social media
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The Communication Climate After 2020: Stormy but Hopeful
A global community, including the Earth Institute’s Initiative on Communication and Sustainability, is working hard to make information and connectivity matter a little more each day.
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What Social Media Can Teach Us About Human-Environment Relationships
Researchers used Instagram hashtags to analyze how people feel about their environments, furthering the study of cultural ecosystem services.
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Mass Media World, Social Media World and the Real World
In the world outside of the mass and social media, we can have a reasoned, and even emotional argument about what we should do about the situation we are in.
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5 Questions: Richard Plunz on Crowdsourcing Urban Design with Twitter
A project from the Urban Design Lab combines mapping techniques with Twitter-usage data to gain a real-time understanding of how people occupy public space.
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Cat Puns, Scientists and Social Media
Social media plus scientists plus Chemistry Cat puns is a great formula for a talk, right?
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Socially Speaking, the State of the Planet
If you wanted to get a sense of the State of the Planet, you didn’t need to be at the Columbia University conference on Oct. 11. You just needed to follow #SOP2012. Six hundred people gathered at the event to think about the future of sustainable development, while 476 people sent 1,300 tweets, making about…
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Climate Scientist to World: “Ask me Anything”
“After the warm winter, is this summer going to be insanely hot?”
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Social Media and the Love of Science
What is the role of social media in advancing environmental sustainability and conservation? Do tweeting, posting, and blogging really accelerate technological progress and science?
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A Cup of Joe for #1000
IRI is offering a token of thanks for helping us reach a Twitter milestone. Care to help us get there?
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
