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. Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/27/track-the-hurricane-updated-maps-show-numbers-affected/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/27/track-the-hurricane-updated-maps-show-numbers-affected/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:24:36 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17122 As Hurricane Irene barrels up the East Coast, the number of people affected is rising. Based on calculations at 2 pm on Saturday, more than 47 million people were within 100 miles of the storm track; and nearly 69 million within 200 miles, according to Columbia’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network(CIESIN). Visit CIESIN’s [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/27/track-the-hurricane-updated-maps-show-numbers-affected/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/26/new-web-site-impacts-of-climate-changevariability-on-the-urban-northeast/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/26/new-web-site-impacts-of-climate-changevariability-on-the-urban-northeast/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:45:08 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17108 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/26/new-web-site-impacts-of-climate-changevariability-on-the-urban-northeast/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/01/users-invited-to-test-new-sedac-web-site/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/01/users-invited-to-test-new-sedac-web-site/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:24:46 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15915 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/01/users-invited-to-test-new-sedac-web-site/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/24/updated-map-viewer-enables-visualization-of-socioeconomic-and-earth-science-data/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/24/updated-map-viewer-enables-visualization-of-socioeconomic-and-earth-science-data/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:32:38 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15817 Terra Viva SEDAC Viewer, a map viewer and standalone software application, has been updated for 2011 with the addition of several new SEDAC data sets, including climate change scenario data and indicator collections with hundreds of variables. Terra Viva contains map data and GIS functions in one package. An excellent tool for educators, as well [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/24/updated-map-viewer-enables-visualization-of-socioeconomic-and-earth-science-data/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/17/sedac-data-featured-via-new-discovery-tool/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/17/sedac-data-featured-via-new-discovery-tool/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:16:25 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15550 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/17/sedac-data-featured-via-new-discovery-tool/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/27/new-resource-center-for-preservation-of-geospatial-data/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/27/new-resource-center-for-preservation-of-geospatial-data/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 13:29:22 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15109 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/27/new-resource-center-for-preservation-of-geospatial-data/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/26/new-study-maps-reactor-safety-worldwide/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/26/new-study-maps-reactor-safety-worldwide/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:16:02 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13913 An analysis and interactive map appearing in Nature News provide new insights and a spatial context for assessing some of the risks associated with nuclear power plants. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/26/new-study-maps-reactor-safety-worldwide/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/06/haiti-regeneration-initiative-team-resumes-research/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/06/haiti-regeneration-initiative-team-resumes-research/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:13:03 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7338 Post-earth quake, the project team for the Haiti Regeneration Initiative (HRI) resumes fieldwork in the Haitian countryside. Program coordinator Alex Fischer is interviewed. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/06/haiti-regeneration-initiative-team-resumes-research/feed/ 0