“Revocation of executive orders can be done immediately,” said
@ProfBurger
“That’s a big deal because the executive orders give direction to administrative agencies about how to exercise their discretion and what the priorities are for the administration.”
Archaeologist and anthropologist
@kgdouglass
has been appointed the first Columbia Climate School faculty hire, joining faculty from across
@Columbia
to train the next generation of leaders addressing
#climatechange
in first-in-the-nation graduate program.
Officially announcing the Columbia Climate School dedicated to addressing the climate crisis and challanges our planet faces with sustainability issues today. It's also the first new school at
@Columbia
in 25 years!
Remembering
@climatesociety
’s Lisa Goddard, who worked to ensure that climate information was accessible and meaningful to people in dozens of developing countries:
The Earth Institute is proud to announce that we will take on a central role in the new Columbia Climate School. In order to make this transition seamless, over the next few months we will be transferring a number of Earth Institute properties to the Columbia Climate School...
We’re thrilled that environmental justice advocate Peggy Shepard of
@weact4ej
will deliver the keynote address at Columbia Climate School’s inaugural Class Day ceremony on May 13
Coronavirus shutdowns have unintended climate benefits: cleaner air, clearer water
"I think there are some big-picture lessons here that could be very useful,” one scientist said. With comments from
@jmklopp1
How is climate change affecting California’s wildfires? In May we released a study on how increasing heat is driving off cloud cover which is making the region drier.
Congratulations to our director Sir
@AlexNHalliday
on being knighted for his services to science and innovation. The official ceremony took place yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
A newly elected assembly is charged with rewriting Chile’s constitution from scratch, with strong representation from Indigenous peoples and environmentalists
The Earth Institute, in line with the goals of
#ShutdownSTEM
and
#Strike4BlackLives
, is encouraging our faculty, staff, researchers and students to take some time tomorrow to reflect on what more we can do to break down the systemic racism that exists in STEM.
"The real challenge is when the recent drought does end, what are we going to do to prepare for the next one?" emphasized Benjamin Cook of
@LamontEarth
.
Congratulations to climate scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig of Columbia Climate School/
@NASAGISS
, named 2022
@WorldFoodPrize
Laureate for seminal contributions to understanding & predicting impacts of interaction between climate and food systems.
#FoodPrize22
March 6 3pm, Prime Minister
@MarinSanna
of Finland will speak at
@Columbia
. Her talk will focus on climate change, gender equality and social welfare. She will be introduced by
@AlexNHalliday
. Watch here:
Stanford University creates Coronavirus test which will reveal results within 24 hours
@IrwinRedlenerMD
: "It's a medical truism that it's absolutely essential that physicians with experience with a particular condition disseminate information to others.
“This is so simple, it is almost stupid,” says
@LamontEarth
geologist Peter Kelemen about the technique his team invented to suck CO2 out of the air. The technique is already being used by several startup companies.
Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated breadbasket regions–a previously unquantified threat to global food production.
More than ten years ago, climate scientists predicted the closing of the ozone hole was going to halt the poleward drift of the jet stream in the Southern Hemisphere. Now it looks like they were right.
Joan Baez isn't done protesting. Now she's using her paintbrush to help support a new Earth Institute initiative on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
@joancbaez
@columbia_ncdp
@IrwinRedlenerMD
The
@IPCC_CH
report is a stark reminder of our need to decarbonize if we’re going to sustain a livable planet.
@columbiaclimate
is committed to help find those solutions and mobilize climate action.
A wealth of ancient artifacts stand to be discovered as high altitude ice melts, but the relationship betw high altitude archaeology and climate change is a somber one. Read the new
@glacierhub
piece abt Secrets of the Ice crew & discoveries
@brearkeologi
Unsteady funding streams have caused Mount Everest's "Pyramid" monitoring station to unravel at the seams, which may be an opportunity to re-envision the station's purpose. Via
@GlacierHub
.
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
Looking at 20
#JustTransition
lawsuits from Latin America, a new report authored by
@SabinCenter
's
@toniatigre
and colleagues analyzes what arguments are being made and how those arguments have been received by the courts.
"It was only the second time there's ever been an actual trial...with climate scientists on the stand subject to cross-examination. And the court found for the plaintiffs in every respect," says
@SabinCenter
@columbiaclimate
's
@MichaelGerrard
. Via
@NPR
.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Lisa Goddard, former Director of
@climatesociety
. She personified the mission of
@columbia
and devoted her career to tackling the climate crisis. Her vision, wisdom, and leadership will be sorely missed.
With heavy hearts this morning, we share news that Lisa Goddard died on January 13. Lisa had been at IRI since its founding, and served as Director from 2012-2020. She was a brilliant scientist, and more importantly, a wonderful colleague, mentor and friend to many of us.
Models are calling for sudden stratospheric warming to occur around Feb 15-17, says
@columbiaclimate
@LamontEarth
postdoc/atmospheric scientist
@SimonLeeWx
, likening the situation to a "boxing match" between "planetary waves." Via
@washingtonpost
.
We face compounding and interrelated environmental, socioeconomic, and political crises. Yet our response is often siloed, fragmented, and inadequate. Read this new
@PNASNews
paper on creating new approaches. via
@wxpizza
,
@jmklopp1
, Joshua Fisher.
