http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/china%e2%80%99s-long-march-towards-better-environmental-conditions/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/china%e2%80%99s-long-march-towards-better-environmental-conditions/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:26:12 +0000 Alex de Sherbinin http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21542 The first independent analysis of China environmental data at the sub-national level by an international team aims to help guide the development of policies addressing environmental challenges created by China's rapid growth.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/china%e2%80%99s-long-march-towards-better-environmental-conditions/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/24/migration-in-the-face-of-global-environmental-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/24/migration-in-the-face-of-global-environmental-change/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:27:57 +0000 Alex de Sherbinin http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19366 Over the past 40 years, coastal and inland water ecosystems experienced the greatest levels of net in-migration, vs. mountain, forest, cultivated, and dryland ecosystems, which experienced the greatest levels of net out-migration, says a new report.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/24/migration-in-the-face-of-global-environmental-change/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/03/major-spatial-data-collection-released/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/03/major-spatial-data-collection-released/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:52:42 +0000 Alex de Sherbinin http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18509 Urbanization poses both challenges and opportunities for sustainable development and environmental management. Improved data on patterns of human settlement and trends in population can help researchers and policy makers better understand differences between urban and rural areas in terms of their impacts on the environment and vulnerability to environmental variability and change. The newly released [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/03/major-spatial-data-collection-released/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/16/the-pitfalls-of-saving-the-rainforest/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/16/the-pitfalls-of-saving-the-rainforest/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:27:58 +0000 Alex de Sherbinin http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=979 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/16/the-pitfalls-of-saving-the-rainforest/feed/ 4