Kartik Chandran, a professor at Columbia University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, explains that the United States doesn't have systems in place to effectively recycle most straws. They quite literally fall through the cracks.

Research co-authored by Earth Institute climate scientist Susanne Bauer says that the cooling effect of aerosols is so large that it has masked as much as half of the warming effect from greenhouse gases.

Yaniv Erlich, a computer scientist at Columbia University, published a paper on DNA storage in March 2017. “We need about 10 tons of DNA to store all the world’s data,” said Erlich. “That’s something you could fit on a semi-trailer.”

Columbia Engineering professor, Daniel Esposito, and his team recently published a proof-of-concept study in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, showing how a device they designed could lead to cheaper, more sustainable hydrogen production.

“Weather events in general are getting more extreme, and whether that’s temperature or storms or flooding or conditions associated with turbulence, those are all pretty negative for aviation,” says Ethan Coffel, a graduate student in climate science at Columbia University who studies extreme weather.

Robin Bell, a polar scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and president-elect of the American Geophysical Union, discusses her research, climate change, and STEM with The New York Times.

Yuang Yang, an assistant professor of material science and engineering at Columbia University, came up with a design for an extremely flexible and energy-dense lithium-ion battery that could finally make portable chargers a practical reality.