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In India, Swapping Crops Could Save Water and Improve Nutrition
Replacing some rice with less thirsty crops could help to sustainably feed a rapidly growing population.
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Food Web: Trade Networks May Be Key to Solving Hunger
Columbia’s Center for Climate Systems Research is building a network analysis program that can pinpoint trouble spots in the global food trade system.
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Study Signals Change in How Scientists Calculate Ancient Diets
Scientists have long determined what extinct animals ate by analyzing carbon isotopes locked inside their fossil teeth. But a new study shows that in many cases, they may be plugging the wrong numbers into their equations. The findings may change some views of how mammals, including us, evolved.
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A World Warmer By Just 2°C Will Be Very Different From Today
Past warm periods indicate that even the Paris Agreement’s limits on global warming could have catastrophic consequences over the long-term.
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Machine Learning May Be a Game-Changer for Climate Prediction
A new study uses machine learning to better represent clouds in climate models, which helps to predict the climate’s response to rising levels of greenhouse gases.
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Researchers Develop an Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Birdsong in a Warming Arctic
A new algorithm quickly sifts through hours of field recordings to learn how climate change influences bird migration. The A.I. could help track other wildlife as well.
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Climate Change May Soon Hit Billions of People. Many Cities Are Already Taking Action.
Billions of people in thousands of cities around the world will soon be at risk from climate-related heat waves, droughts, flooding, food shortages and energy blackouts by mid-century, but many cities are already taking action to blunt such effects, says a new report from a consortium of international organizations.
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NatureNet Science Fellowship Now Accepting Applications for 2019
Apply for NatureNet Science Fellowships at Columbia University by September 7, 2018.
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How Will People Move as Climate Changes?
A new model estimates how many climate migrants there will be, where they are likely to go, and what effects they might have on the places to which they move.