Africa’s Skies are Badly Polluted
About the lack of data, Columbia University atmospheric scientist Dan Westervelt said, “Many governments are simply worried that better data will lead to more criticism of them.”
8 Surprising Facts About Marie Tharp, Mapmaker Extraordinaire
Maybe you already know that she created some of the first maps of the ocean floor and helped discover plate tectonics. Here are some lesser-known facts about this history-making cartographer.
Columbia Chemistry Receives $21.5 Million Gift from Dr. Ge Li and Dr. Ning Zhao
Today, Columbia announced the $21.5 million gift, which will advance research and teaching in chemistry at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Columbia College, and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Dueling Cyclones Brew in the Atlantic and Pacific
Suzana Camargo, a research professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, discusses the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and the breakneck pace of storms so far this summer.
Columbia Astrophysicist Brian Metzger Named 2020 Blavatnik Laureate
Research on the origins of gold and other heavy metals garners the nation’s largest unrestricted scientific prize for young scientists.