When Crises Converge

Lamont endorses and reaffirms the messages posted this week by Columbia University’s President, Office of University Life, and Earth Institute condemning the killings of Black Americans, expressing empathy for and solidarity with those in our community who are experiencing pain and anger, and committing our institution to address substantively the challenges of institutional racism and economic and environmental injustice.

Support Lamont-Doherty Research

Join the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the Earth Institute online for The Volcano Alarm: Anticipating Eruptions, an Earth Institute LIVE conversation featuring Einat Lev and Terry Plank and moderated by Alex Halliday. From 4:00 to 5:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, they will be discussing volcanoes: how they impact our climate system, how they affect the 800 million people who live within reach of potentially catastrophic eruptions, and how much more there is to learn. Registration is required.

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Coronavirus Has a Strong Ally: Pollution

Lamont polar scientist Marco Tedesco explored implications of new research on the relationship between long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2, a highly toxic pollutant generated by automobile exhaust and other combustion products) and coronavirus mortality in Italy, Spain, France, and Germany.

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The Virus and the Cyclone: The Tragedy in India and Bangladesh Is Double

In India and Bangladesh, where the number of infections and deaths related to COVID-19 is still on the rise, another disaster has added to the tragedy of the pandemic.

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COVID-19 Highlights the Need to Plan for Joint Disasters

Last week, two dams in Michigan failed after heavy rains and flooding, forcing 11,000 residents to evacuate while trying to maintain social distance, underscoring the risks associated with joint disasters. But last May, long before the pandemic, Lamont climate scientists Radley Horton and Colin Raymond co-organized a workshop on correlated extreme events.

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The 12 Questions Earth Scientists Should Ask in the Next 10 Years

Lamont geologist Paul Olsen was a member of the Committee on Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences, which recently published a report recommending the 12 highest-priority research questions that the National Science Foundation’s Earth Sciences Division should address in the next decade.

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Xiaomeng Jin Uses Satellite Imagery to Track Ozone Formation

Lamont Ph.D. student Xiaomeng Jin, working in the atmospheric chemistry group of Arlene Fiore, has found new ways to track and interpret the formation of ground-level ozone.

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Congratulations to the 2020 Graduates in Sustainability and Environmental Science

During this season of virtual graduation ceremonies, Lamont professors joined a cadre of Earth Institute educators posting messages of congratulations, appreciation, and encouragement to this year’s Sustainability and Environmental Science graduates.

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A New Primer on Climate Change Science

Lamont geophysicist John Mutter has just published Climate Change Science: A Primer for Sustainable Development. The book covers the basic physics of Earth’s climate, and how it is shifting.

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Potentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity and Heat Are Emerging across the Globe

A new Lamont study finds that warming climate has led to combinations of heat and humidity that reach or surpass the physiological limits of human survival—conditions that had been forecast to occur only later this century but are actually already happening.

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Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater

Lamont geochemist Alexander Van Geen has discovered a previously unrecognized source of arsenic contamination in groundwater in Bangladesh, a nation that is already considered to have one of the most devastating public health crises in the world.

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FUTURE VIRTUAL EVENTS

Lamont’s Earth and climate scientists are leading talks and demonstrations as part of the new EI LIVE virtual learning project. Targeting learners from kindergarten to adults, EI LIVE is creating astonishing online opportunities.

RSVP for Our Upcoming June EI LIVE Sessions for K-12 Students

EDUCATION

A young Lamont Open House attendee experiences science hands-on as she explores fossil plants under a microscope.

Lamont’s Education and Outreach Office will be taking part in an Earth Institute virtual professional development event for K-12 educators and parents in late July. Organizers are inviting public input. This inaugural event will be open to both pre- and in-service educators (across all grade levels and subject areas) as well as parents of K-12 students, and the emphasis will be on how to teach students about the science behind climate change and sustainability.

If you’re an educator and you’re interested in the event, please fill out this form. If you’re a parent and you’re interested in the event, please fill out this form.

Completed surveys should be returned by Friday, June 12. Completing the forms will allow us to provide you with exclusive early registration information as soon as it’s available.