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. Thu, 23 May 2013 18:19:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/09/emissions-from-the-cement-industry/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/09/emissions-from-the-cement-industry/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:58 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26293 A single industry accounts for around 5% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It produces a material so ubiquitous it is nearly invisible: cement. Cement is the primary ingredient in concrete, which in turn forms the foundations and structures of the buildings we live and work in, and the roads and bridges we drive on. [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/09/emissions-from-the-cement-industry/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/04/climate-news-roundup-week-of-april-30th/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/04/climate-news-roundup-week-of-april-30th/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 17:14:17 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26073 Scientists race to save world’s rice bowl from climate change; Study: climate change causes plants to flower earlier; Panetta warms climate change having ‘dramatic impact’ on national security; Climate change is real and here: what to do now to protect your building]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/04/climate-news-roundup-week-of-april-30th/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/16/climate-news-roundup-week-of-213-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/16/climate-news-roundup-week-of-213-2/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:01:43 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22929 Leak Offers Glimpse of Campaign Against Climate Science, New Global Deal on Climate Change, What’s Next for Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean?, Climate Change Increases Risk of Storm Surge, According to MIT Study]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/16/climate-news-roundup-week-of-213-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/01/climate-change-in-haiti/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/01/climate-change-in-haiti/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:48:01 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22442 By Tracy Slagle and Madeleine Rubenstein Of the many countries at risk from the effects of climate change, small island states are widely considered to be among the most vulnerable. Not only are these countries exposed to direct impacts of climate change, particularly sea level rise, they are also highly sensitive to existing environmental stresses [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/01/climate-change-in-haiti/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/13/climate-news-roundup-week-of-109/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/13/climate-news-roundup-week-of-109/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:39:15 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21754 To Slow Climate Change, Cut Down on Soot, Ozone; Investors Say Private Sector Must Tackle Climate Change; US Teachers Offered Support for Climate Change Lessons;Massive ecological change predicted for Canada: NASA ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/13/climate-news-roundup-week-of-109/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/12/15/a-changing-climate-for-small-island-states/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/12/15/a-changing-climate-for-small-island-states/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:02:04 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21148 Small island states are uniquely vulnerable to climate change because of their geography and socioeconomic characteristics. As the physical impacts of climate change interact with social and economic vulnerabilities, climate change poses a significant threat to the islands’ physical, social, and economic well-being.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/12/15/a-changing-climate-for-small-island-states/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/climate-news-roundup-week-of-1017/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/climate-news-roundup-week-of-1017/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:52:24 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19355 Warming Revives Dream of Sea Route in Russian Arctic; Climate Change: The heat is on; California becomes first state to adopt cap-and-trade program; Millions will be trapped amid climate change, study warns.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/climate-news-roundup-week-of-1017/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/07/climate-news-roundup-week-of-1002/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/07/climate-news-roundup-week-of-1002/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:25:13 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18679 With Death of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors; U.S. aviation lobbying ‘will not change European emission trading laws’; Climate change eradicating Arctic’s oldest ice; Is climate change affecting fall foliage?]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/07/climate-news-roundup-week-of-1002/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/27/climate-news-roundup-week-of-912-and-920/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/27/climate-news-roundup-week-of-912-and-920/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:05:04 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18269 World Bank looks to South African climate talks, Associated Press, Sept. 13 Andrew Steer, special envoy of the World Bank on climate change, is pushing for a focus on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security during the upcoming UNFCCC negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Although Durban is not expected to be [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/27/climate-news-roundup-week-of-912-and-920/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/02/climate-news-roundup-week-of-828/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/02/climate-news-roundup-week-of-828/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:34:19 +0000 Madeleine Rubenstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17211 Seeing Irene as Harbinger of Change in Climate, New York Times, Aug. 27 As the East Coast recovers from the impacts of Hurricane Irene, the storm has revived a debate on the impacts of human-induced climate change on the strength and frequency of hurricanes. While there is widespread consensus that a warmer world will lead [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/02/climate-news-roundup-week-of-828/feed/ 0