Columbia Earth Institute

How Heat and Air Pollution Affect Our Productivity

October 28, 2021

We may never notice it ourselves, but climate change and air pollution can actually affect our day-to-day performance at our jobs. Studies ranging from agricultural workers to call center workers to chess players and baseball umpires find measurable decreases in…

Why Are Heat Waves Deadly?

July 17, 2019

Princeton University's Jane Baldwin explains who is most affected by heat waves and how people can stay safe.

What is Climate Migration?

July 17, 2019

Who is affected by climate migration and are there positives? Oxford University's Lisa Thalheimer explains.

Winter Rains Are Melting Greenland Ice, Raising Sea Levels

March 7, 2019

https://youtu.be/MakHMmYNFZ4 According to Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, while warmer climate and melting events have contributed to rising sea levels, a new study of Greenland's ice sheet shows how subsequent factors -- down to the tiny organisms produced in these melting…