The latest earth, climate, and environmental science news from across Columbia.
A Climate School study found that farmworkers worldwide are increasingly exposed to extreme heat that could hinder their work.
The paper says that current mainstream warming estimates are too low.
Rapidly intensifying hurricanes are hard to predict. Research suggests that climate change may be making them more frequent.
Puerto Rico's El Yunque National Forest provides important insight into the effect that lack of rainfall has on plant life.
"Genius" grants are given to Courtney Bryan, Raven Chacon, and A. Park Williams, all of whom have strong connections to the University.
Meet us on September 19 and 20 to initiate the Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem portions of the effort to clean up Broadway.
Chia-Ying Lee is building models to improve our understanding of storm risk.
At an Upstate New York nature preserve, Columbia researchers are decoding the natural world in order to conserve it.
Hugo Sarmiento works at the intersection of urban planning, recovery and resilience, and spatial inequalities.
A study adds evidence that the Greenland Ice Sheet will be vulnerable to human-induced climate change in coming centuries.
Columbia Climate School to study harmful algae bloom at Morningside Pond and offer community science opportunities.
Read what experts at the University have to say about the impact of recent wildfires in Canada on New York City and North America more broadly.