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Columbia Climate School Partners Among Finalists for Developing Climate Solutions Center in New York Harbor

Year in Review: Our Top Stories of 2021

Our Transition into the Columbia Climate School

Columbia Climate School Update

The Earth Institute is proud to announce that we will take on a central role in the new Columbia Climate School. In order to make this transition seamless, over the next few months we will be transferring a number of Earth Institute properties to the Columbia Climate School, including this website... [read more]

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Improving Estimates of Population Exposed to Sea Level Rise: Not as Straightforward as It May Seem

Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought

COVID-19 Resources and Communications

Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunities

Spring 2022 Internship Opportunities

Virtual Student Events Calendar

An Inside Look at the Making of the Recent IPCC Report

Sabin Center Releases Report Providing Legal Tools for U.S. Cities to Act on Climate Change

Columbia Launches a Carbontech Initiative to Bring Climate Solutions to Market

December 29, 2021

Can We Smooth Out Humanity's Bumpy Relationship with Biodiversity?

January 13, 2022

Using Tools to Explore the Changes of the Polar Regions

January 27, 2022

Coral Chemistry and Paleohydrology

February 9, 2022

Solving Mysteries of the Past-Tree Rings & Archaeology

The Great Pivot: Climate Action and the Finance Sector

As the summer of severe extremes draws to close, awareness of climate change consequences—raging wildfires, blazing heatwaves, devastating floods, severe hurricanes—underscores the need for action. What does it take to cut greenhouse gas emissions enough to bend the global warming curve?

Biden-Harris Administration

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris enter office with a long list of substantial challenges to tackle — including a raging pandemic, a shaky economy, the climate crisis, and a legacy of racial injustice. Scholars within the Earth Institute and the broader Columbia University community will be holding the administration accountable to its promises.