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The polar regions are a critical aspect of the climate crisis, but polar science is not always accessible, especially to young students. The Polar Climate Ambassadors program seeks to help close this gap. 

Plankton play many important roles on the planet. How will climate change affect them, and is it already happening?

Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s community education program draws in students of all ages to learn about the Hudson River.

Summer term students took a field trip to learn about the complex environmental, community, and legislative issues at play in this historic Brooklyn neighborhood.

A study adds evidence that the Greenland Ice Sheet will be vulnerable to human-induced climate change in coming centuries.

A new study links climate change to increasing stalling of the jet stream, but also highlights uncertainties in climate models.

The new appointees bring expertise in a wide variety of disciplines including climate adaptation, food systems, financial issues, law and paleoclimate.

At the Managed Retreat conference, hosted by Columbia Climate School, researchers emphasized the need to work together with communities on climate adaptation.

At Columbia Climate School’s Managed Retreat conference, local and international academics, scientists, and community members will join representatives from different sectors to discuss managed retreat, habitability, and climate justice.

Columbia Climate School experts comment on the dangerous air pollution from Canadian wildfires.

Do decisions like State Farm’s aid in moving people out of harm’s way? Climate School experts discuss.

As winter turns to spring each year, the slight warming of the water, the subtle lengthening of the daylight, and simple biologic triggers can send an assortment of saltwater fish inland to reproduce.