LDEO Dec 2021 Newsletter: Earth Science News
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Tipping Points and the Will to Act
Fur seal and kelp gull on Prion Island, South Georgia Islands, 2014. Credit: David E. Johnsondit
Will overshooting 1.5°C of warming push us over climate tipping points, triggering irreversible and abrupt changes?
A recent study provides a rough timeline, but there’s still time to save them if we cut our carbon emissions.
These baseball-style cards highlight a few of our amazing scientists, and can now be downloaded for free.
The research project, dubbed SWAIS 2C, will investigate the sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to global warming of 2 degrees Centigrade.
Where Covid-19’s Death Grip Slipped (Briefly)
In 2020, mortality rates climbed in most of the world, but dropped in the Bangladeshi countryside, for reasons that are still unknown.
A new study suggests that a million years ago, glaciers began sticking more persistently to their beds, triggering cycles of longer ice ages.
Hudson River Field Station
Five Things to Know about the Field Station!
1. Arianna Smith and Charity Dikson, students from the summer Next Generation of Hudson River Educator’s Program (Next Gen), presented as part of a youth panel on Environmental Justice at the Hudson River Watershed Alliance Annual Conference.
2. Laurel Zaima, Education and Outreach Coordinator, was interviewed for a Washington Post article for the Kids Post section about how young people also have a role in cutting carbon.
3. Margie Turrin, Director of Educational Field Programs, received the 2021 Leadership Award from the New York State Outdoor Education Association for her work in providing support and growth for professionals and programs in outdoor education.
4. We received an education grant through the Hudson River Estuary Program: Hudson River Education: A Voice of Unity, allowing us to extend the work we are doing with the Next Gen program and linking it more directly with local community members.
5. We were able to get back into the field for our annual Day in the Life of the Hudson & Harbor, where 3,300 students and educators safely sampled and submitted data at ~70 sites along the Hudson!
Education
Earth Institute LIVE K12
K-12 students, educators, and parents, join us as our online learning series Earth Institute LIVE K12 continues, featuring live lectures and interactive activities with our scientists and experts.
See the full line-up through June 2022 and RSVP for January sessions with Lamont scientists:
Jan 13 4pm – Using Tools to Explore the Changes of the Polar Regions with Lamont director of educational field programs Margie Turrin and education and outreach coordinator Laurel Zaima (Grades 6-12) – RSVP
Jan 27 4pm – Coral Chemistry and Paleohydrology with Lamont paleoclimatologist and paleoceanographer Brad Linsley (Grades 9-12 + undergraduates) – RSVP
Watch recordings of recent talks with Lamont scientists, including:
Ice Flows: Using Math and Physics to Understand How with Lamont glaciologist Jonny Kingslake (Grades 10-12 + undergraduates)
Unearthing Microfossils – Keepers of the Earth’s Climate Record with Lamont Core Repository curator Nichole Anest (Grades 1-5)
To achieve the global goal of net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, the world needs to move quickly toward an unprecedented transformation of nearly every activity in modern life and across all sectors in the global economy. But what does the energy transition mean in practice? How will this impact the economy, societies, your world?
In our most recent Earth Series Lecture—Energy Transition Imperative: How Do We Get There From Here?—Columbia Climate School co-founding dean / Center on Global Energy Policy director Jason Bordoff and Columbia Climate School founding dean / Earth Institute director Alex Halliday discuss a future of profound change and action as we transition to the goal of net zero emissions.
View the video, and stay tuned for details on our upcoming Earth Series Lecture.
Lamont in the Media (Selected Stories)
19th Century New England Whaling Logs Offer Clues to 21st Century Climate Change
WBUR
Fall Foliage Was Disrupted by Climate Change. It Might Be the New Normal
National Geographic
Greenland Ice Sheet Experiences Record Loss to Calving of Glaciers and Ocean Melt over the Past Year
Washington Post
COP26 Highlights an Infuriating, Depressing, Miserable Situation. And Yet…
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Cutting Carbon Emissions Means Changes in Daily Lives by Embracing Technology
Washington Post
The Tales Trees Tell – From History to Climate Change
Christian Science Monitor
The ‘Last Ice Area’ May Provide an Arctic Refuge in a Warming World
Smithsonian Magazine
Weather or Not: How You Can Fight Climate Change
WABC-TV
Voyages of the R/V Vema
American Institute of Physics
New York’s Wetland Areas a Key Tool in Battle Against Climate Change
CNA
The Magic 1.5: What’s Behind Climate Talks' Key Elusive Goal
Associated Press
COP26: This Is What Individuals Can Do to Slow Down Climate Change, According to Experts
ABC News
Fall Foliage Watch: Scientists Say Climate Change Is Doing a Number on the Northeast
CBS New York
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