http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/25/a-healthy-collaboration/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/25/a-healthy-collaboration/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:11:19 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35872 IRI just renewed an agreement with the World Health Organization to be a collaborative center. Research scientist and center director Madeleine Thomson talks about past successes and future research directions.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/25/a-healthy-collaboration/feed/ 0 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/2013/03/06/discussing-climate-cities-and-food/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/06/discussing-climate-cities-and-food/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:14:54 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34840 Last week, the Earth Institute and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society hosted a discussion on cities, food and climate. What were people saying? Find out in this Storify recap of reactions from across Twitter!]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/06/discussing-climate-cities-and-food/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/2013/01/29/cat-puns-scientists-and-social-media/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/29/cat-puns-scientists-and-social-media/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:53:34 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33777 Social media plus scientists plus Chemistry Cat puns is a great formula for a talk, right? ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/29/cat-puns-scientists-and-social-media/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/23/rosarios-farm-rising-tides-shrimp-from-the-forest/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/23/rosarios-farm-rising-tides-shrimp-from-the-forest/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:46:27 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33591 Rosario Costa-Cabral and her brothers harvest hundreds of fruits, oils and wood products from the stream-laced forest of the Amazon River delta. But the climate here is changing: Tides rise higher, and seasonal floods are growing worse.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/23/rosarios-farm-rising-tides-shrimp-from-the-forest/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/18/role-reversal-and-some-fun-at-agu/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/18/role-reversal-and-some-fun-at-agu/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:31:16 +0000 Arif Noori http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33026 Francesco Fiondella is normally behind the scenes writing web stories, developing audio slideshows and videos for the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). But at this year’s annual American Geophysical Union (AGU), the tables were turned for a brief moment. He was video ambushed by climate scientist Andrew Robertson and forced to explain [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/18/role-reversal-and-some-fun-at-agu/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/07/a-river-runs-through-it-predicting-floods-in-the-midwest/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/07/a-river-runs-through-it-predicting-floods-in-the-midwest/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:58:22 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32841 Focusing on the American Midwest, Andrew Robertson analyzes the relationships between floods, weather and climate patters throughout the 20th century.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/07/a-river-runs-through-it-predicting-floods-in-the-midwest/feed/ 1 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/predicting-the-future-of-soy-in-south-america/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/predicting-the-future-of-soy-in-south-america/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:10:27 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32675 In this Q&A, Arthur M. Greene discusses improving climate and agricultural modeling in South America using a new stochastic simulation of future climate.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/predicting-the-future-of-soy-in-south-america/feed/ 0