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/2013/04/12/climate-and-society-students-develop-research-for-nasa-iri/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/climate-and-society-students-develop-research-for-nasa-iri/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:07:14 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35543 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.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/climate-and-society-students-develop-research-for-nasa-iri/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/15/decision-making-under-uncertainty-at-aaas/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/15/decision-making-under-uncertainty-at-aaas/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:26:35 +0000 Courtney St. John http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34093 Researchers from the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions will participate in a poster session featuring the work of each center funded under the National Science Foundation’s “Decision Making Under Uncertainty” grant. Nada Petrovic and Lisa Zaval will present the poster “What’s in a frame when it comes to fossil fuels: Does health matter more than climate change?” and Matt Sisco will present the poster “Why do people care about sea lions? A fishing game to study the value of endangered species.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/15/decision-making-under-uncertainty-at-aaas/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/2011/10/21/partnership-in-action-lessons-learned-following-haiti-floods/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/partnership-in-action-lessons-learned-following-haiti-floods/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:59:01 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19251 Flood relief efforts, immediate needs assessments, and coordinated damage assessments in Haiti’s Côte Sud region are underway following the rains and flooding that began October 9 and continued through October 11. The Earth Institute Haiti team, working through the CSI partnership, Millennium Village Project (MVP) sector leads, and with the Government of Haiti, are jointly [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/21/partnership-in-action-lessons-learned-following-haiti-floods/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/19/partnership-framework-supports-emergency-response-to-flooding-along-haiti%e2%80%99s-southern-coast/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/19/partnership-framework-supports-emergency-response-to-flooding-along-haiti%e2%80%99s-southern-coast/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:09:57 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19129 Recent heavy rains and consequent flooding in Haiti’s Côte Sud region—the site of the Côte Sud Initiative (CSI) and Port-à-Piment, designated as the first Millennium Village in the Western Hemisphere— required the not yet fully formed team to leverage the CSI partnership framework to help coordinate an immediate and ultimately lifesaving emergency response. The first of a two-part blog.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/19/partnership-framework-supports-emergency-response-to-flooding-along-haiti%e2%80%99s-southern-coast/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/29/mosquito-traps-for-the-future/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/29/mosquito-traps-for-the-future/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:34:32 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18324 The New York Times reported yesterday on a new, simple approach to mosquito control that—if accurate--could be a game changer in the world’s efforts to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/29/mosquito-traps-for-the-future/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:39:26 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6844 Today, two of the world’s leading companies announce grants and technical support totaling more than $1,000,000 aimed at ending global poverty by 2015. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/over-1m-in-new-private-sector-commitments-announced-to-support-earth-institute-collaborations-to-achieve-the-mdgs/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:29:26 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6796 New York, September 21 – The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Earth Institute, Columbia University today announced a new partnership in support of the Ghana Telemedicine Project, a pilot to use the latest in information and communications technology to improve point-of-service health care services in the Millennium Village of Bonsaaso, Ghana. With this [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/novartis-foundation-for-sustainable-development-advances-mobile-health-technology-in-ghana/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/18/swine-flu-climate-change-and-the-future-of-infectious-diseases/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/18/swine-flu-climate-change-and-the-future-of-infectious-diseases/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 16:29:27 +0000 Betsy Ness-Edelstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=605 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/05/18/swine-flu-climate-change-and-the-future-of-infectious-diseases/feed/ 3