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. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:56:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/integrating-treatment-for-aids-and-other-neglected-tropical-diseases/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/integrating-treatment-for-aids-and-other-neglected-tropical-diseases/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:15:25 +0000 Elizabeth Robinson http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15338 Thirty years after AIDS was first reported, the United Nations will meet today to discuss next-steps toward controlling the disease. Developing countries in Africa are still the hardest hit by AIDS, but progress is being made through the framework of the Millennium Development Goals, which calls for a reversal of the spread of HIV/AIDS in [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/integrating-treatment-for-aids-and-other-neglected-tropical-diseases/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/05/jumping-the-climate-shark/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/05/jumping-the-climate-shark/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:44:41 +0000 Elizabeth Robinson http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7329 By Elizabeth Robinson As little as five years ago, geoengineering was fringe science. But now, with CO2 concentrations still rising in spite of our knowledge of the consequences, geoengineering is increasingly viewed as an option for coping with the possibility of catastrophic climate change. On Friday, September 24th, the Columbia Climate Center hosted an event [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/05/jumping-the-climate-shark/feed/ 0