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With the fate of the Thwaites Glacier still uncertain, some experts are pushing for geoengineering and more intense climate action.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/30/doomsday-antarctic-glacier-melting-faster-than-expected-fueling-calls-for-geoengineering/

A professional learning workshop will teach participants from diverse backgrounds all about the complexities and opportunities for climate finance.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/24/unlocking-climate-finance-navigating-challenges-tools-and-strategies-for-a-net-zero-future/

A decision to translocate a group of guanacos across Argentina has raised concerns among scientists and provoked intense scientific and legal controversy.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/22/plans-to-rewild-guanacos-in-argentina-trigger-scientific-debate-and-legal-threats/

Working at a DC-based environmental nonprofit convinced this student to pursue a career in environmental policy.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/15/navigating-nonprofits-a-summer-internship-on-capitol-hill/

In this pre-college workshop, students explore the critical role that sustainable development, planning and design play in building community resilience.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/14/amplifying-youth-voices-in-sustainable-planning/

Patagonian mountaineers confront increased risk due to climate change as they seek to limit fatalities.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/11/mountaineering-death-and-climate-risk-in-the-patagonian-andes/

Jessica Fanzo and Shauna Downs remember their friend and pioneering global heath researcher, Richard Deckelbaum.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/10/remembering-richard-deckelbaum/

Leaders from Columbia and NYC gathered in Morningside Park to celebrate a partnership to clear the park’s pond of toxic algal blooms, repair broken water pumps, and restore its iconic waterfall...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/04/in-morningside-park-a-restored-waterfall-a-renewed-pond-and-a-blueprint-for-climate-resilient-public-space/

MPA-ESP students took field trips to Pelham Bay Park and Shirley Chisholm State Park to learn more about the importance of preserving urban green spaces.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/03/reviving-nature-in-the-city-lessons-from-urban-green-space-restoration/

On a field trip to Randall’s Island, River Park and Bronx Park East, MPA-ESP students saw first-hand the complex balance needed to maintain and restore natural environments within a dynamic urb...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/01/urban-ecology-in-action-field-lessons-from-randalls-island-to-bronx-park-east/