The study also points to broader lessons: as glaciers retreat in warming regions, the risk of related hazards can increase, and improved monitoring may help reduce some of those dangers.

We invite readers to share their most pressing questions about climate, science and sustainability.

Raymo received the award for her pioneering development of hypotheses that explain climate change across Earth’s history, and her educational leadership in the Earth system sciences.

Columbia Climate School is thrilled to announce that Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Microsoft, will deliver the keynote address at the Climate School’s Class Day ceremony.

Kaplan studies the ways ice sheets, mountain glaciers, climates and landscapes changed in the past.

Annika Bellot focuses on international law and decarbonization efforts to help save small island states like Dominica, where she grew up.

Laramie Jensen’s interest in inorganic and analytical chemistry led her to the ocean. And then to the North Pole.

Now in its fifth year, the annual conference was created to highlight the critical climate-driven health and environmental impacts affecting our shared community.

Aynsley Kretschmar, a soon-to-be graduate of the M.A. in Climate and Society program, reflects on the skills she’s gained from her time at Columbia, as well as what she’s most excited about for her future. 

M.A. in Climate and Society student Erin Frank shoots film around New York City. She says her camera and climate coursework have more in common than she expected.

Caine’s new book depicts a small community in the glacier-fed Peruvian Highlands as it navigates climate change and social pressures.

At a recent Climate School event, speaker Memphis Washington discussed the Waterfront Alliance's climate resilience and environmental justice efforts in Coney Island.