September 13, 2018
Unusual weather patterns are making it difficult to predict how Hurricane Florence will move toward the Carolinas, explains Suzana Camargo, executive director for Columbia University’s Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate.
September 13, 2018
It is with great sadness that Columbia announces the death of our dear colleague Walter Mischel on September 12, 2018. He was the Robert Johnston Niven Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters.
September 13, 2018
climate models
climate response
hurricanes
A team of weather and storm experts, including Columbia’s Suzana Camargo, is working to enhance climate models; the project will help to improve forecasts of intense hurricanes like Hurricane Florence.
September 13, 2018
natural disasters
New York City
sea level rise
Scientists at Columbia’s Earth Institute are using simulations to test how well different methods protect coastal areas from hurricanes and sea level rise.