January 19, 2018
ecology
fundamental science
“Placing guards around tree pits allows urban trees to absorb more storm water runoff, taking pressure off the city sewer system,” said the study’s senior author, Patricia Culligan, a professor at Columbia Engineering and a member of Columbia’s Earth Institute and Data Science Institute.
December 6, 2017
ecology
ecosystems
Congress is moving closer to opening Alaska’s pristine wilderness to oil and gas development. Columbia scientist Natalie Boelman explains might that mean for the creatures living there.
December 4, 2017
climate response
ecology
A plankton-like species is attacking the base of the food chain in the Arabian sea, disrupting water quality and killing fish. Researchers at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are learning how to fight back.
August 28, 2017
Climate
ecology
Over the next few decades, global warming-related rises in winter temperatures could significantly extend the range of the southern pine beetle, one of the world’s most aggressive tree-killing insects, through much of the northern U.S. and southern Canada.
August 17, 2017
ecology
fundamental science
Plastic microbeads, common in soap, toothpaste and other consumer products, are flooding waters. A team from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is doing the first large-scale assessment of their impact on New York’s waterways.