Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society believes that giving farmers access to reliable weather forecasts can help them increase yields by 20%, and sometimes by as much as 80%.
After being foiled for years by the harsh conditions, Columbia scientist Billy D’Andrea and his colleagues were able to collect key core samples from a remote lake in Svalbard—which may provide valuable insight into how our climate will change over the coming decades.
Joanna Steinglass, an associate professor of clinical psychiatry, and Daphna Shohamy, a psychology professor, are collaborating on a food choice study that aims to find the brain mechanisms of restrictive eating and develop more effective treatments for anorexia nervosa.