Category: Agriculture-Food
Eight hundred years ago, relatively small armies of mounted warriors suddenly exploded outward from the cold, arid high-elevation grasslands of Mongolia and reshaped world geography, culture and history in ways that still resound today. How did they do it?
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Earth Sciences, Economics, Ecosystems, Energy
Tags> Ancient History, Asia, Central Asia, Climate, Climate and Agriculture, lamont doherty earth observatory, military affairs, Mongolia, old trees, tree rings, Water
New research gives a unifying explanation of the Sahel’s past, present and future climate patterns.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Natural Disasters, Poverty / Economic Development
Tags> Africa, Climate, climate change, climate matters, drought, famine, sahel
On April 22, 2013 the Earth Institute’s Haiti Research and Policy Program at the Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development welcomed Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe to the Spring 2013 Haiti Dialogue Series and the Columbia University World Leader’s Forum. The prime minister and Haitian diplomats met with Earth Institute senior researchers to discuss the strategies for the Haitian government’s national-scale monitoring, planning and implementation development programs.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Earthquakes, Economics, Ecosystems, Global Health, Natural Disasters
Tags> CGSD, Global Health, Haiti, ICT, Jeff Sachs, Nigeria
Two Climate and Society students are working on a NASA DEVELOP project at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Learn about the research and visit their virtual posters.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Global Health
Tags> agriculture, Climate, climate and society, climate matters, health, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, IRI, malaria, satellites, student research
Otis Redding sang “you don’t miss your water ’til your well runs dry” in 1965 about pining for a lost love. Last week, Climate and Society founder and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientist Mark Cane reprised it with a much different, more literal focus: water scarcity in the 21st century.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, General Earth Institute, Water
Tags> Climate, climate and society, climate change, climate matters, Global Warming, lamont doherty earth observatory, LDEO, mark cane, Middle East, syria, Water
Phosphorus is essential to human health and vital for food production. But are we using up phosphorus faster than we can economically extract it?
Category> Agriculture-Food, Earth Sciences
Tags> agriculture, eutrophication, Fertilizer, food security, phosphate rock, Phosphorus
“This is a mess, and it is a mess that we have not attended to yet,” Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs said at a conference on water security held today at Columbia University. “Humanity is the driver, but we don’t have our hands on the steering wheel very much.”
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Economics, General Earth Institute, Poverty / Economic Development, Water
Tags> Climate and Agriculture, climate change, conservation, Global Warming, Groundwater, Infrastructure, State of the Planet 2013, Surface Water, Sustainable Development, water matters, Water Scarcity
A new two-year climate change initiative, led by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society aims to help farmers in Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Bangladesh reduce their vulnerability to climate risks.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Donor and Partner News, General Earth Institute, Poverty / Economic Development
Tags> Adaptation, Asia, Climate and Agriculture, climate change, Climate Policy, Climate Science, IRI
Earth Institute research expeditions investigating the dynamics of the planet on all levels take place on every continent and every ocean. Most projects originate with our main research center, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and are often run in collaboration with other institutions.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Earth Sciences, Earthquakes, Ecosystems, General Earth Institute, Ocean Acidification, Urbanization, Water
Tags> Adaptation, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, biodiversity, Climate, Climate Science, conservation, Earthquakes, Environment, Global Warming, Greenland, India, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, lamont doherty earth observatory, Media Advisories, North America, sustainability