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Faculty Spotlight: Why Trees Will Always Have Something to Teach Us
December 8, 2023

Lamont research professor Brendan Buckley helps his students learn to listen to the trees.

A New 66 Million-Year History of Carbon Dioxide Offers Little Comfort for Today
December 7, 2023

Scientists have produced a new curve of how atmospheric carbon dioxide affects climate. It makes clear that its effects can be long lasting.

Paving the Way for Backpack Climate Science: North Cascades Glacier Climate Project Turns 40
December 7, 2023

Forty years after Mauri Pelto began studying the glaciers in northern Washington, much has changed about the glaciers, the project and the people involved.

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A New 66 Million-Year History of Carbon Dioxide Offers Little Comfort for Today
December 7, 2023

Scientists have produced a new curve of how atmospheric carbon dioxide affects climate. It makes clear that its effects can be long lasting.

In Many Major Crop Regions, Workers Plant and Harvest in Spiraling Heat and Humidity
November 20, 2023

The ability of farmworkers to cultivate major crops including rice and maize may be compromised if climate trends continue.

World Temperatures Will Blow Past Paris Goals This Decade, Asserts New Study
November 3, 2023

James Hansen warned the world in the 1980s that global warming was coming. Now, he is warning that it is barreling down even faster than expected.

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American Geophysical Union 2023: Key Research From the Columbia Climate School
December 6, 2023

A guide to notable research to be presented at the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists.

Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork, 2023 and Beyond
May 9, 2023

Climate School researchers are carrying out fieldwork on every continent and every ocean. A guide to upcoming projects.

American Geophysical Union 2022: Key Research From the Columbia Climate School
November 29, 2022

A guide to some of the most provocative and groundbreaking talks at the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists.

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