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March 09, 2020
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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.
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December 27, 2019
And how to protect yourself from them.
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December 20, 2019
The PlastiX-Snow project will track microplastics that contaminate Earth’s most remote and pristine locations.
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December 20, 2019
Report finds extreme heat, coastal storm surge, inland flooding, and more violent storms will significantly impact the energy systems of the New York City area in the 21st century.
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December 18, 2019
Warming temperatures create two major drying trends, jeopardizing corn and soybean crops.
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December 17, 2019
Tropical fossils found in a Greenland ice core hint at volcanic eruptions that threw the world into darkness from 536 to 537 A.D.
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December 17, 2019
Using old tree rings and archival documents, historians and climate scientists have detailed an extreme cold period in Scotland in the 1690s that caused immense suffering. It may have lessons for Brexit-era politics.
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December 11, 2019
The project earned grad student Anna Barth a grand prize in the American Geophysical Union’s competition on Data Visualization and Storytelling.
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December 11, 2019
A variety of undergraduate research assistant positions are available. Apply by January 29, 2020.
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December 09, 2019
Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the northern jet stream that cause simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated regions–a previously unknown threat to global food production that could worsen with global warming.
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December 09, 2019
The “walking rock” track suggests that a massive volcanic winter may have frozen the tropics during the dawn of the dinosaur age.
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December 09, 2019
A variety of undergraduate, graduate, and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by January 29, 2020.
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December 04, 2019
by Kevin Krajick
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December 03, 2019
According to new research, the rains that come once the storm has weakened may actually be more intense than when the storm is at its strongest.
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December 03, 2019
On a peninsula within sight of New York City, researchers are studying trees dating as far back as the early 1800s. Rising seas and more powerful storms, both fueled by climate change, could eventually spell their end.
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December 02, 2019
A three-part lecture series will welcome residents of nearby communities to get an up close, exclusive look at Lamont’s world-class research in Palisades, New York.
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December 02, 2019
A chronological guide to key Lamont talks and other events at the Dec. 9-13 American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
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November 29, 2019
He treks to remote volcanoes to measure their gas and aerosol emissions, in order to improve climate change predictions.
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November 27, 2019
A bay in Antarctica has been named after biological oceanographer Hugh Ducklow to celebrate his contributions to Antarctic research.
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November 26, 2019
Typically only shallow wells have arsenic problems, but in an area of India and Bangladesh, deep wells are highly contaminated. Scientists are starting to learn why.
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November 21, 2019
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November 16, 2019
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November 04, 2019
New study challenges many climate scientists’ expectations that plants will make much of the world wetter in the future.
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October 24, 2019
A recent event at Columbia University debated the pros and cons.
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October 24, 2019
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October 21, 2019
New findings double potential emissions from these areas, with big implications for climate modeling.
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October 16, 2019
Kevin Griffin uses remote sensing to track the daily rhythms of trees. His work is helping to bring tree biology to life for students and the general public.
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October 16, 2019
Wrapping up a week-long bicycle trip that has brought climate science to underprivileged schools.
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October 14, 2019
Using drones, laser scanners, and high-resolution models, researchers hope to find out more about the processes driving rapid melting in this region.
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October 11, 2019
A PhD student explains what life is like on a week-long bicycle trip that’s bringing climate science to students from economically disadvantaged families.
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October 09, 2019
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October 08, 2019
Sonya Dyhrman, a microbial oceanographer affiliated with Lamont’s Center for Climate and Life, explains how human-caused climate change is harming ocean health.
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October 08, 2019
On Saturday, October 5, Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory opened its doors to the public once again.
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October 07, 2019
A student-led Cycle for Science trip will follow the footsteps of an ice sheet that buried the NYC area under a mile of ice during the last ice age.
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October 04, 2019
A paleoecologist explains why it’s actually a bad idea to “drain the swamp.”
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October 02, 2019
In the 1960s, Pitman and his colleagues showed that the magnetic polarity of the seabed changes with time and space—a signal that the beds are expanding and moving.
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September 30, 2019
Visit us in Palisades, NY, for hands-on, family-friendly science activities and lectures — including a new panel that will address the challenges of reporting the climate story.
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September 26, 2019
In a hearing of the House Science Committee, the meteorologist weighed in on heat waves and hurricanes, and underscored the need for action.
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September 26, 2019
Short answer: Moderation is key.
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September 25, 2019
Pierre Dutrieux, a Lamont oceanographer and 2019 Climate and Life Fellow, discusses his Antarctic research and what the new IPCC report says about sea-level rise.
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September 25, 2019
Journalists at Univision teamed up with Lamont scientists to test how well Newark’s lead filters are working. The results support new findings from city officials.
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September 23, 2019
Climate change disrupts the water cycle in ways that could profoundly alter how we live our lives.
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September 20, 2019
Dozens of Earth Institute and Lamont staff and students took part in New York City’s Climate Strike march.
