Press Room
2008
Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought, Says Study
August 21, 2008
New York Launches Survival Strategy For Climate Change
August 14, 2008
Tides Foundation Awards $1.9 million Matching Challenge Gift to the Earth Institute to Promote Sustainable Urban Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
August 14, 2008
Is the Hudson Swimmable? New Program Aims to Test the Waters
July 24, 2008
Amazon Outflow is Found to Power Ocean Capture of Carbon Dioxide.
July 23, 2008
Undersea Volcanic Rocks May Offer Vast Repository for Greenhouse Gas
July 14, 2008
Climate Change May Challenge National Security, Classified Report Warns
July 2, 2008
Rare Stamps Auctioned for $1.6 million for Projects in Africa by PIMCO’s Bill Gross
June 18, 2008
Warming Climate is Changing Life on Global Scale
May 14, 2008
The Earth Institute Site Named Best Education Site for the 12th Annual Webby Awards
May 12, 2008
Climate Modelers See Modern Echo in ‘30s Dust Bowl: Farming pushed natural drought into disaster--and could do so again
May 5, 2008
Southern Flavor in the Arctic: Rocks under the northern ocean are found to resemble ones far south
May 1, 2008
Columbia University and Vale Launch Center on Sustainable International Investment
April 29, 2008
Global Food Crisis Golden Opportunity for African Farmers
April 25, 2008
Scientists and Low-Income City Schools to Link in Field Studies
April 7, 2008
Climate Change Will Hit Transport Systems Hard, Says Government Panel
March 12, 2008
New Yorkers Fear Impacts of Climate Change, And Want to Act
March 6, 2008
New Seafloor Cores Show Tight Bond Between Dust And Past Climates
February 28, 2008
Voyage To Southern Ocean Aims To Understand Air-Sea Fluxes Of Greenhouse Gases
February 22, 2008
Earth Institute Centers Partner with UN to Monitor Natural Disaster Risks
February 20, 2008
Scientists Make First Map Of Emerging-Disease Hotspots
February 20, 2008
New “Global Classroom” on Sustainable Development
January 29, 2008
University Launches New Climate Center
January 29, 2007
India Honors Earth Institute Economist Nirupam Bajpai for Development Work
January 29, 2008
Global Environmental Scorecard Gives U.S. Low Rank
January 23, 2008
Earth Institute Educator to Head National Council of Environmental Deans and Directors
January 23, 2008
Tackling Childhood Obesity: Design Lab and MIT Take an Interdisciplinary Approach
January 23, 2008
PepsiCo Foundation announces major new grant to the Earth Institute at Columbia University to promote global water sustainability
January 22, 2008
2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second-Warmest Year
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Jan 16, 2008
Quakes Under Pacific Floor Reveal Unexpected Circulatory System
January 10, 2008
Chinese University Honors Waste-To-Energy Expert
January 10, 2008
2007
Climate Change, Seen Through the Eyes of Scientist and Poet
December 19, 2007
Red Cross/Red Crescent Join With Climate Institute to Forecast Disasters
December 11, 2007
Lamont Scientists Present Findings on Hidden Dangers of Climate Change, Natural Hazards
December 7, 2007
Supporting Conservation in Latin America
December 7, 2007
Geochemistry Building Will Expand Knowledge of Earth
December 4, 2007
Toll of Climate Change on World Food Supply Could Be Worse Than Thought
December 3, 2007
Water Expert Wins Presidential Award
November 29, 2007
New Research Ship Will Look Deep Under Oceans
November 12, 2007
Earth Institute colleagues share in the Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 2007