Daniel Zarrilli, former Chief Climate Policy Advisor to
@NYCMayor
Bill de Blasio, has been named a Special Advisor on all matters of institutional sustainability and climate action at
@Columbia
.
@dzarrilli
Hours after being inaugurated, President Joe Biden reentered the United States in the Paris Agreement, as he had promised to do. What happens now?
#StateofthePlanet
Climate scientists are still uncertain about a number of phenomena that could affect our future. What are the reasons for this uncertainty?
@columbiaclimate
's Allegra LeGrande of Center for Climate Systems Research and
@DustyBowl
of
@LamontEarth
weigh in.
Hear from
@IrwinRedlenerMD
of
@columbia_ncdp
at our upcoming educator training on "The Science of COVID-19" happening on December 5. Read more about the event here:
Our colleague Taro Takahashi, who over a career of more than 60 years made key discoveries about carbon dioxide and the earth’s climate, has passed away.
Watch the webcast
#coveringclimatenow
event organized by
@CJR
. Includes some of the world’s top journalists, scientists, and climate experts to devise a new playbook for journalism that’s compatible with the 1.5-degree future.
#MarieTharp100
began working at
@LamontEarth
in 1948, a time when women weren’t always welcome in the world of science. Here she explains how she came to be a scientist, and what it was like to chart the bottom of the sea when so little was known about it.
#ClimateWeekNYC
starts on Sep 20! The climate crisis is here and the time for action is now. Check out the line-up of
#ColumbiaClimateWeek
events we have in store and join the conversation today.
Warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers, say scientists
“It’s not right, there’s a disconnect between how it should be and how it is.” --
@KKornhuber
#ClimateWeekNYC
starts today! The climate crisis is here and the time for action is now. Check out the line-up of
#ColumbiaClimateWeek
events we have in store and join the conversation today.
Calling all 2020 Democratic candidates, join this Climate Summit and let your voices be heard on the biggest issue humanity faces. via
@blkahn
@emorwee
She’s an Authority on Earth’s Past. Now, Her Focus Is the Planet’s Future.
The climate scientist Maureen Raymo is leading the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia. She has big plans for science, and diversity, too.
Climate change provided high octane fuel for Hurricane Michael. "The chance of a category 4 or 5 is higher now than it was in the past," said
@profadamsobel
via
@WeatherProf
.
@Columbia
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences has launched new Climate System Science undergrad major in partnership with
@columbiaclimate
! Learn about past, present, and future
#climate
system, and strategies for addressing the
#ClimateCrisis
.
Staff Spotlight: Mariví Perdomo Caba came to the
@ColumbiaSUMA
program as a student from the Dominican Republic with an interest in coastal resiliency. Now as program manager she helps new students find their way.
Happy first day of classes to our inaugural Columbia Climate School students! We're so excited to welcome you to campus. Here are a couple photos from
@ColumbiaCS
orientation last week (photo 1 ft. all 4 deans!).
🎓Congratulations to the inaugural
@Columbia
Climate School
@ColumbiaCS
Class of 2022! After an intense year of interdisciplinary climate education, 86 students proudly donned caps and gowns for their Class Day ceremony.
#ColumbiaClimate2022
#RoarLions2022
Eco-communicator
@Leahtommi
’s message to world leaders at
#COP26
: “I want them to know that ‘all talk’ isn’t good enough anymore….I would tell world leaders that most of the climate solutions are already there.”
Join us June 22–25 for the At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation and Climate Justice virtual conference. Early bird pricing ends May 25 – register now!
Today's
#GoogleDoodle
celebrates pioneering
@LamontEarth
geologist
#MarieTharp
with an interactive exploration of her life, work, & legacy! On this day in 1998, Tharp was named one of 20th century's greatest cartographers by
@librarycongress
. Learn more!
How to Fix America's Broken Imperial Foreign Policy After Trump
@JeffDSachs
has a vision of how the world can work based on alliances and international law.
We’re thrilled to be named a University Partner with the
@ClimateGroup
for
#ClimateWeekNYC
! Stay tuned and save the dates for all the amazing events coming up Sep 20-26 focused on climate action.
The main driver of these record temperatures is not El Niño or other natural events. "It's driven mostly by greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide the first, methane second, and the third chlorofluorocarbons," says
@NASAGISS
'
@ClimateOfGavin
. Via
@wqcsnews
.
"Our planet is in crisis. But until we call it a crisis, no one will listen: We study disaster preparedness, and ‘climate change’ is far too mild to describe the existential threat we face” via
@IrwinRedlenerMD
of
@columbia_ncdp
News media can no longer be complacent when it comes to climate change. Over 150 media outlets have joined
@CJR
and
@TheNation
to commit for one week from 9/16 - 9/23 to report on how our actions have been devastating to our planet.
#coveringclimatenow
Thank you to all who participated in the powerful
@HarlemWeek
conversation on climate and
#environmentaljustice
in Harlem, and how communities disproportionately impacted by
#climatechange
can be empowered to lead the way to a cleaner, safer, and healthier future.
#HarlemWeek
This year was the 5th year in a row that the Atlantic hurricane season was an above-normal active season, and 2020 is now in the record books as "the most active hurricane season on record," said Jason Smerdon, a climate scientist at
@LamontEarth