Columbia Climate School

Lisa Sachs, director of @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social and our MS in Climate Finance program, argues that durable climate progress begins with systems diagnosis, not isolated technologies, targets, or promises. Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4BFPIv8

🗓️ Wed Oct 28 is #ColumbiaGivingDay! Your gift to @climate.columbia.edu will help advance research, education, and real-world solutions for climate, Earth, and society. Thanks to a $50K match from an anonymous supporter, your gift will go twice as far: https://bit.ly/4nUCFPb

This summer, 58 high school students in Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains learned from our faculty and local climate leaders, engaged in hands-on fieldwork, and were empowered to lead climate action in their own communities. Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4BtBBZx

New research by @lamont.columbia.edu geochemists Nicolás Young, Joerg Schaefer, and colleagues shows that 2,000 years ago, remnants of the Laurentide Ice Sheet began growing again, marking the start of a new ice age, but by the 1960s, global warming had reversed that growth: https://bit.ly/48iEj6I

🎙️🍠 On Food Pod for Humanity S3:E1, @jochebedlj.bsky.social and Dannie Dinh of our Food for Humanity Initiative talk with our experts Michael Puma and @jeffschlegel.bsky.social about how food gets to our plates! 🎧 https://rss.com/podcasts/food-pod-for-humanity/

🗓️ Wed Oct 28 is #ColumbiaGivingDay! Your gift to @climate.columbia.edu will help advance research, education, and real-world solutions for climate, Earth, and society. Thanks to a $50K match from an anonymous supporter, your gift will go twice as far: https://bit.ly/4nUCFPb

On Oct 27 6pm ET, join us for Bracing for the Strongest El Niño on Record, an exclusive webinar on #ColumbiaGivingDay eve, with our panel of climate experts, @climate.columbia.edu professors of climate @sheilarose.bsky.social, Radley Horton, and Mingfang Ting. RSVP: https://bit.ly/47yPd8i

Largest canyon system in solar system is still active and shaping Mars today, billions of years after it first formed, finds new research by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social scientists, including LDEO structural geologist Folarin Kolawole: https://bit.ly/4zH6urK

More than 2,500 visitors explored hands-on activities, lectures, and installations at @lamont.columbia.edu Open House 2026, our biggest, best science fun and discovery event of the year! Check out some of the day’s many highlights: https://bit.ly/3VRsj9H

🌿 Climate LIVE K12, our free online learning series, features our experts & students talking about biodiversity, climate finance, climate action in sports, plastic pollution, safe water, El Niño, and wildfire management. We welcome learners of all ages! Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ULJmcR

#ICYMI AI Data Centers: Is Space the Next Frontier?, a panel discussion featuring @neildegrassetyson.com, Alexis Abramson, @davidsandalow.bsky.social, and Nobuo Tanaka, hosted by @columbiauenergy.bsky.social and @climate.columbia.edu. 🎥 https://youtu.be/qZvl0Hcpf3g

What does a day studying climate finance at @climate.columbia.edu look like? Meet MS in Climate Finance student Shelly Shan! With a background in finance and renewable energy consulting, she’s exploring how investment can help power the energy transition. https://bit.ly/4yrEOWN

📢 Zoom option for Oct 20 5pm ET AI Data Centers: Is Space the Next Frontier? with @neildegrassetyson.com, Alexis Abramson, @davidsandalow.bsky.social, and Nobuo Tanaka: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/s/99695871938#success

Inspired by the freedom found in the mountains, MS in Sustainability Management alum Jithamanyu Thoppey M calls for restoring ecosystems and building communities where every living being can flourish authentically. Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4jww6CX

Ages of Globalization, Columbia+ course blending self-paced+live sessions with Columbia professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, explores how geography, technology, and institutions have shaped our interconnected world and challenges we face. RSVP for free live webinar on Nov 5 and enroll: https://bit.ly/3TLICEh

We hope to see you on campus for Sat Oct 17 Lamont Open House, but if you can't make it, tune in for talks by our scientists and experts live from Monell auditorium! 🎥 Visit Open House Lectures and join via Zoom: https://openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu/lectures

