On April 16th, the Columbia community celebrated the 50 years Wally Broecker has spent teaching in the University's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, which he joined in 1959. Check out a slide show of pictures from the festivities and watch a tape of the day’s event.
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Former Vice-President Al Gore discusses Wally's profound influence on both the field of climate science and on the politician's personal thinking about the state of our planet.
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The United Nations has awarded geochemist Taro Takahashi its highest honor for environmental leadership, the Champions of the Earth award, for his research on the oceans’ uptake of carbon dioxide and its implications for global warming. Watch the UN-produced video profile of Taro.
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The Tree-Ring Lab Reconstructs Asia's Most Devastating Droughts
A new study of tree rings provides the most detailed record yet of at least four epic droughts that have shaken Asia over the last thousand years.
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a component of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is one of the world's leading scientific research centers. More than 300 scientists and students study the planet from its deepest interior to the outer reaches of its atmosphere. From global climate change to earthquakes, volcanoes, nonrenewable resources, environmental hazards and beyond, Observatory scientists provide a rational basis for the difficult choices facing humankind in the planet's stewardship.