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Scientist: Why Do So Many Americans Ask Me about Nuking a Hurricane?

CNN

Monday, August 26, 2019

Opinion piece by Lamont scientist Adam Sobel.

AGU: Rising Summer Heat Could Soon Endanger Travelers on Annual Muslim Pilgrimage

Los Alamos Daily Post

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Article quotes Lamont scientist Radley Horton.

2019 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients Announced

Eos

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Maurice Ewing Medal - Maureen E. Raymo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Science for Solutions Award - Franziska C. Landes, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.

Living on the Edge on India’s Coastlines

Livemint

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Features Lamont scientists Helga Gomes and Adam Sobel.

Summer Heatwaves and Summer Rain More Persistent in a Warming World

Physics World

Monday, August 19, 2019

Article about study coauthored by Lamont postdoctoral researcher Kai Kornhuber.

How Extreme Weather Conditions Could Last Longer Due to Climate Change

Carbon Brief

Monday, August 19, 2019

Article about study coauthored by Lamont postdoctoral researcher Kai Kornhuber.

Higher Temperatures and Sea Levels Expected in U.S.Southeast as Gulf Stream Warms

PlanetWatch

Friday, August 16, 2019

Widely considered the father of modern climate science, Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Wallace S. Broecker first hypothesized and found evidence indicating that an increase in ice melt in the Arctic was causing a slowing of the Gulf Stream and AMOC decades ago. More recent research backs up his claims.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks

Eos

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Article quotes the Columbia Dean of Science and Director of Lamont's Center for Climate and Life, Peter de Menocal.

Hottest July? Ask an Expert.

Nyack News & Views

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Interview with Lamont postdoc Kai Kornhuber

New Study Definitively Links West Antarctic Ice Melt to Human-Caused Climate Change

New York Daily News

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

West Antarctica study coauthored by Pierre Dutrieux

Lower Air Pollution Levels Save Thousands of Lives

WRCR

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

NY Air Pollution study by Xiaomeng Jin, Arlene Fiore

The Secret Life of Trees

American Scholar

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

“These trees are all singing their own song,” says paleoclimatologist Nicole Davi, a professor at William Patterson University and an adjunct research scientist at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She has studied tree rings from Mongolia to Montauk and says that with this project, “it’s difficult to know what’s going on,” with growth rings varying from tree to tree.

How to Reduce Exposure to Air Pollution

New York Times

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Features Lamont scientist Steven Chillrud.

Humans Cause Antarctic Ice Melt, Study Finds

Climate News Network

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Article about West Antarctic study coauthored by Lamont scientist Pierre Dutrieux.

Saving the Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' Is a Race Against Time

Vice News

Monday, August 12, 2019

Story quotes Lamont scientist Bob Newton.