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• Pollution and Health: From Local Problems to Global Impact
  Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: Online Event Description: Earth Observations: Conversations with Lamont Scientists Join us for a conversation on Pollution and Health: From Local Problems to Global Impact Lamont-Doherty experts will explore the full spectrum of pollution, from the emissions humans produce to the resulting health impacts. They will provide insights across scales, revealing […]
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  Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00 AM – 1:00 PM Where: Monell Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Cancelled. Contact: Ben Stoker
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  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

• Think Again: Volcanic Eruptions Can Cool Earth – But the Impact Isn’t so Simple; Here Is Why
  April 13, 2026
  A 2024 study published in the Journal of Climate by researchers from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University used advanced computer modeling to simulate super-eruptions like Toba….
• Why Your Electricity Bill Is Vulnerable to Energy Supply Shocks in the Middle East
  April 11, 2026
  “Prices will probably remain at a relatively high level” through at least the middle of the year, said Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a global research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. Those […]
• How the Trump Administration’s Climate Math Doesn’t Add Up
  April 10, 2026
  It’s clear that taking action to prevent such disasters doesn’t hurt the economy as a whole, said Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School, but it does hurt some industries — namely, oil […]