LDEO May 2021 Newsletter: Earth Science News
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New Frontiers in Climate Leadership
Columbia Climate’s Hot 23
The news agency Reuters produced a list of top climate scientists, those who have had the most significant influence on climate science around the world. Columbia researchers comprise a significant number.
Tracking the Impact of Climate Change in Alaska
Sea ice is rapidly melting off the northwest coast of Alaska, endangering the Indigenous population. Lamont researchers joined forces with the local community to understand how climate change is affecting their region.
Landmark Program Joins Investors with Scientists to Confront Climate Change
A major asset management firm signs on to a breakthrough partnership at the new Columbia Climate School. The program will engage commercial enterprise with the university’s global climate and sustainability research.
Why Nature Is Good for Us: An Illustrated and Animated Guide
Earth Day is a time to celebrate the natural world. Being in nature can improve our mood and our mental and physical health. Here’s an interactive journey explaining how and why.
Maureen ‘Mo’ Raymo Takes on a Mighty Mission
The decorated climate scientist is named director of Lamont and co-founding dean of the newly launched Columbia Climate School.
Announcing the Leadership of the Columbia Climate School
The Columbia Climate School will be co-led by four of Columbia’s most eminent climate experts: Alex Halliday, Jason Bordoff, Ruth DeFries, and by Lamont’s Maureen Raymo.
Columbia Climate School Goes to the Green Mountains
This pre-college program in Castleton, Vermont, will mobilize students in grades 9–12 to take action and affect change in response to our warming planet.
Climate Change Is Making Indian Monsoon Seasons More Chaotic
A new study finds that summer monsoon rainfall in India will become stronger and more erratic, posing a threat to the region’s agriculture and economy.
Sidney Hemming, Paleoclimate Detective, Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
The Lamont geochemist scores a Guggenheim Fellowship and prepares to investigate a key climate interval millions of years ago.
Age Newly Verified, One of Oldest Prehuman Fossils Leads to New Finds
In the wake of a long-sought verification, Lamont paleoecologist Kevin Uno and team find two new early human fossils.
First Air Quality Profile of Two Sub-Saharan African Cities Finds Troubling News
A new study finds that even when air pollution in Kinshasa and Brazzaville is at its lowest, it’s still four times higher than World Health Organization guidelines.
Staff Spotlight: Marian Mellin, Development Associate at Lamont-Doherty
She’s one of Lamont’s unsung heroes and one of its biggest fans. Marian Mellin in the spotlight!
Earth Month Activities at the Columbia Climate School
Blog posts and events to help you get informed, inspired, and involved.
Watch The Climate Imperative: Meeting the Moment, a special Earth Day conversation moderated by CBS News meteorologist Jeff Berardelli with Columbia Climate School founding dean/Earth Institute director Alex Halliday and Columbia Climate School co-founding dean/Lamont director Maureen Raymo.
See recordings of past events and a full calendar of upcoming EI LIVE events here.
Education
Make sure to catch our wonderful Lamont scientists during these upcoming EI LIVE K12 sessions in May!
Lights, Camera, Robots: Exploring the Earth’s Final Frontiers – On May 6 at 4:00pm ET, join Lamont marine geophysicist Vicki Ferrini to learn about how scientists and engineers are exploring, visualizing, and studying our oceans and underwater environments in an effort to unlock the mysteries of the deep sea. Target audience: grades 3-8. RSVP.
A World of Change: Ice and Ocean Interactions in Antarctica – On May 13 at 4:00pm ET, learn about the interaction of ice and ocean water around Antarctica and how Lamont marine geologist and geophysicist Frank Nitsche is observing and measuring ocean water to learn more about melting in the area. Target audience: grades 6-8. RSVP.
Make ‘n Break Ice – On May 20 at 4:00pm ET, see how Christine McCarthy of the Lamont Rock Mechanics Lab uses machines to squish, break, slide, and “tickle” ice samples to recreate the forces that ice experiences under different conditions. Target audience: grades 1-5. RSVP.
Rock You Like a Hurricane – On May 27 at 4:00pm ET, hear from Lamont climate scientist Chia-Ying Lee about how hurricanes form, develop, grow, change, and what scientists know (and don’t know) about the 2021 hurricane season. Target audience: grades 9-12. RSVP.
Hudson River Field Station
It’s spring in the Hudson Valley, meaning temperatures are warming, setting off the annual estuary migration for several of our most iconic Hudson River fish species. Warming water temperatures are the biologic prompt propelling them into action. Water temperature is regularly collected by our HRECOS instruments at the Piermont Pier, and posted outside on the Field Station monitor.
You can use this wonderful tool as a way to visualize what is happening in the great Hudson fish highway! What species has already traveled through the upriver freshwater section to spawn? What species might be moving in now from the Atlantic, approaching the Verrazano Narrows before moving into the harbor?
Check our monitor for the water temperatures that drive the migration of several important species and be sure to check the HRECOS monitor for more data stories on your next visit to the Pier!
Lamont in the Media (Selected Stories)
AllianceBernstein Unveils Groundbreaking Collaboration with Columbia Climate School
Street Insider
Why Aren’t More Moon Craters Named for Women?
The New York Times
Earth Day 2021 – Restore Our Earth
Voice of America
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