September 13, 2017
‘Pangeo’ Project Will Improve Access to Climate Data
The better climate models become, the harder it is to use them. Researchers at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and their colleagues are working to fix that.
September 7, 2017
Could Climate Change Breed a Whole New Category of Hurricane?
Hoaxes have been calling Irma a Category 6 hurricane, but there’s no such thing. Columbia University scientists discuss whether there could there be in the future.
September 4, 2017
How Will Scientists Find Out Whether Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Worse?
Columbia University scientists explain that it's too soon to say there’s a connection between Harvey and global warming, but searching for the fingerprints of climate change shouldn’t take too long.
August 30, 2017
Earth Institute Experts Break Down the Causes and Impacts of Hurricane Harvey
As Texas reels in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Earth Institute scientists are helping to make sense of how this storm became so destructive, and what’s needed for recovery.
August 29, 2017
Recovery from Harvey Could Take 15 Years
Irwin Redlener, the director of Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, weighs in on the heartbreaking devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in southeast Texas.