Scientists at Columbia University and Imperial College London have found that the largest canyon system in the solar system ...

At a Climate Week symposium, Columbia Engineering convened members of government, industry and academia to examine critical ...

A new study found that when microplastics contact water, their surfaces can become chemically reactive. This could be how ...

As COP31 and COP32 approach, a Climate Week panel brought together climate leaders to discuss how the world can turn Paris ...

Five Lamont scientists received major 2026 honors recognizing research on sea-level change, ocean carbon uptake, seafloor ...

Inspired by the freedom found in the mountains, this M.S. in Sustainability Management alum calls for restoring ecosystems ...

Extreme heat has become more common—as both research and lived experience show—but when it arrives is a different question. A new study finds that rather than occurring only during warm seasons, ...

View of the 9/11 Memorial south pool, which includes the names of victims killed at the South Tower and on Flights 175, 77, and 93. Photo: Nadia Eimandoust via Commons As we commemorate the 25th ...

This post was originally published by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness. Twenty-five years after September 11 th, 2001, it is still difficult to contemplate what happened without first ...

As a senior pursuing his degree in sustainable development at Columbia, Dylan Dettloff jumped at the opportunity to take a newly offered course in spring 2025: Climate & Sustainable Water Systems ...

On June 29, 2026, the snow accumulated by Switzerland’s glaciers over the course of the previous winter had melted. Known as Glacier Loss Day, this date marks the point at which further melting begins ...

Methane emissions from the New York City metropolitan area are largely driven by natural gas use, according to a new study published today in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics by researchers at the ...