March 28, 2018
Will Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Cause More ‘Snow on Ice’ in Greenland?
Scientists are collecting lake sediment, rock, water and plant samples to tease apart linkages between Arctic sea ice, atmospheric uptake, and changes in snowfall on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
March 23, 2018
New Columbia World Project to Address Climate Risks to Food in Six Countries
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society is leading a project focused on climate threats to food and nutrition in six countries in Africa, Latin America and South Asia.
March 22, 2018
Climate Change and the Re-Greening of Puerto Rico
For the past 15 years, forest ecologist Maria Uriarte has been documenting the lives of thousands of individual trees spread across Puerto Rico, putting her in a unique position to study Hurricane Maria's damage and its long-term implications.
March 19, 2018
Palm Trees Are Spreading Northward. How Far Will They Go?
A new study led by led by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researcher Tammo Reichgelt explores what it will take for the iconic tropical tree to expand into areas that have long been too cold for palm trees to survive.
March 19, 2018
Climate Migrants Will Soon Shift Populations of Many Countries, Says World Bank
A new report projects that tens to hundreds of millions of people fleeing the gradual effects of climate change will shift centers of population within many countries in Latin America, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.