http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/09/the-sahel-is-getting-wetter-but-will-it-last/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/09/the-sahel-is-getting-wetter-but-will-it-last/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 11:58:04 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36212 New research gives a unifying explanation of the Sahel's past, present and future climate patterns. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/09/the-sahel-is-getting-wetter-but-will-it-last/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/10/with-1000-days-left-to-reach-mdgs-a-look-back-and-forward/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/10/with-1000-days-left-to-reach-mdgs-a-look-back-and-forward/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:50:26 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35501 The 1,000-day milestone to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) gathered professors Jeffrey Sachs, Prabhjot Singh, and Vijay Modi on April 4 for the Sustainable Development Seminar Series to take a critical look at how far the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) has come in the eight years since its founding and analyze what still needs to be accomplished.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/10/with-1000-days-left-to-reach-mdgs-a-look-back-and-forward/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/2013/02/08/improving-seeds-to-meet-future-challenges/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/08/improving-seeds-to-meet-future-challenges/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:18:10 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33979 Scientists and agronomists are racing to develop seeds that are higher yielding, more nutritious, and both drought and climate resilient to meet the challenge of feeding the world in the future.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/08/improving-seeds-to-meet-future-challenges/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:49:59 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32862 Thanks to a groundbreaking new program that relies on advanced satellite technology, a weather index insurance payout of unprecedented scale will benefit poor African farmers.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/30/visualizing-malaria-from-space/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/30/visualizing-malaria-from-space/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:42:48 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32648 Public health professionals are increasingly concerned about the impact climate variability and change can have on infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and bacterial meningitis. However, in order to study the relationships between climate and ...]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/30/visualizing-malaria-from-space/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/25/health-systems-expert-wins-young-leader-award/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/25/health-systems-expert-wins-young-leader-award/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:08:10 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31629 Dr. Prabhjot Singh, an international health systems expert at the Earth Institute who helped design community health worker systems for the Millennium Villages Project across 10 African countries, has won a $40,000 Young Leader Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/25/health-systems-expert-wins-young-leader-award/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/17/a-forest-reserve-is-not-an-island/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/17/a-forest-reserve-is-not-an-island/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:39:07 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31303 Biologist Marina Cords has been studying monkey social behavior in western Kenya's protected Kakamega Forest since 1979. Her work has led to insights about how primates manage conflicts, mate and carry out other social functions closely related to human behavior.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/17/a-forest-reserve-is-not-an-island/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/25/investigating-impacts-of-increased-fertilizer-use-in-africa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/25/investigating-impacts-of-increased-fertilizer-use-in-africa/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:29:58 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29005 The rains came late this year in Kenya. I was there for several months in the winter and spring to conduct research for a post-doctoral fellowship, examining the consequences of increases in fertilizer use on soil fertility, maize yields, nitrogen gas emissions and nitrogen leaching losses. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/25/investigating-impacts-of-increased-fertilizer-use-in-africa/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/18/new-grants-to-extend-reach-of-africa%e2%80%99s-green-revolution/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/18/new-grants-to-extend-reach-of-africa%e2%80%99s-green-revolution/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:58:43 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26889 Two new programs in Ethiopia and Tanzania will adapt modern technology such as an innovative “lab-in-a-box,” smartphones and web-based communications, along with training for agricultural extension workers, to broaden the reach of Africa's “Green Revolution.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/18/new-grants-to-extend-reach-of-africa%e2%80%99s-green-revolution/feed/ 0