State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

Tag: weather forecasting

  • Frontline Heroes: Predicting Climate Extremes in Africa

    Frontline Heroes: Predicting Climate Extremes in Africa

    Advanced weather-forecasting tools and techniques, like those developed at Columbia Climate School’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), can help key stakeholders in Africa prepare for the worst.

  • When It Comes to Climate, Embrace Chaos, Says a Physicist

    When It Comes to Climate, Embrace Chaos, Says a Physicist

    Physicist Tim Palmer explains why chaos theory is so pivotal in tackling climate change

  • Forecasting for the In-Between

    Forecasting for the In-Between

    We can do a good job forecasting the weather for a week or two, and we can settle on what the climate is likely to do season to season, a month to a year into the future. But what about in-between?

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.
  • Frontline Heroes: Predicting Climate Extremes in Africa

    Frontline Heroes: Predicting Climate Extremes in Africa

    Advanced weather-forecasting tools and techniques, like those developed at Columbia Climate School’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), can help key stakeholders in Africa prepare for the worst.

  • When It Comes to Climate, Embrace Chaos, Says a Physicist

    When It Comes to Climate, Embrace Chaos, Says a Physicist

    Physicist Tim Palmer explains why chaos theory is so pivotal in tackling climate change

  • Forecasting for the In-Between

    Forecasting for the In-Between

    We can do a good job forecasting the weather for a week or two, and we can settle on what the climate is likely to do season to season, a month to a year into the future. But what about in-between?