☄️Space rocks, 🌋 volcanoes, and 💨 dirt clouds, oh my! Run don't walk to Lamont Open House, our biggest, best science fun and discovery event, this SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 on our beautiful campus in Palisades, NY! RSVP: https://openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu

🔥 New online professional learning course: Climate Finance with @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social+MS Climate Finance director Lisa Sachs! Understand how capital moves in response to climate change, why it may not reach where it’s needed most, what can be done. ➡️ Enroll w/ Columbia+: https://bit.ly/3UwUKJ8

🌊 An "ultra strong" El Niño is set to break historical records. 🌡️ Dangerous heat days are expanding beyond summer. 🔥 Cities could reduce methane emissions and save money lost to wasted natural gas. 🗓️ Oct 17 Open House=Hands-on science! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hP4hoi 📩 climate.columbia.edu/join

From the impact of suspending US embassy reporting on air quality to why two extreme heatwaves had different impacts to how to make vulnerable populations in smaller cities more visible, it's our monthly research roundup from State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4B7Kdot

🗺️ "The whole world was spread out before me. I had a blank canvas to fill with extraordinary possibilities." If you're inspired by pioneering @lamont.columbia.edu scientist #MarieTharp, Oct 17 Lamont Open House is for you! 👉 Learn more and RSVP today! #LamontRocks openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu

New study by @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers, including LDEO environmental geochemist Beizhan Yan, finds that when microplastics contact water, their surfaces can become chemically reactive. This could be how they get us sick. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4yqfjW7

At a #ClimateWeekNYC symposium hosted by Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, leaders from government, industry, finance, and academia shared their insights into two of the US’ most important industries: mining and energy. Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/3Uqg5Eo

As #COP31 and #COP32 approach, a #ClimateWeekNYC panel convened by @climate.columbia.edu and UNFCCC brought together climate leaders to discuss how the world can turn Paris promises into action. Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/3TWQkv5

Swipe to see some of our faculty, alumni, researchers, and PhD students sharing what they know about electrochemical energy and clean-air innovation during #ClimateWeek at #ColumbiaEngineering. @climate.columbia.edu @columbiaseas.bsky.social @climategroup.bsky.social @steingart.bsky.social

At globalstabilization.org, which convened leaders working to address climate risks, Dean Alexis Abramson caught up with @climate.columbia.edu alums Cynthia Thomson of @renphil21.bsky.social and @sktalati.bsky.social & Whitney Peterson of @sgdeliberation.bsky.social!

🌱 Oct 17 Lamont Open House (openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu) science discovery do-ahead! Test your soil and paint for lead with @lamont.columbia.edu geochemist Lex van Geen. #LamontRocks Learn how to collect your samples: openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu/lead-sampling-soil-and-paint

🔥 New online professional learning course: Biodiversity & Sustainability with @climate.columbia.edu lecturer @jennalawrence.bsky.social! Learn how biodiversity shapes our health, economies, ecosystems, and why it matters for business & policy decisions. ➡️ Enroll via Columbia+: https://bit.ly/4s5yIdp

🥳 Sat Oct 17 10am-4pm: Join us at @lamont.columbia.edu Open House for family-friendly, hands-on science activities and talks by our experts! 🚌 Free shuttles! #LamontRocks Learn more/RSVP: openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu

"If solar is going to scale nationally at the pace our grid requires, the industry needs to make it easy to say yes with consistent messaging around savings, jobs, and grid reliability," writes @climate.columbia.edu Dean Alexis Abramson. Via @wsj.com. https://on.wsj.com/4B1vETt

On Oct 14 4-4:30pm ET, join this virtual Climate LIVE K12 session to meet a high school student investigating innovative ways to understand, prevent, and mitigate algal blooms that disrupt ecosystems. Learn more/RSVP: https://bit.ly/3UrFE85

New paper in ES&T Letters: the first full-year look at what NYC congestion pricing did to air quality. Led by the brilliant Polina Goldberg, we combined 15 roadside PM2.5 monitors with TROPOMI NO2 to ask if air in the Congestion Relief Zone got cleaner, and did pollution just move next door?

