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  • By 2100, Climate Change Could Alter Key Microbial Interactions in the Ocean

    By 2100, Climate Change Could Alter Key Microbial Interactions in the Ocean

    The warmer, more acidic waters caused by climate change influence the behavior of tiny marine organisms essential to ocean health.

  • How Climate Change Will Impact Investors

    How Climate Change Will Impact Investors

    A new report explores how advances in climate science can inform near-term investments in the global economy.

  • How Will Climate Change Impact Ocean Health?

    How Will Climate Change Impact Ocean Health?

    Three scientists explain what they’re learning about the ocean’s changing conditions. These discoveries will contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of marine resources, helping to secure food for current and future generations.

  • How Will Climate Change Impact Shelter?

    How Will Climate Change Impact Shelter?

    In this video, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researchers Robin Bell, Radley Horton, and Adam Sobel explain their research and how it can help improve adaptation practices and make our homes, livelihoods, and the systems we rely on more resilient to extreme weather and sea level rise.

  • What Changes Minds About Climate Change?

    What Changes Minds About Climate Change?

    More Americans are coming to agree with the vast majority of climate scientists who say human-induced climate change is really happening. Here’s what works, and what doesn’t, when communicating with skeptics.

  • Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    The Center has awarded nearly $1 million to four scientists whose research will improve understanding of how climate change impacts the essentials of human sustainability.

  • How Will Climate Change Impact Water Resources?

    How Will Climate Change Impact Water Resources?

    Richard Seager and Park Williams, climate scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, discuss how water will be affected by warmer temperatures, and how their research increases understanding of these issues.

  • Trump’s Unifying Opportunity: Food Security

    Trump’s Unifying Opportunity: Food Security

    A sound strategy to secure the nation’s food supply and reduce its vulnerability within and beyond our borders will be a major step towards making America and the world more resilient in the face of increasing uncertainty.

  • Indonesian Corals Shed Light on Climate System

    Indonesian Corals Shed Light on Climate System

    A new coral salinity record shows that the location of the most significant hydroclimatic feature in the Southern Hemisphere, the South Pacific Convergence Zone, influences a major Pacific Ocean current.

Science for the Planet: In these short video explainers, discover how scientists and scholars across the Columbia Climate School are working to understand the effects of climate change and help solve the crisis.
  • By 2100, Climate Change Could Alter Key Microbial Interactions in the Ocean

    By 2100, Climate Change Could Alter Key Microbial Interactions in the Ocean

    The warmer, more acidic waters caused by climate change influence the behavior of tiny marine organisms essential to ocean health.

  • How Climate Change Will Impact Investors

    How Climate Change Will Impact Investors

    A new report explores how advances in climate science can inform near-term investments in the global economy.

  • How Will Climate Change Impact Ocean Health?

    How Will Climate Change Impact Ocean Health?

    Three scientists explain what they’re learning about the ocean’s changing conditions. These discoveries will contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of marine resources, helping to secure food for current and future generations.

  • How Will Climate Change Impact Shelter?

    How Will Climate Change Impact Shelter?

    In this video, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researchers Robin Bell, Radley Horton, and Adam Sobel explain their research and how it can help improve adaptation practices and make our homes, livelihoods, and the systems we rely on more resilient to extreme weather and sea level rise.

  • What Changes Minds About Climate Change?

    What Changes Minds About Climate Change?

    More Americans are coming to agree with the vast majority of climate scientists who say human-induced climate change is really happening. Here’s what works, and what doesn’t, when communicating with skeptics.

  • Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    Announcing the 2017 Center for Climate and Life Senior Fellows

    The Center has awarded nearly $1 million to four scientists whose research will improve understanding of how climate change impacts the essentials of human sustainability.

  • How Will Climate Change Impact Water Resources?

    How Will Climate Change Impact Water Resources?

    Richard Seager and Park Williams, climate scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, discuss how water will be affected by warmer temperatures, and how their research increases understanding of these issues.

  • Trump’s Unifying Opportunity: Food Security

    Trump’s Unifying Opportunity: Food Security

    A sound strategy to secure the nation’s food supply and reduce its vulnerability within and beyond our borders will be a major step towards making America and the world more resilient in the face of increasing uncertainty.

  • Indonesian Corals Shed Light on Climate System

    Indonesian Corals Shed Light on Climate System

    A new coral salinity record shows that the location of the most significant hydroclimatic feature in the Southern Hemisphere, the South Pacific Convergence Zone, influences a major Pacific Ocean current.