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

The current El Niño will break all sea-surface temperature records to date and will very likely deliver unprecedented weather ...

In this month's edition of our research roundup, we look at the impact of suspending U.S. embassy reporting on air quality; ...

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

Through Columbia Climate School programs, students conducted hands-on climate research to build scientific, analytical and ...

Scientists are studying fossil coral reefs in the Cook Islands to reconstruct sea levels during the Last Interglacial, and hoping to improve projections of future change.

Five Lamont scientists received major 2026 honors recognizing research on sea-level change, ocean carbon uptake, seafloor mapping and Earth’s deep interior. William B. F. Ryan receives the Maurice ...

New analyses of ancient cattle, sheep and goat bones suggest that the rapid spread of introduced livestock 1,200 years ago coincided with forest loss and population declines among large native ...

The world population is expected to grow to almost 10 billion by 2050. With 3.4 billion more mouths to feed, and the growing desire of the middle class for meat and dairy in developing countries, ...

The favored refrain of climate deniers and those who oppose climate policies is that “the science is not settled.” To some degree, this is true. Climate scientists are still uncertain about a number ...

New York City’s current responses to COVID-19 have a lot in common with the long history of epidemics that have devastated the health and well-being of the city’s population. Today, as during the ...