July 29, 2020
8 Surprising Facts About Marie Tharp, Mapmaker Extraordinaire
Maybe you already know that she created some of the first maps of the ocean floor and helped discover plate tectonics. Here are some lesser-known facts about this history-making cartographer.
July 28, 2020
Columbia Chemistry Receives $21.5 Million Gift from Dr. Ge Li and Dr. Ning Zhao
Today, Columbia announced the $21.5 million gift, which will advance research and teaching in chemistry at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Columbia College, and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
July 22, 2020
Columbia Astrophysicist Brian Metzger Named 2020 Blavatnik Laureate
Research on the origins of gold and other heavy metals garners the nation's largest unrestricted scientific prize for young scientists.
July 16, 2020
Genetics Could Protect Coral Reefs from Global Warming
The Columbia study provides more evidence that genetic-sequencing can reveal evolutionary differences in reef-building corals that one day could help identify which strains could adapt to warmer seas.
July 8, 2020
Scientists Warn of Wide Impacts on Midwaters Around Deep-Sea Mining Sites
Interest in deep-sea mining for metals has grown substantially. A new study argues that it poses significant risks not only to the immediate surroundings but also to the water thousands of feet above the seafloor.