🌡️ Is it hot in here?! Join us at Oct 17 @lamont.columbia.edu Open House, our biggest science fun and discovery event, to walk through Warming Stripes and see temperature trends from 1850 to the present. 🚌 Free shuttles! #LamontRocks 👉 RSVP: openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu

What is a super El Niño? @neildegrassetyson.com and @chucknicecomic.bsky.social sit down with @lamont.columbia.edu climate scientist @adamsobel.bsky.social on StarTalk to break down what to expect from this El Niño and what makes this one historically big: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgPN8B-B7tg

🎓 Top Tips for Applying to Columbia Climate School! Before you submit an application, hear what our students recommend to give you the best chances of success! ➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hCeYKM 📆 Join us at Nov 6 Climate & Sustainability Open House: https://bit.ly/4hE1Nc8

One year after the city launched congestion pricing, fine particulate pollution inside NYC’s congestion relief zone was 13% lower, finds a new study by @lamont.columbia.edu's Polina Goldberg, Abhishek Anand, @dwesty.bsky.social & @gwpublichealth.bsky.social's Daniel Goldberg: https://bit.ly/4i79dER

📊 How are children in rural America doing? NCDP worked on Save the Children US’s new Rural Child Well-Being Dashboards and released six topical reports on rural child-focused preparedness. Explore the data: https://www.rural-child-data.org/ NCDP reports: https://bit.ly/rural-children #RuralAmerica

👏 @lamont.columbia.edu scientists have received major honors from @agu.org for their contributions to our understanding of ocean floor structure, deep Earth processes & sea-level change, dust & paleoclimate, ocean carbon cycle, and physics of Earth’s deep interior. #AGU26 ➡️ https://bit.ly/4yJQXaO

🥳 Join us on our beautiful campus in Palisades, NY for Oct 17 @lamont.columbia.edu Open House (openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu), our biggest, best science fun & discovery event of the year! Shuttle from Columbia Morningside & Crestron in Rockleigh, NJ. #LamontRocks 👉Details: https://bit.ly/4yr5JCp

Study led by @oregonstate.edu's Sean Hixon & @climate.columbia.edu's Leanne Phelps of ancient cattle, sheep, goat bones on Madagascar suggests that spread of introduced livestock 1,200 yrs ago coincided with forest loss & population declines among large native herbivores: https://bit.ly/4yCK4ru

This summer, programs led by the Climate Education for a Resilient Future Earth Network at @climate.columbia.edu in collaboration with @lamont.columbia.edu immersed HS students in hands-on climate research, helping the next generation of scientists build key skills: https://bit.ly/47o5q05

🎙️🍠 Brought to you by @jochebedlj.bsky.social and Dannie Dinh of our Food for Humanity Initiative, Food Pod for Humanity explores topics at food systems-climate change intersection with diverse experts. Season 3 launches soon, focused on how food gets to our plates! https://bit.ly/3TrvPXv

On Oct 12 6:30-9pm ET, join our Research Program on Sustainability Policy & Management for an expert panel on the promises and pitfalls of green industrial policy plus an intro to new MS in Sustainability Management field courses in China and Brazil. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4j8GpwX

During #ClimateWeekNYC, The Nature Conservancy Asia Pacific, @climate.columbia.edu, Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, & regional partners launched a new report advancing a shared vision for nature to be recognized and invested in as critical climate infrastructure: https://bit.ly/4rONMvK

A strong El Niño event is anticipated in the coming months. On Oct 6 11am-12:15pm ET, join NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute, Columbia Global, and @climate.columbia.edu for a webinar on what global cities are doing to prepare. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4APGVpY

🌊 A Career Spent Collecting Earth's Seismic Clues 🔥 Unused Natural Gas Behind NYC’s $300M Waste of Potent Greenhouse Gas ⛵ Robot Sailboats to Spend 5 Years Measuring Carbon in Southern Ocean 🗓️ RSVP for Oct 17 LDEO Open House: openhouse.ldeo.columbia.edu ➡️ https://bit.ly/4AKwDar