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The event featured films and speakers from around the world who spotlighted humanity’s essential relationship with water and how it continues to evolve in our changing climate.
Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate models.
Some of the most newsworthy presentations at the world's largest yearly gathering of earth and space scientists.
LAMONT IN THE MEDIA
November 27, 2024
Mysterious 'Hotspots' Are Appearing in US and Around the World
November 25, 2024
Paleoclimate Graph Misused to Deny Global Warming
November 20, 2024
The Northeast Is Becoming Fire Country
November 7, 2024
Africa’s Breaking Heart
Recent awardees include: Kerstin Lehnert, Edward A. Flinn III Award, American Geophysical Union and Distinguished Public Service Medal, Mineralogical Society of America; Kai Kornhuber, Climate Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award, European Geosciences Union; Dhruv Balwada, Nicholas P. Fofonoff Early-Career Award, American Meteorological Society; Gisela Winckler, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OCP Seminar - Yongxiao Liang
Climate Change, Conservation and the Increasing Number of...
Special Lamont75 Colloquium with Dr. Richard Katz
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