Lamont Opens Doors to Earth Sciences at Open House

Nearly 3,000 people showed up to explore the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s campus and laboratories at the open house on Oct. 8. Watch the video, produced by Columbia University’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs, and find out what it was all about.

You can see another video and a slide show in an earlier post on State of the Planet. Keep an eye on the Open House home page, here. The day also included several lectures by scientists; check out the links below.

Ryan Abernathey and Tim Crone: Real-Time Earth: Realizing the Future of Earth Science

Donna Shillington: Anticipating Earthquakes

Suzana Camargo: Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present and Future

Robin Bell: Exploring the Changing Ice

Park Williams: The Impact of Human-caused Warming on Drought and Fire in the Western United States