Through ‘EI Live,’ scientific experts from across the Earth Institute will share aspects of their work through live lectures, interactive activities, and demos. The series launches April 6.
Research News 2020
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March 30, 2020
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March 27, 2020
Researchers long ago predicted that the 1987 Montreal Protocol, banning ozone-depleting gases, would reverse a worrisome trend in Southern Hemisphere winds. A new study shows they were right.
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March 27, 2020
Earth Institute experts in public health and disaster response are publishing leading-edge findings and advising governments on the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers are also examining the local and global fallout for environment, climate, energy and health systems, philanthropy, culture, and education.
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March 26, 2020
Columbia experts weigh in.
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March 25, 2020
Researchers are measuring severe drops in pollutants at the ground level, but warn that the benefits will be short-lived unless we take away some longer-term lessons.
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March 23, 2020
A variety of undergraduate, graduate, and PhD positions are available. Apply by April 19, 2020.
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March 18, 2020
The movement of sea ice between Arctic countries is expected to increase significantly this century, raising the risk of more widely transporting pollutants like microplastics and oil, according to new research.
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March 16, 2020
A new study looks at why the 2011 Tohoku tsunami off Japan was unexpectedly huge.
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March 09, 2020
‘Deep Convection’ is a podcast about climate, science, and life.
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February 20, 2020
Fossil fuel companies are ramping up production of virgin plastics, with huge potential consequences for climate and the environment.
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February 19, 2020
The three projects are among the top contenders in the 100&Change competition, selected from 755 proposals.
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February 19, 2020
Now that the ‘Solid Carbon’ project has won a spot in the MacArthur foundation’s 100&Change competition, what’s next for carbon capture and storage?
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February 13, 2020
Always weather-obsessed, Fralick enrolled in the Sustainability Science program because he wants to take on the threats of climate change and incorporate sustainable practices into everyday life.
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February 11, 2020
Women scientists play an essential role in our mission to understand how the planet works, how humans are changing it, and how to build a sustainable future.
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February 07, 2020
A new paper provides a comprehensive overview of our understanding of how humans are affecting the global climate system, and its application in legal settings.
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February 07, 2020
In your Oscar speech, don’t just preach sustainability — wear it.
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February 05, 2020
While much of the world is planning for flooding and inundation from changes in sea level, Greenland is facing a much different future.
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February 04, 2020
Earth Institute researchers are in the field studying the dynamics of the planet on every continent and every ocean. Here is a list of projects.
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January 28, 2020
With mounting evidence of health and environmental impacts, fracking faces opposition from many of the leading Democratic candidates for president.
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January 27, 2020
The award posthumously recognizes Takahashi's research around ocean uptake of carbon dioxide emissions.
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January 27, 2020
Diversity is key to resilience, says new study.
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January 23, 2020
Dan Westervelt, a 2019 Center for Climate and Life Fellow, received funding to address the ongoing air pollution crisis in three large sub-Saharan African cities.
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January 20, 2020
A scientist who has played a key role in documenting modern sea-level rise and its causes is to receive the 2020 Vetlesen Prize for achievement in the Earth sciences.
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January 20, 2020
Long-lived compounds implicated in a third of overall global warming from 1955 to 2005.
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January 13, 2020
For about the last 10 years, environmental law professor Karl Coplan has been trying to winnow down his direct footprint of carbon-dioxide emissions.
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January 13, 2020
My last days in the field brought us to monuments in a makeshift home near the ocean, a flooded field next to a school, and adjacent to a jute mill. Most of us now head back to Dhaka, the capital. Céline will stay on a few more days, then Hasnat with Saif and Nahin will continue until all the monuments are resurveyed.
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January 10, 2020
Leading researchers design formal wear with a scientific edge.
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January 10, 2020
We continued our GPS surveys of monuments to measure land subsidence. While the work generally went very well, we faced challenges from obscured or tilted monuments. We also struggled with large traffic delays, particularly at unpredictable ferry crossings.
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January 09, 2020
Getting to remote sites started to prove challenging, and involved many forms of transportation by land and water.
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January 08, 2020
A new study uncovers a previously undocumented relationship between erosion and wind speed.
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January 04, 2020
Lamont scientist Mike Steckler is back in Bangladesh to investigate the balance between sea level rise, sinking of the land, and filling of the space with sediments, using precision GPS to measure how much geodetic monuments have sunk or subsided over the 18 years since they were installed.
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January 02, 2020
Evidence suggests that this major ocean current, which influences the weather in parts of Europe and the U.S., is already changing.
