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. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/24/36965/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/24/36965/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 17:52:01 +0000 Natalie Unwin-Kuruneri http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36965 On May 25th, nine Columbia students will board a plane to the Middle East, to learn about how two countries in the region, Jordan and Israel, are cooperating on environmental issues and managing shared natural resources such as water.  The students, led by Beth Fisher Yoshida, academic director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program, [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/24/36965/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:13 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36852 A new report by the Columbia Water Center, produced with Veolia Water and Growing Blue, could help expose the real nature of water risk--even in places that most people think of as having plenty of water.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/03/gone-to-sea-no-more/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/03/gone-to-sea-no-more/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 15:39:57 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36127 After John Diebold, an enormously popular and influential marine scientist, died suddenly in summer 2010, friends and family erected a memorial to him: a carved red oak bench they installed on a causeway along the Hudson River, inscribed with “GONE TO SEA.” Then along came Hurricane Sandy.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/03/gone-to-sea-no-more/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/23/a-look-at-americas-water-infrastructure-case-studies-of-key-challenges/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/23/a-look-at-americas-water-infrastructure-case-studies-of-key-challenges/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:03:03 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35848 America’s strong water infrastructure has been key to its success as a nation. Yet the nation's continual waste of water and lack of commitment to long-term water investments has halted its progress.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/23/a-look-at-americas-water-infrastructure-case-studies-of-key-challenges/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/02/singing-the-blues-about-water-scarcity/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/02/singing-the-blues-about-water-scarcity/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:00:42 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35378 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.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/02/singing-the-blues-about-water-scarcity/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:24:02 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35273 “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.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/partnering-to-expand-access-to-water-pepsico-and-cwc-announce-achievement-of-safe-water-goal/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/partnering-to-expand-access-to-water-pepsico-and-cwc-announce-achievement-of-safe-water-goal/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:07:01 +0000 Catherine Fullerton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35218 Earth Institute partner PepsiCo has achieved its stated goal of partnering with organizations, including the Columbia Water Center, to provide access to safe water to three million people in developing countries by the end of 2015.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/partnering-to-expand-access-to-water-pepsico-and-cwc-announce-achievement-of-safe-water-goal/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/geocharts-water-challenges-around-the-world/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/geocharts-water-challenges-around-the-world/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:28:34 +0000 Jeremy Hinsdale http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34700 View four interactive maps that give an overview of some of the water challenges different parts of the world currently face.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/geocharts-water-challenges-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/27/upcoming-scientific-fieldwork-a-guide/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/27/upcoming-scientific-fieldwork-a-guide/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:37:46 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34499 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. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/27/upcoming-scientific-fieldwork-a-guide/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/25/putting-sustainability-into-practice-ecopracticum/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/25/putting-sustainability-into-practice-ecopracticum/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:15:10 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34468 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/25/putting-sustainability-into-practice-ecopracticum/feed/ 0