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A grad student and his colleagues search for innovative new ways to detect and disarm millions of hidden hazards.

A Columbia Climate School Ph.D. student recounts a research expedition into an active volcano in the Aleutian Islands.

Experts from the Columbia Climate School have provided their insights and perspectives to journalists across the country trying to make sense of Hurricane Ida.

A new venture will leverage big data and many disciplines to create better estimates of future climate.

Fast turnover of carbon between seawater and microbes is a fact, but how it works is largely a black hole. This projects aims to shed light.

Seismologist Won-Young Kim heard the first reports of the World Trade Center attacks while driving to work. Soon, he would be enmeshed in helping figure out exactly what happened, and when.

Wu started her career in mathematics before coming to Lamont and applying it to climate change and atmospheric processes.

Interviews provide an emotional and thoughtful connection to others through discussing and sharing over topics that they might never have a chance to discuss otherwise.

Disaster experts around the Columbia Climate School are available to answer questions from the media about hurricane physics, the role of climate change in creating strong storms, and more.

When it comes to access to nature and environmental protection of these resources, environmental resources are all too often not allocated equitably.

Earth Institute researchers are in the field studying the dynamics of the planet on every continent and every ocean. Here is a list of projects.

Researchers have combined information about social vulnerability with data on mortgages, evictions, and threats from climate change. The new dataset will be freely available to other researchers.