Xiaomeng Jin Uses Satellite Imagery to Track Ozone Formation
Jin’s research as a Ph.D. student at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory has yielded important information for air quality control efforts.
The 12 Questions Earth Scientists Should Ask in the Next 10 Years
A committee comprised of scientists from 19 research institutions has outlined what the U.S. National Science Foundation should focus on over the next decade.
The U.S. Is Getting Shorter, as Mapmakers Race to Keep Up
“GPS doesn’t know much about gravity,” said James L. Davis, a geophysicist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in New York.
Malnutrition Leading Cause of Death and Ill Health Worldwide
Cynthia Rosenzweig, a climate expert at the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies said: “It is really a call to action for countries and international organizations, NGOs and the whole system, to create a transformation in the food system.
This Math Formula Has Determined the Odds of Aliens Existing
David Kipping leads the Cool Worlds Laboratory at Columbia University and recently published a study that identifies the odds of intelligent life existing elsewhere in the universe.