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

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

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

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

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.

Through Columbia Climate School and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory programs, students conducted hands-on climate research to build scientific, analytical and communication skills. Marine carbon ...

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 ...

As the climate warms, the number of alien species on every continent is expected to increase 36 percent by 2050. Some alien species—that is, plants or animals that live outside their natural range—are ...

The pandemic slowed fast fashion to a standstill. Now as the world opens up and we are socializing and going places, we want to dress up again. But after living a confined and simpler life during ...

Eastern Africa’s Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of volcanic activity caused by shifting tectonic plates. Now researchers have found ...

Young people across the globe are concerned about climate change. A Lancet study surveying 10,000 young people ages 16 to 25 in 10 countries found that more than half felt sadness, anxiety, anger, and ...