform solutions to modern climate challenges.
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A Special Trip to Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, a large and growing population lives in one of the most dynamic and sensitive environments on Earth, subject to multiple natural disasters and threatened by climate change.
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How Can We Help People Who Cannot Flee High Climate-Risk Zones?
Much research focuses on people fleeing climate risks and natural hazards. What about those who can’t move?
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Highlights: ‘From Chaos to Code: How AI Can Tame the Climate Crisis’
Part of the inaugural Columbia AI Summit, this session addressed how AI is emerging as a powerful tool in climate science, disaster preparedness, and building resilience across interconnected systems.
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A Climate Change Signal in the Tropical Pacific
Research from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory has the world’s climate scientists rethinking their models.
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Huge Areas May Face Possibly Fatal Heat Waves if Warming Continues
Even healthy young adults may not be able to survive unless they can access artificial cooling.

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