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Earth & Climate Science News
Columbia Climate School representatives will be attending the global climate summit in Dubai. Here’s what they hope to achieve.
The ability of farmworkers to cultivate major crops including rice and maize may be compromised if climate trends continue.
Botanist and climate scientist Dorothy Peteet has been in the business digging deep into bogs, marshes and fens for more than 40 years, revealing natural and human histories going back thousands of years, and their role in changing climate. A final frontier: the obscure remains of New York City’s once widespread coastal wetlands.
LAMONT IN THE MEDIA
November 7, 2023
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November 5, 2023
Living in a Neighborhood That Floods, Rain or Shine
Lamont researchers are in the field studying the dynamics of the planet on every continent and every ocean. Journalists may join and cover expeditions when possible. Learn more about this essential fieldwork.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Learning from Indigenous Voices: Adaptation Futures 2023 Conference
OCP Seminar: Dr. Mathias Vuille
LDEO Earth Science Colloquium with Dr. Colleen Dalton
Physicist David Kohlstedt, whose pioneering experiments have shown how processes at inaccessible depths drive what happens on the planet's surface, is the winner of the 2023 Vetlesen Prize for significant achievement in the Earth sciences. Learn more about Kohlstedt's work and this prestigious honor. Watch the April 26 Vetlesen Prize Lectures by Kohlstedt and 2020 Laureate Anny Cazenave (view abstracts).
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is a community of bold, intellectually curious explorers committed to tackling the existential crisis of climate change. In our 2022 Annual Report, we highlight our accomplishments from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
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