September 21, 2019

How to Help the Environment Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit

Peter de Menocal, a climate scientist and dean of science at Columbia University, discusses the UN Climate Action Summit, the economic costs of climate change, and what it means to put a price on carbon.
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September 17, 2019

See How Climate Change is Threatening Iconic U.S. Landmarks

"We have to hope that we're never too late," said Radley Horton of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. "We have to engage fully to reduce emissions and to prepare for those climate changes that we're locked into."
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September 12, 2019

Meet 15 Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change

In blog posts, tweets and podcasts, Kate Marvel—an associate research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University—cuts through misinformation about climate change with storytelling.
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September 11, 2019

AllianceBernstein Sends Staff to Climate School

AllianceBernstein is sending its investment staff back to school at Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for a training course on the financial risks of climate change.
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September 5, 2019

How Kīlauea’s Lava Birthed an Algal Bloom Visible from Space

According to the calculations of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists Terry Plank and Hugh Ducklow, plankton could play a bigger role in mediating the global warming effects of volcanic eruptions than once thought.
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September 3, 2019

What Will Turn Hurricane Dorian? How Wide Is the Eye? Your Questions Answered.

Adam Sobel, an atmospheric scientist and director of the Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate at Columbia University, answers questions about Hurricane Dorian.
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August 28, 2019

A Day in the Life of A Tree

Using new technology, Columbia University ecologist Kevin Griffin and his colleagues are watching as trees grow, shrink, drink, and breathe.
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