The Earth Institute was established in 1995 to advance our understanding of Earth science and apply that knowledge to decisions made by governments and businesses around the world. A world leader in ...

The Earth Institute, Columbia University is committed to showcasing student research in the areas of environment and sustainable development. The Earth Institute brings together undergraduate, ...

DESCRIPTION: Mike Hulme, a University of Cambridge geographer and longtime researcher focused on the human relationship to climate, worries that the idea of climate change might be more dangerous than ...

The Millennium Villages project offers a bold, innovative model for helping rural African communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty. The Millennium Villages themselves are proving that by ...

DESCRIPTION: In this Sustain What Friday news review, meet Michael Thomas, who has crafted an innovative and effective climate journalism career integrating deep research and reporting with creative ...

DESCRIPTION: [LinkedIn and Facebook viewing links generated on March 21] One path to boosting students’ capacity to understand climate change and climate choices emerges through improving climate ...

DESCRIPTION: Before the 20th century, from about 1400 AD to 1900 AD, glaciers were larger and climate was much colder than present. This period is known as the Little Ice Age in Europe and North ...

The Earth Institute, which is now part of Columbia University’s Climate School, blends research in the physical and social sciences, education, and practical solutions to help guide the world onto a ...

Kenneth Prewitt brings to the Earth Institute a very interesting and eclectic background rarely seen in academia--even in a diverse setting like the Earth Institute. Now the Carnegie Professor of ...

The Education section of this web site provides information on academic programs at all levels of study that are associated with the Earth Institute. Further information can also be obtained by ...

As he explained in a recent issue of Columbia Engineering, for Professor Upmanu Lall, "the goal of engineering is to develop solutions to societal problems." Over three decades a hydrologist, Lall has ...

DESCRIPTION: Ice flows like a fluid. This incredible fact explains why there is any water left in the oceans, controls the shape of the large sheets of ice near the Earth’s poles, and excites and ...