Earth Institute News

2008


Investor's Guide Aims to Open West African Nation

September 19, 2008


Curbing Coal Emissions Alone Might Avert Climate Danger, Say Researchers

September 12, 2008


Financier Bill Gross Selling More of His Celebrated Stamp Collection for Millennium Villages

September 10, 2008


Top Science Award Goes To Climate Researcher Wallace Broecker

September 08, 2008


Look At Glaciers Past Suggests Greenland Melting Could Rapidly Heighten Sea Level

September 03, 2008


Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought, Says Study

August 21, 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


New York Launches Survival Strategy For Climate Change

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 02, 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

May 05, 2008


Southern Flavor in the Arctic

May 01, 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


The Earth Institute Nominated for a Webby, and your vote counts

April 16, 2008


Scientists and Low-Income City Schools to Link in Field Studies

April 07, 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 06, 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


Scientists Make First Map Of Emerging Disease Hotspots

February 20, 2008


India Honors Earth Institute Economist Nirupam Bajpai for Development Work

January 29, 2008


New 'Global Classroom' on Sustainable Development

January 29, 2008


Global Environmental Scorecard Gives U.S. Low Rank

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

January 16, 2008


Quakes Under Pacific Floor Reveal Unexpected Circulatory System

January 10, 2008


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


Supporting Conservation in Latin America

December 07, 2007


Lamont Scientists Present Findings on Hidden Dangers of Climate Change, Natural Hazards

December 07, 2007


Geochemistry Building Will Expand Knowledge of Earth

December 04, 2007


Toll of Climate Change on World Food Supply Could Be Worse Than Thought

December 03, 2007


Water Expert Wins Presidential Award

November 29, 2007


New Research Ship Will Look Deep Under Oceans

November 13, 2007


Earth Institute Colleagues Share in the Nobel Peace Prize

October 12, 2007


University Launches New Climate Center

January 29, 2007