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In a new study, researchers have proposed a mechanism for how mega-canyons under northern Greenland’s ice sheet formed: from a series of catastrophic outburst floods that suddenly and repeatedly drained lakes of melting ice-sheet water.

Estimates say the city releases about 50 million tons of carbon a year, but no one has actually measured it. A new project is trying to change that.

On Earth Day and every day, The Earth Institute and its Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory work to understand and protect our planet.

Rapid development in flood-prone zones during recent decades helped boost the amount of property exposed to the 2018 hurricane substantially, a new study says.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. To celebrate, we’re sharing images of places and projects around the world that highlight our planet’s incredible beauty.

Scientists say a long-feared megadrought, worse than anything in recorded history, seems to be starting up in southwestern North America.

Kevin Uno, a Lamont paleoclimatologist and Center for Climate and Life Fellow, studies how abrupt changes in climate affected Neolithic human settlement, diet, and abandonment in northwest Africa.

New GPS data show birds adjust to shifting snow conditions as climate warms.

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘Deep Convection’ is a podcast about climate, science, and life.

The three projects are among the top contenders in the 100&Change competition, selected from 755 proposals.

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.

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.

While much of the world is planning for flooding and inundation from changes in sea level, Greenland is facing a much different future.

With mounting evidence of health and environmental impacts, fracking faces opposition from many of the leading Democratic candidates for president.

Diversity is key to resilience, says new study.

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.

For about the last 10 years, environmental law professor Karl Coplan has been trying to winnow down his direct footprint of carbon-dioxide emissions.

Leading researchers design formal wear with a scientific edge.

Getting to remote sites started to prove challenging, and involved many forms of transportation by land and water.

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.

And how to protect yourself from them.

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.

Tropical fossils found in a Greenland ice core hint at volcanic eruptions that threw the world into darkness from 536 to 537 A.D.

The project earned grad student Anna Barth a grand prize in the American Geophysical Union’s competition on Data Visualization and Storytelling.

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.

A variety of undergraduate, graduate, and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by January 29, 2020.

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.

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.

He treks to remote volcanoes to measure their gas and aerosol emissions, in order to improve climate change predictions.

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.

A recent event at Columbia University debated the pros and cons.

New findings double potential emissions from these areas, with big implications for climate modeling.

Wrapping up a week-long bicycle trip that has brought climate science to underprivileged schools.

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.

Sonya Dyhrman, a microbial oceanographer affiliated with Lamont’s Center for Climate and Life, explains how human-caused climate change is harming ocean health.

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.

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.

In a hearing of the House Science Committee, the meteorologist weighed in on heat waves and hurricanes, and underscored the need for action.

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.

Climate change disrupts the water cycle in ways that could profoundly alter how we live our lives.

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.

Climatologist Radley Horton’s impactful research is matched by his commitment to communicating the under-appreciated threats associated with global warming.

The newly renovated research facility will host an educational mural that combines art and science.