CLIMATE, EDUCATION, NATURAL DISASTERS
Why Climate Work Is Community Work
At a recent Climate School event, speaker Memphis Washington discussed the Waterfront Alliance’s climate resilience and environmental justice efforts in Coney Island.
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Climate Work Is Personal for This Class Day Speaker
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Faculty Spotlight: Decoding the Arctic Ocean’s Chemical Clues
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Exploring Connections Between Environment and Society
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Seeing Climate Change Through a New Lens
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Indigenous Herders and Peru’s Melting Glaciers: A Conversation with Anthropologist Allison Caine
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Why Climate Work Is Community Work
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In Eastern Africa, the Cradle of Humankind Is Tearing Apart
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Columbia Beautiful Planet 2026
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Upcoming Events
- Friday, May 8, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Where: Monell Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Presentation by Dr. Jonas Preine from WHOI. From Reflections to Eruptions: Understanding Oceanic Volcanism from Deep Magmatic Systems to Shallow Geohazards through Integrated Seismic Imaging Submarine volcanism accounts for approximately 75% of Earth’s volcanic activity and is a primary process in shaping […]
- Monday, May 4, 2026 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Where: The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027 Description: Columbia Climate School, the Climate Film Festival, and Moms Clean Air Force are co-hosting an Earth Month screening of The Plastic Detox (2026, dir. Josh Murphy and Louie Psihoyos), followed by a post-screening discussion exploring the […]
- Wednesday, March 25, 2026 5:30 PM – Wed , May 6, 2026 7:40 PM Where: Online Event Description: Schedule: (VIRTUAL) Wednesday evenings, March 25 – May 6, 2026. Session 1 will be 2 hours in length. All other sessions will run for 2 hours and 10 minutes. Session 1: March 25, 5:30-7:30 pm ET Session 2: April 1, 5:30-7:40 pm […]
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Media Highlights
- About 200 million years ago, it helped cause a cold spell that lasted for millennia and gave dinosaurs their chance to conquer the planet. According to palaeontologist Paul Olsen at Columbia University in New York, […]
- Federal officer removal had been raised in every climate case, but judges found it to be a bad fit, said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, which […]
- “Zeldin has displayed acrobatic flexibility in bending environmental laws to suit the desires of the White House,” Michael Gerrard, the faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, told me. […]
I agree with Mat. America has done so many amazing things in such a short time. I mean, we have…