“We already have enough evidence before a study like this, clearly, of the systemic, existential risks in a world where we don’t reduce our carbon emissions,” Columbia climate scientist Radley Horton said. “This is another line of evidence.”
“Without human-caused climate change, we would still have a drought,” said Columbia bioclimatologist Park Williams. “But it wouldn’t be a serious as the one we’ve actually seen.”
A new study has identified thousands of incidents of previously rare or unprecedented extreme heat/humidity combinations in many parts of the world.
The findings in mice bolster efforts to map the circuitry of the brain’s memory center and point to new areas of research into panic and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Widely considered a screen against contamination, clay layers may actually enhance arsenic leakage into some aquifers, a new Columbia-led study finds.