January 27, 2020
Mary Annaïse Heglar to Join Earth Institute as Writer-in-Residence
Noted climate justice essayist Mary Annaïse Heglar will spend the next six months at Columbia University under a newly launched writer-in-residence program.
January 23, 2020
Bridging the Air Pollution Data Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dan Westervelt, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researcher and Center for Climate and Life Fellow, received funding to address the air pollution crisis in three sub-Saharan African cities.
January 20, 2020
Ozone-Depleting Substances Caused Half of Late 20th-Century Arctic Warming, Says Study
A new Columbia study finds that ozone-depleting substances caused about a third of all global warming from 1955 to 2005, and half of Arctic warming and sea ice loss during that period.
January 13, 2020
Rising Temperatures Will Mean More Fatal Injuries in the U.S., Says Study
Thousands more people could die from injuries each year as rising temperatures in the United States affect people’s behavior, according to a new Columbia study.
December 17, 2019
In Ancient Scottish Tree Rings, a Cautionary Tale on Climate, Politics and Survival
Using old tree rings and archival documents, historians and climate scientists have detailed an extreme cold period in Scotland in the 1690s that caused immense suffering. It may have lessons for Brexit-era politics.