State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

Wallace Broecker

  • Lamont Alumna Receives Prestigious Prize

    Lamont Alumna Receives Prestigious Prize

    Susan Trumbore, who earned her Ph.D. at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is among the recipients of the 2020 Balzan Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in natural science and humanities.

  • The ‘Grandfather of Climate Science’ on Climate Skepticism

    The ‘Grandfather of Climate Science’ on Climate Skepticism

    Geoscientist Wally Broecker explains the money that’s backing climate denialism, and what it will take to fight it.

  • Lamont-Doherty Dedicates New Geochemistry Facility

    Lamont-Doherty Dedicates New Geochemistry Facility

    In late 2013, the dream of creating a uniquely powerful facility for the Lamont-Doherty Geochemistry Division became a reality upon completion of the Comer Building’s Ultra Clean Laboratory. On the afternoon of November 20th, this new laboratory was dedicated in front of an audience of Observatory Advisory Board members, donors, scientists and other members of…

  • Wallace Broecker Wins (Yet Another) Top Prize

    Climate Scientist Who Sounded Early Warnings Is Still At Work

  • Top Science Award Goes To Climate Researcher Wallace Broecker

    Balzan Prize Honors Key Insights Into Changes in Oceans, Atmosphere

  • Geochemistry Building Will Expand Knowledge of Earth

    Amid cheers from hundreds of scientists and guests, Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory cut the ribbon at its $45 million Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building. The ultra-modern facility is “the step forward that we need to accelerate our efforts to understand and predict the important changes that will impact the way we live with our planet,”…

  • Lamont Alumna Receives Prestigious Prize

    Lamont Alumna Receives Prestigious Prize

    Susan Trumbore, who earned her Ph.D. at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is among the recipients of the 2020 Balzan Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in natural science and humanities.

  • The ‘Grandfather of Climate Science’ on Climate Skepticism

    The ‘Grandfather of Climate Science’ on Climate Skepticism

    Geoscientist Wally Broecker explains the money that’s backing climate denialism, and what it will take to fight it.

  • Lamont-Doherty Dedicates New Geochemistry Facility

    Lamont-Doherty Dedicates New Geochemistry Facility

    In late 2013, the dream of creating a uniquely powerful facility for the Lamont-Doherty Geochemistry Division became a reality upon completion of the Comer Building’s Ultra Clean Laboratory. On the afternoon of November 20th, this new laboratory was dedicated in front of an audience of Observatory Advisory Board members, donors, scientists and other members of…

  • Wallace Broecker Wins (Yet Another) Top Prize

    Climate Scientist Who Sounded Early Warnings Is Still At Work

  • Top Science Award Goes To Climate Researcher Wallace Broecker

    Balzan Prize Honors Key Insights Into Changes in Oceans, Atmosphere

  • Geochemistry Building Will Expand Knowledge of Earth

    Amid cheers from hundreds of scientists and guests, Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory cut the ribbon at its $45 million Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building. The ultra-modern facility is “the step forward that we need to accelerate our efforts to understand and predict the important changes that will impact the way we live with our planet,”…