How Did Africa’s Grasslands Get Started?
A new study led by Columbia scientists examines why, millions of years ago, grasses with a new way of doing photosynthesis displaced previously dominant plants, shrubs, and trees.
By Cutting Ozone Pollution Now, China Could Save 330,000 Lives by 2050
Climate change could worsen China’s already bad ozone pollution problem — but a new Columbia University study shows that it doesn’t have to be that way.
Study Bolsters Case That Climate Change Is Driving Many California Wildfires
A new study combs through the many factors that can promote wildfires in California, and concludes that in many, though not all, cases, warming climate is the decisive driver.
Robin Bell Goes to Washington to Testify About Melting Ice Sheets
At a hearing of the House Science Committee on July 11, Bell will explain her research and why changing polar ice matters to everyone in America and around the world.
Park Williams Awarded Grant to Advance Research on Wildfire Behavior
Funding from the Zegar Family Foundation will enable Williams to create a tool to help scientists better understand how wildfires in the Western United States may behave in the future.