http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/14/investigating-life-in-the-ice/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/14/investigating-life-in-the-ice/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 19:08:57 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36566 Andy Juhl and Craig Aumack, microbiologists from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, are spending a month in Barrow, Alaska studying algae in and below sea ice, and how our warming climate may impact these important organisms. They’re investigating the factors that control the growth of algae inside of sea ice, how these algal communities are [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/14/investigating-life-in-the-ice/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/17/human-geography-volcanoes-microgrids-and-more/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/17/human-geography-volcanoes-microgrids-and-more/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:59:22 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35714 Interested in Human geography, undersea volcanoes, microgrids, climate change and melting ice sheets, technology and sustainability? The coming week's lineup of Earth Institute events has you covered.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/17/human-geography-volcanoes-microgrids-and-more/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/investigating-careers-in-earth-science/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/investigating-careers-in-earth-science/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:09:49 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35545 Last year, President Obama launched Educate to Innovate, a campaign designed to improve the participation and performance of the nation’s students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The United States lags behind other countries in STEM achievement; programs that increase STEM literacy, introduce students to STEM career options and promote the excitement of these [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/investigating-careers-in-earth-science/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/17/2013-summer-research-assistant-opportunities-for-columbia-university-students-at-the-united-nations-environment-programme/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/17/2013-summer-research-assistant-opportunities-for-columbia-university-students-at-the-united-nations-environment-programme/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:57:36 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33595 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/17/2013-summer-research-assistant-opportunities-for-columbia-university-students-at-the-united-nations-environment-programme/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/02/aquanauts-take-on-new-york-water-issues/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/02/aquanauts-take-on-new-york-water-issues/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:55:24 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33357 Working with engineering PhD candidate Rob Elliott, we imagined a green roof and blue roof system that would serve as a space for environmental education and student wellness, the culmination of a semester spent examining and taking action on stormwater management issues in New York City.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/02/aquanauts-take-on-new-york-water-issues/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/05/tree-rings-and-teachable-moments/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/05/tree-rings-and-teachable-moments/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:42:47 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32783 Nicole Davi, a postdoctoral scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, thinks tree rings are an ideal way to motivate students to collect and analyze data as well as to learn about climate change.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/05/tree-rings-and-teachable-moments/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/glenn-dennings-road-to-bali-and-the-earth-institute/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/glenn-dennings-road-to-bali-and-the-earth-institute/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:33:47 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32528 Glenn Denning grew up in Brisbane, Australia, loved the outdoors and hated the idea of working in an office. And, he really didn’t have any urge to go to other countries. Then he happened to overhear a conversation in a hallway between two students. That bit of serendipity sent him on a road to a life overseas; to key roles in “green revolutions” in Asia and Africa; and eventually to an office at Columbia University, and the Earth Institute.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/glenn-dennings-road-to-bali-and-the-earth-institute/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/11/imbabura/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/11/imbabura/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:58:29 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32271 Today was a much longer climb up Imbabura, passing through more páramo until reaching our first Polylepis trees. Conveniently, they were marked by a little wooden sign. These are the trees that I hope to sample next week on Chimborazo.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/11/imbabura/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/07/preparing-for-chimborazo/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/07/preparing-for-chimborazo/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:37:23 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32126 I am staying with a friend's family in Quito, Ecuador's capital city, and tomorrow will meet up with my climbing partner, Pablo Puruncajas, to prepare for our expedition. I am here to collect tree ring samples and put up a weather station on Chimborazo, Ecuador's tallest peak, to provide climate data about this region, which relies heavily on Chimborazo's glaciers for water. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/07/preparing-for-chimborazo/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/06/the-missing-piece-in-sustainable-peace/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/06/the-missing-piece-in-sustainable-peace/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:28:12 +0000 Peter Coleman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31965 We know very little about what "peace" is (and what it isn’t), the conditions that promote it, the motives that drive people to work for it, how to measure it, and how to build a climate and infrastructure that sustains it. Why? Because we don’t study peace. We study war, violence, aggression and conflict—and peace in the context of those states and processes—but few study peace directly.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/06/the-missing-piece-in-sustainable-peace/feed/ 0