Lamont in the Media
June 17, 2026
A Snapshot of Continental Crust in the Making
Earth & Climate Science News
The paleoclimatologist and marine geologist talks about why the miles and miles of marine sediment samples in Lamont's Core Repository are so important.
New method helps determine how quickly silicates wear down over time, which is key to understanding natural processes that remove CO2 from air.
New research shows that the Larsen C ice shelf—the fourth largest ice shelf in Antarctica—experienced an unusual spike in late summer and early autumn surface melting in the years 2015 to 2017.
This year’s theme encourages students to explore the relationship between human beings and water through various art forms.
The Antarctic field team returns to humanity, showers, and hot breakfasts.
A million years ago, a longtime pattern of alternating glaciations and warm periods dramatically changed, when ice ages suddenly became longer and more intense. Scientists have long suspected that this was connected to the slowdown of a key Atlantic Ocean current system that today once again is slowing. A new study of sediments from the Atlantic bottom directly links this slowdown with a massive buildup of carbon dragged from the air into the abyss.
A team of scientists working in Antarctica faces a host of new challenges.
A new study is the first to untangle the effects of volcanic eruptions and El Niño events on hurricane patterns.
Equipped with a field testing kit originally developed within Columbia’s Earth Institute, the “Lead-Free Kids Peru” project has tested hundreds of soil samples for the toxic metal — and dug up some startling results in the process.
The Endangered Species Act is under attack. If we don't protect endangered species, their extinction will impact our food, water, environment and health.
Scientists are sailing to remote areas of the Southern Ocean to drill cores from the bottom that they hope will contain clues to past rapid changes in the Antarctic ice, and how it may react to warming climate today.
Scientists from NASA’s MESSENGER mission share some of its top discoveries — and lingering mysteries — in a new compendium.