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. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/new-report-examines-impacts-of-environmental-indicators-and-indices/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/new-report-examines-impacts-of-environmental-indicators-and-indices/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:55:22 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35583 A new report produced by CIESIN and Yale University examines the role of indicators in environmental policy making, and quantifies measurable impacts.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/new-report-examines-impacts-of-environmental-indicators-and-indices/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/28/10-reasons-to-make-a-gift-to-the-earth-institute-by-december-31st/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/28/10-reasons-to-make-a-gift-to-the-earth-institute-by-december-31st/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:16:29 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33287 Thanks to the support and advocacy of our donors, partners, volunteers and students, the Earth Institute made great strides toward sustainable development in 2012. We wanted to share a list of ten accomplishments made possible through our combined efforts.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/28/10-reasons-to-make-a-gift-to-the-earth-institute-by-december-31st/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/panel-on-new-yorks-future-after-sandy/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/panel-on-new-yorks-future-after-sandy/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:52:33 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32690 In a live webcast this afternoon from Hunter College, Earth Institute scientists Cynthia Rosenzweig and Klaus Jacob will join a panel on “Hurricane Sandy and Challenges to the NY Metropolitan Region.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/panel-on-new-yorks-future-after-sandy/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/28/this-weeks-forecast-sunny-with-a-40-percent-chance-of-flu/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/28/this-weeks-forecast-sunny-with-a-40-percent-chance-of-flu/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:44:52 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32517 New computer model takes a page from weather forecasting to predict regional peaks in influenza outbreaks.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/28/this-weeks-forecast-sunny-with-a-40-percent-chance-of-flu/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/26/what-hurricane-sandy-was-not/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/26/what-hurricane-sandy-was-not/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:28:06 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32487 “It is often said that generals always prepare to fight the last war. We need to be sure that we do not just prepare for the last disaster, and put all of our limited resources in guarding against that one, without thinking about the other things that could happen.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/26/what-hurricane-sandy-was-not/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/05/why-u-s-politics-are-stuck-and-a-possible-way-out/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/05/why-u-s-politics-are-stuck-and-a-possible-way-out/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:55:22 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31855 In this recent TEDx talk in Miami, Professor Peter T. Coleman, chair of the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4) at The Earth Institute, explains why politics in the United States are more deadlocked and polarized today than they have been since the end of the U.S. Civil War, and what our next president and our citizens can do about it.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/05/why-u-s-politics-are-stuck-and-a-possible-way-out/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/17/2-earth-institute-centers-join-forces/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/17/2-earth-institute-centers-join-forces/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:45:34 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=30524 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/17/2-earth-institute-centers-join-forces/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/17/forecasting-climates-effects-on-global-food-production/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/17/forecasting-climates-effects-on-global-food-production/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:31:10 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29554 The worst drought to hit the U.S. in decades has already brought corn yields to a 17-year low and will almost certainly raise food prices. Wealth will soften the blow in the U.S., but in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, prolonged drought has often had deadly consequences. Is there a better way to anticipate climate’s effect on food production? ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/17/forecasting-climates-effects-on-global-food-production/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/27/in-myanmar-searching-for-the-roots-of-peace/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/27/in-myanmar-searching-for-the-roots-of-peace/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:20:05 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29103 An understanding of the issues that influence conflict in Myanmar is necessary to think about how sustainable peace might be reached. But our research instead focuses on identifying "latent peace capacities" that already exist in and outside of the country, while also exploring means of transforming the underlying structures that give rise to conflict.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/27/in-myanmar-searching-for-the-roots-of-peace/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/08/child-mortality-drops-sharply-in-millennium-villages/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/08/child-mortality-drops-sharply-in-millennium-villages/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:30:02 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26282 Approximately one in eight children dies before the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa – a rate that has been declining, but is still nearly 20 times higher than in developed nations. A new Lancet study out this week suggests that the multiple interventions applied in the Millennium Villages Project are having a significant impact, [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/08/child-mortality-drops-sharply-in-millennium-villages/feed/ 0