Columbia will hold its third annual Data Science Day on March 28. The conference is open to the public and aims to foster collaboration and deepen understanding of issues such as public health and medical research, climate change and financial risk. Read More

A new study led by led by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researcher Tammo Reichgelt explores what it will take for the iconic tropical tree to expand into areas that have long been too cold for palm trees to survive. Read More

A new report projects that tens to hundreds of millions of people fleeing the gradual effects of climate change will shift centers of population within many countries in Latin America, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Read More

Columbia researchers have identified the nerve cells that initiate a fly’s escape response. Their results provide a window into a survival mechanism so important that it has persisted across evolutionary time, and today exists in virtually all animals. Read More

A generous donation from leading geoscience firm CGG Inc. will advance the research capacities of the Langseth, Columbia University's research vessel, and enable new areas of sub-seafloor exploration. Read More

Researchers report a sharp drop in salinity in the North Atlantic Ocean over the last decade, providing the most detailed look yet at changing ocean conditions in the region. Read More

The RAD, an audio-based interface that can easily be integrated into existing video games, enables people who are visually impaired to play video games with the same speed and control as sighted players, with full 3D graphics and complex, challenging racetracks. Read More