Sohl, an earth system scientist at Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, studies Earth’s climate past, so that we can better predict its future.

A new study co-authored by Columbia University researchers challenges many climate scientists’ expectations that plants will make much of the world wetter in the future.

At a recent event hosted by Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Earth Institute, experts discussed a study that is evaluating the feasibility of building storm surge barriers around New York and New Jersey.

Northern peatlands may hold twice as much carbon as previously suspected. The findings suggest these areas play a more important role in climate change and the carbon cycle than they’re typically given credit for.

Kevin Griffin, a plant physiologist at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, uses remote sensing to track the daily rhythms of trees. His work is helping to bring tree biology to life for students and the general public.