Sustainable development alum Dylan Dettloff used his Columbia Climate School Collaborative Research Grant to develop a Python-based decision tool to help rural and water-scarce communities identify the most suitable desalination technologies....

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The Climate School is excited to again serve as Climate Group's education partner and host a full lineup of events on and off campus throughout the week....

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NASA's New Horizons is poised to make discoveries about the farthest reaches of our Solar System, but two of its key instruments are in danger of being shut down prematurely....

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Ralph Alger Bagnold (3 April 1896 - 28 May 1990) was a British engineer, geomorphologist, desert explorer, and soldier. His work fundamentally changed our understanding of sediment transport. His pioneering studies of wind-blown sand and desert dunes established a quantitative, physics-based approach to aeolian geomorphology.

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What happens if sea level rise, hurricane wind strength, or other factors turn out worse than expected?...

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Emriver is happy to introduce a new online venue for river and coastal labs. We've partnered with SERC (the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College) to create a platform where educators can share ideas, pro tips, and content lessons across the globe. There are about 900 Emriver stream tables and flumes globally, and SERC has more than 5 million visitors to its site each year. By tapping into the expertise and creativity of teachers and researchers like you, we can help improve education about rivers and coasts around the world.

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Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain

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Tyson Lake is a small pond on the upper edge of Piedmont at the top of Indian Gulch's watershed. It's invisible to everyone but the homeowners around it.

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New research may offer cities an overlooked pathway for reduce methane emissions while potentially saving consumers millions of dollars lost to wasted natural gas....

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We are continuing with our fieldwork theme. Have you tried using "Fieldwork: interactive re-creation; activities using simple transportable apparatus to simulate features in the field"?

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The East-West Pipeline in Saudi Arabia which delivers oil to the shores of the Red Sea has been an important workaround to the choking of tanker traffic by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, the only exit for tankers from the Persian ...

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Aristotle on the wisdom of Colorado River Compact litigation: Now, it is of great moment that well-drawn laws should themselves define all the points they possibly can and leave as few as may be to the decision of the judges.... [L]aws are made a...

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Michael Gerrard revisits the profound grief and overlooked environmental hazards of the World Trade Center attacks, including asbestos and toxic debris....

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The strongest response is rarely about one institution having all the answers. It is about people knowing whom to call, trusting one another, and being willing to share what they know....

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This summer (June/July/August) was America's hottest on record, at an average temperature of 74.7 °F: That's the summer average of daily mean temperature (which is the average of the daily high and daily low) for the conterminous U.S. (a.k.a. CO...

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A new shape on Saturn, new Artemis spacesuits, and a new look at Star Trek....

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Climate models are particularly challenging because they are developed over decades by large international teams and contain millions of lines of code. As models evolve, older versions can become difficult to locate, maintain, or even identify.

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In 2025, Climate of the Past celebrated its 20th anniversary. Over the past two decades, the journal has become a leading open-access publication in paleoclimatology. It provides a platform for research into how the Earth's climate has changed over time, and how these changes can inform our understanding of the current climate system.

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Ice shelves, the floating margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, play an important role in the estimation of future sea-level rise. By their presence, they act as a brake on the flow from the grounded ice sheet to the ocean and therefore modulate how much of this ice is added to the ocean. As the atmosphere and ocean warm, melt is occurring at their surface and at their base, putting their existence under threat. In this context, the future of ice shelves looks grim. When can we expect them to disappear and what's the main driver behind it? This is what we explored in a recent study...

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 When in Portugal, I was able to visit the Sintra Natural History Museum. Sintra is about a 40 minute train ride from Lisbon, expect a lot of stops though. The town is known for the attractions: Pena Palace, Quinta da Regaleira, and Castelo dos Mour...

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The intensifying super El Niño, combined with global warming, is favored to make 2026 the hottest year on record, with 2027 expected to be even hotter....

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Extreme heat has become more common. But a new study finds that these events are no longer confined to the warmest part of the year; they are also becoming more frequent in the months before and after....

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In August, a group of us went to Frankfurt for the 88th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, hosted by Goethe University. We enjoyed meeting colleagues old and new from around the world, celebrating 50 years of Antarctic meteorite hunting, and...

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My office mate and podcast hosting buddy Rin Tara had the good sense to pull out their phone and record some stuff while we were out at the Rio Grande Thursday, beneath the I40 bridge, waiting for the pulse flow to arrive. We had the good fortune to ...

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