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New Jersey students spent two days at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory studying microplastics and how they affect the world around us.

The Asia Society’s new immersive exhibit explores the vivid impacts of climate change on humans through art.

New research demonstrates trees grow fastest in the neighborhoods that need them the most.

MPA-ESP students learned about the complex environmental justice issues at play in the South Bronx, and how community groups are advocating for change.

As hurricane frequency and intensity grow, so will death tolls and costly destruction. 

Scientists who study both the ice sheets and nearby peripheral glaciers are working together to improve the accuracy of estimated sea level rise.

For the first time in almost nine years, the R/V Marcus G. Langseth is back in New York City, stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for some much-needed TLC. State of the Planet got a tour of this impressive seismic vessel, learning how it can help researchers forecast earthquakes and save lives in the process.

Jerry Paros' inventions have improved the measurements of geophysical phenomena such as tsunamis, and enhance our ability to understand the complex earth, air and ocean processes that produce climate change.

A popular trope says settlers overtaxed an isolated Pacific island, wrecked the environment and suffered a population collapse. A new study claims the opposite.

Learn more about extreme heat on State of the Planet, and check out Columbia Climate School's workshop on extreme heat, at the Forum July 10-12th.

Researchers offer a behind-the-scenes look at their recent discovery of an earthquake that shifted the course of the Ganges.

2,500 years ago, an earthquake changed the course of the mighty Ganges River, a new study shows. The region remains vulnerable to a similar event now.