From October through June, Columbia Climate School researchers and students will host sessions exploring climate and sustainability topics including biodiversity, climate finance, climate action in ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

Extreme rainfall events that cover large areas, including hurricanes, atmospheric rivers and thunderstorm complexes, are a growing threat, but many studies on extreme precipitation focus on the ...

Villarrica volcano rises above the town of Pucón, situated on Lake Villarrica. Photo: Einat Lev The problem of the moment was power. On the crumbly rim of Villarrica, one of Chile’s most active and ...

Though nearly three-quarters of Earth’s surface lies beneath the oceans, the seafloor remained largely uncharted until the mid-20th century. In 1948, geologist and cartographer Marie Tharp came to ...

Orange skies and smoky air have become a familiar part of summer in North America. As wildfires continue spreading across eastern Canada, a giant plume of smoke is causing sore throats and headaches, ...