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🤔 You Asked: What Exactly Is a ‘Super’ El Niño? 💡 Columbia Climate School experts Muhammad Azhar Ehsan, Mingfang Ting, @wxpizza.bsky.social, and climate reporter Tracy Wholf explain what a strong El Niño could mean for the planet this year: https://bit.ly/4ofr5im
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🌏 We are building a global community of climate leaders! In partnership with Columbia Global Center Beijing, we welcomed admitted students to connect with current students, faculty, and our broader community before arriving on campus this fall! ➡️ https://www.climate.columbia.edu/masters-programs
💡 Today I Learned (TIL): Fabricio Correa Lara, MS in Climate
The Alliance Graduate Summer School, surrounded by PhD researchers and professors working at the intersection of economics and sustainability, reminded me how many valid entry points exist into the same urgent questions.
Columbia Climate School
Columbia Climate School
In the prestigious @columbiabusiness.bsky.social / KKR Private Equity Case Competition, MS in Climate Finance students Grace Taylor, Ananya Mathur, Peter Makey, Sophie Maher, Alan Havelka competed as a team with over 30 other student teams...and won! Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4e9RNVc
3 Insights on the Future of Our Planet 🤔
1️⃣ Glacial retreat is increasing the risk of tsunamis. 🌊
2️⃣ AI presents a paradox of environmental benefits and downsides. 🤖
3️⃣ Carbon dioxide is cooling the stratosphere while trapping heat below. 🌡️
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In a new @latimes.com opinion, @lamont.columbia.edu's David Sathuluri and Marco Tedesco examine how California’s water system is ill-suited to the climate realities ahead, and how it must center justice not just "efficiency" to serve fairly in a warming world. https://lat.ms/4ulHiUP
🌌 How CO2 Cools Upper Atmosphere—and Warms Earth Below
🌊 Lessons from “Near-miss” Tsunami in Alaskan Cruise Area
❄️ Signs of Diminished Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctic Dust
🗓️ Jun-Sep Science Saturdays at LDEO Field Station | Oct 17 LDEO Open House
📩 lamont.columbia.edu/news/newsletter
Columbia Climate School
Columbia Climate School
New research lays out exactly how California’s water system is ill-suited to the climate realities ahead.
🐦 A visit from Rockland Audubon Society, which helped fund bird-strike deterrents on Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory windows, included seeing and/or hearing 44 species of birds! 💚 Campus stewardship: https://lamont.columbia.edu/leisc
👏 Congratulations to @lamont.columbia.edu structural geologist Folarin Kolawole, recipient of 2026 National Geographic Wayfinder Award, which recognizes bold changemakers whose work is expanding our understanding of the planet and helping to protect its future. ➡️ lamont.columbia.edu/news/geologi...
🌊 Happy UN #WorldOceansDay, which reminds us to be active guardians of the ocean’s future! Our scientists have spent decades cataloging and reimagining the ocean’s critical role in our lives. Learn more about some of our recent advances in ocean science and education: https://bit.ly/4ogTuVs
