Climate & Earth Sciences

The latest earth, climate, and environmental science news from across Columbia.

Columbia scientists are working to give observatories better views of restless volcanoes and to make those data openly available.

Most tropical tree species can adjust water-use strategies across rainfall conditions, offering hope in a warmer, drier world.

The Department of Energy mission aims to integrate artificial intelligence into transformative scientific discovery.

Smoke-filled skies and unhealthy air quality alerts have hit the Upper Midwest and the Northeast U.S. this week.

Understanding these dynamics can help geologists assess the risk of future eruptions.

The findings suggest climate models may overstate the long-term carbon sink provided by forests.

Columbia Climate School experts explain what El Niño is and what we can expect if a true “super” El Niño develops.

Climate Justice Now transcends traditional scholarly divides across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Here are some of the top scientific research findings of the past academic year.

The findings raise concerns about the ice sheet's future stability.

New research identifies the cause of a phenomenon that’s a signature of climate change, but that has not been well understood.

Professor Laramie Jensen’s interest in inorganic and analytical chemistry led her to the ocean. And then to the North Pole.