August 28, 2017
Tree-Eating Beetles Set to March Northward as Winters Warm
Climatologists at Columbia University fear that warmer winters will cause the southern pine beetle to infest more and more forests in the northeast in the coming decades.
August 28, 2017
What Makes a Storm Deadly?
John Mutter, a geophysicist at Columbia University, explains the widespread damage and devastation caused by Harvey, and how the storm compares to Hurricane Katrina.
August 22, 2017
New Breed of Super Quants Prep for Wall Street
Jeanette Wing, director of Columbia's Data Science Institute, tells Business that data science is going to transform fields, professions and sectors.
August 17, 2017
Investigating the Enigma of Clouds and Climate Change
In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Columbia University physicist Kate Marvel discusses the double-edged effect clouds have on rising temperatures.
August 17, 2017
How Arsenic is Poisoning a Nation
Despite simple solutions, a fourth of Bangladesh’s population is still exposed to drinking water contaminated with arsenic. Columbia University researchers are studying the effects of long-term exposure to the deadly element.
August 16, 2017
California Scientists Push to Create Massive Climate-research Programme
Peter de Menocal, Columbia University's Dean of Science, discusses whether private philanthropy can help fill the U.S. government's climate science funding gap.
August 16, 2017
Health Check: Witnessing the Brain’s Aha! Moment
Dr Michael Shadlen, a neuroscientist at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute, thinks he’s got a step closer to understanding what’s going on when the brain stops gathering information – and we have an Aha! moment.