More Carbon Emissions Will Kill More People; Here’s How Many
A new metric accounting for future climate-related deaths could greatly multiply the 'social cost of carbon'
Articles by The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Food Systems Offer Huge Opportunities to Cut Emissions, Study Finds
Greenhouse gases from food production are systematically underestimated, researchers say
Scientists Discover Ancient Lake Bed Deep beneath Greenland Ice
Inaccessible for now, unique site may hold secrets of past
Ocean Uptake of CO2 Could Drop as Carbon Emissions Are Cut
Shrinkage due to COVID-19 may provide case in point
Study: Climate-Driven Megadrought Is Emerging in Western US
Warming may be triggering era worse than any in recorded history
Ozone-Depleting Substances Caused Half of Late 20th-Century Arctic Warming, Says Study
Implicated in a third of overall global warming at the time
Newly Identified Jet-Stream Pattern Could Imperil Global Food Supplies, Says Study
Warming climate expected to worsen simultaneous heat waves over widespread regions
Scientists Map Huge Undersea Freshwater Aquifer off US Northeast
The aquifer stretches from the shore at least from Massachusetts to New Jersey
Solved: How Tides Can Trigger Earthquakes
Years ago, scientists realized that earthquakes along mid-ocean ridges are linked with the tides. But nobody could figure out why there’s an uptick in tremors during low tides
Study Uncovers Surprising Melting Patterns beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf
The discovery suggests that local ocean currents may play a critical role in the ice shelf's future retreat