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A new study has uncovered when and why the native vegetation that today dominates much of Australia first expanded across the continent.

The President’s Global Innovation Fund will provide grants to four Earth Institute research projects.

A forthcoming study of northern India suggests that people living in rural areas are as likely to die prematurely from the effects of poor air quality as those living in cities.

Columbia scientists recently visited the Caribbean island of Barbados, whose fossilized coral reefs contain an exquisite record of how the ocean has risen and fallen in the past.

To help predict the future of sea level rise, scientists are studying ancient corals on the island of Barbados.

Plastic pollution can feel overwhelming, but here are some concrete actions we can all take to make a difference.

A gradual shift in Earth’s orbit that repeats every 405,000 years plays a role in natural climate swings.

Sediments deposited over thousands of years provide a window to the past—and may perhaps shed light on what happened to the island’s now-lost civilization.

Climate scientist Radley Horton is bringing the effects of sea level rise to decision-makers, and fostering discussions to help society confront climate change.

An international collaboration will study the wasting of the Thwaites glacier, which already accounts for around 4 percent of current global sea-level rise, and could collapse within decades or centuries.

Findings from last year indicate that the Greenland Ice Sheet is perhaps not as stable as scientists had hoped.

Geoscientist Wally Broecker explains the money that’s backing climate denialism, and what it will take to fight it.