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Seeing Through the Sea
How researchers are plumbing the seafloor during a quest to understand ‘silent’ earthquakes off the Mexican coast.
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Manishka De Mel: Helping People and Ecosystems Adapt to Climate Change
At the Center for Climate Systems Research, she translates information about climate risks to support resilience-building in developing countries.
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Working the Night Shift on the R/V Marcus Langseth
When you work 4am to 12pm on a research vessel, you get to watch some beautiful sunrises and eat breakfast for lunch every day.
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The Research Begins: Dropping Instruments Into the Abyss
Aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth, Expedition MGL2204’s science team has started deploying ocean-bottom seismometers.
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Looking for the Origin of Slow Earthquakes in the Guerrero Gap
We are underway on our 48-day long expedition offshore of the west coast of Mexico near Acapulco, where the young Cocos oceanic plate dives beneath the North American plate.
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Sylhet City, Geology, and Packing Up
We finished our electromagnetic survey and mini-field school in northern Sylhet, Bangladesh, with lectures and field trips to see the geology by car and boat.
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Community-Led Science Uncovers High Air Pollution From Fracking in Ohio County
In a collaboration that included Columbia researchers, Belmont County residents set up a low-cost sensor network that is helping them fight for clean air.
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Study Establishes Key Areas for Tiger Movement in Central India
By mapping out overlapping areas identified as tiger corridors in previous studies, researchers hope to send a clear and cohesive message on which areas are most important for conservation.
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Start of the Mini-Field School
We were joined in our electromagnetic investigation of the subsurface and earthquake hazard by a group of US and Bangladeshi students and professors for a mini-Field School.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
