Research led by Robin Bell, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory polar scientist, examines the melting of ice surrounding Antarctica and identifies key gaps in scientists' understanding of how the continent is changing.

As director of Columbia’s newest research arm, the Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center, Alan West leads a team developing batteries that can store solar and wind-powered energy.

Climate scientist Jason Smerdon is coauthor of Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future, a succinct, non-ideological reference for anyone who wants to understand what we know (and don’t) about climate.

Rising temperatures influence wildfires in the American West, says research led by Park Williams, a bioclimatologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Center for Climate and Life Fellow.

Over the last decade, IRI’s financial instruments team has been researching, designing and refining weather index insurance in their work in a dozen countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.