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September 19, 2019
A paleoclimatologist walks us through some of the natural causes of climate change — and why it’s important to take action on human-caused warming.
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September 19, 2019
Two Months in the Southern Ocean, for Science Under the leadership of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists, two different expeditions sailed to the stormy Southern Ocean to learn more about Earth’s climate history.
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September 19, 2019
Climatologist Radley Horton’s impactful research is matched by his commitment to communicating the under-appreciated threats associated with global warming.
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September 16, 2019
A team of researchers taught social science students to test for high fluoride levels in their own villages, and experimented with creative ways to get the word out about the dangers of fluorosis.
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September 12, 2019
The newly renovated research facility will host an educational mural that combines art and science.
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September 12, 2019
Join Lamont's Center for Climate and Life and our Earth Institute colleagues at a groundbreaking New York City climate event designed to inform and inspire.
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September 11, 2019
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September 11, 2019
Scientific experts from Lamont and leading finance professionals at AllianceBernstein are collaborating to create an intensive curriculum focused on how climate change can affect economic and financial outcomes.
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September 06, 2019
A new study reveals a surprising way in which lava influences marine ecology.
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September 04, 2019
Park Williams and Richard Seager, climate experts at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, discuss why California wildfires are expected to expand and intensify with climate change.
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August 30, 2019
Sea level rise 3 million years ago may help predict the pace of what we can expect as our climate warms.
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August 22, 2019
A student research project unveils that tiny plastics in laundry detergents and fabrics could potentially have a big impact on ocean health.
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August 22, 2019
Lamont scientists representing a range of research disciplines and career stages are to receive honors from the internationally influential earth and space science organization.
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August 21, 2019
Two months at sea, collecting drill cores in the stormiest ocean on the planet, can feel both extremely epic and fairly routine.
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August 19, 2019
The changes could affect health, agriculture and ecosystems, the study suggests.
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August 14, 2019
Artificial and modified organisms could become essential tools to fight climate change, clean up pollution, protect biodiversity, and more.
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August 12, 2019
A new project from the Center for Sustainable Development and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory will use education interventions to try to curb fluorosis, caused by high fluoride levels in drinking water, in Alirajpur, India.
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August 12, 2019
A new study shows, for the first time, evidence of a link between human-caused global warming and melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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August 07, 2019
Despite all the “Waiting on Weather” and “Running Away from Weather,” the expedition recovered exciting new sedimentary climate records in the remote and notoriously stormy Southern Ocean.
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August 07, 2019
Lower air pollution levels saved an estimated 5,660 lives in New York State in 2012, compared to 2002 levels, according to a new study.
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August 07, 2019
In the Southeastern United States, the increasing amount of rain during hurricane season is coming not from hurricanes but from non-tropical storms created by weather fronts, new research finds.
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August 05, 2019
We added a campaign monument to the tide gauge at Khepupara on the way to our last GPS and SET installation site at Patuakhali. We faced challenges such as bad roads and broken bridges, and leeches, but got the work done. The field work was now coming to a close.
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August 02, 2019
The American Meteorological Society will award him the Henry Stommel Research Medal for his research on the Southern Ocean and inter-basin circulation.
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August 02, 2019
We replaced the GPS at Khulna University, then met some colleagues in Barisal. We continued to Khepupara and the beach at Kuakata for more installations. The beach on the Bay of Bengal is fresh water in the summer due to the enormous water discharge at the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta.
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July 30, 2019
Short answer: A little bit goes a long way.
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July 30, 2019
Silting rivers and bad roads made it difficult to find a last site. After a successful installation and an upgrade to an existing GPS site, we left the boat for land. We then discovered the local river had washed away some of our equipment.
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July 26, 2019
As part of the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, students undertake science courses that will serve as a foundational basis for tackling policy issues. Who better to learn from than the individuals who dominate earth science research?
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July 26, 2019
We sailed to Hiron Point in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest to upgrade old and install new equipment. I have been to this beautiful remote site several times before. After competing the work, we sailed for over a day to reach our next site on a primary school roof.
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July 26, 2019
By Elizabeth Case and Jonny Kingslake
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July 24, 2019
By working a 16-hour day, we managed to get both GPS and SETs completed at our first field site. We then sailed into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest, the world’s largest, to visit an existing site and make measurements.
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July 24, 2019
Climate scientists often invoke the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age as natural worldwide climate swings predating human influences. They may not have worked the way we think.
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July 24, 2019
Study picks apart factors that caused severe, long-lasting droughts and suggests increased risk for future.
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July 23, 2019
I am back in Bangladesh for a new project examining the balance between sea level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. We will be installing, repairing or upgrading equipment to measure changes to the landscape.
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July 22, 2019
A new study reveals how local factors influence the Ross Ice Shelf’s stability, refining predictions of how it will change and influence sea rise in the future.
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