This month, we covered a long-term analysis suggesting that landfill methane emissions may be far higher than estimated, as ...

This month, we covered a long-term analysis suggesting that landfill methane emissions may be far higher than estimated, as well as new research on unexpected trends in U.S. extreme rainfall. Here are ...

The new initiative at Columbia’s Climate School is designed to strengthen university-wide collaboration on issues spanning ...

Panelists highlighted environmental justice, local partnerships, New York’s climate laws and the need for equitable solutions ...

Josie Brooks reflects on an exhibit at Maine’s Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, which explores Inuit food traditions, hunting, ...

The Columbia Climate School is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of its Climate, Earth and Society Distinguished Fellows Program, a new initiative that brings accomplished leaders from across ...

Lisa Sweetingham sent her 13-year-old daughter to school on January 7, 2025, and crawled back into bed. She was aware of the red flag warnings issued for her Palisades neighborhood but didn’t think ...

At the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, we work with governments, multilateral institutions and coalitions of financiers on the planning, investment, policy and financial architecture that ...

Smoke from Canadian Wildfires over New York City in June 2023. Credit: Newell Reinvention via Commons Compounding effects can be very powerful. The damage from one event can be catalyzed or amplified ...

The Columbia Climate School and the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering (EEE) of the Columbia Engineering School are delighted to announce that Yan Yao has joined our faculty, effective ...

Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas, causing much more warming than carbon dioxide on a unit-for-unit basis—and a new, uniquely long-term study of emissions at a New Jersey landfill ...