Flags of Science CCL by Selva Ozelli honors America's 250th anniversary and the groundbreaking research of @lamont.columbia.edu scientists, inviting reflection on discovery, creativity, and the enduring pursuit of knowledge. On display through June 2027. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4eDFQsg

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup plays out in North America, MA in Climate & Society alums Peyten Hernandez and Fiona Flaherty are working behind the scenes to drive sustainability efforts in sporting events. Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4eM6UUY

Aging infrastructure is top reason that some Americans are seeing electricity costs increase substantially as utilities pass along expenses for deferred upgrades, says Alexis Abramson, Columbia Climate School Dean and sustainable energy technology expert. Via @yahoonews.com. https://yhoo.it/3SAOZJG

El Niño is here. @climate.columbia.edu professor/@ncdp.bsky.social faculty director @jeffschlegel.bsky.social and NCDP climate scientist @wxpizza.bsky.social explain why that’s a head start, not just a headline. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4v3kFoc

New report from our Center for Sustainable Development and FII Institute examines the human capabilities education systems must protect and strengthen as AI transforms learning and work, from critical thinking and creativity to ethical judgment, empathy, and collaboration: https://bit.ly/4aOCbpl

“We have the assumption in our planning that everyone will know what to do—[and] have access to the tools they would need to actually mitigate the heat. That’s really where we’re falling short,” says @jldevincenzo.bsky.social of @ncdp.bsky.social. Via @capitalb.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/447YEK8

Drawing on real-world examples, Columbia Climate School Dean/sustainable energy technology expert Alexis Abramson offers a hopeful, actionable roadmap for accelerating the clean energy transition. Via TEDxHarvard Square. 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gztveBa--qo

Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, data shows. In the UK and France, the current heat wave is breaking records. @climate.columbia.edu professor Radley Horton joins @cbsnews.com to discuss the challenges surrounding climate change in Europe. https://cbsn.ws/4vRYMcI

Today we welcome the 21st president of Columbia University, Jennifer L. Mnookin. As she becomes part of our community, join her for a look at Columbia’s spirit of discovery. Read President Mnookin's message: https://president.columbia.edu/news/first-day-message-president-jennifer-l-mnookin

Ahead of July 4th weekend, >160 million people are under extreme heat warnings or heat advisories. @climate.columbia.edu professor Radley Horton says this heat wave has been marked by especially high humidity, which tends to make nights that much warmer. Via @nytimes.com. https://nyti.ms/4wlSfHi

Explore how trees hold secrets to past weather and climate in this series of photos from tree ring scientists, including Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Nicole Davi and Caroline Leland, and learn more about the LDEO Tree Ring Lab (https://bit.ly/4atsWKU). Via USA TODAY. https://bit.ly/4y1XMEI

The proliferation of algal blooms in waterways across the planet poses a significant and growing threat, and there is no question that temperature is playing a role, says LDEO biological oceanographer Joaquim Goes. Via @washingtonpost.com. https://wapo.st/44DXp5u

🌊🚢 Ever wonder what it’s like to live and work on a research ship in the middle of the ocean? Meet R/V Marcus G. Langseth chief science officer Cody Bahlau who travels the world studying our oceans while also demystifying ocean research for school children. 🐳 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g8yvlI

From an atmospheric CO2 puzzle solved to a Pacific cooling mystery, it's our new State of the Planet roundup of @lamont.columbia.edu and @climate.columbia.edu research: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/06/22/june-research-roundup-select-papers/

A subtle change in the electronic configuration of iron ions produces a measurable difference in seismic wave speeds through mantle rocks, contributing to a fuller understanding of Earth’s deep interior, write Renata Wentzcovitch and colleagues. Via @eos.org. https://bit.ly/4oFz6xg

Deep in Earth’s mantle, where pressures exceed 1 million atmospheres and temperatures are hotter than lava at the surface, rocks behave in ways that defy intuition. eos.org/features/a-q...

As Congress considers its 2027 budget, 12 early career researchers from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social including @climate.columbia.edu's Zoey Yiyuan Zhou and @lamont.columbia.edu's Yushu Xia visited Washington, DC to advocate for federal funding. Via Columbia News: https://bit.ly/4w5bYel

A Cornell-led study co-authored by @lamont.columbia.edu geochemist/volcanologist Terry Plank and colleagues found very different mechanisms behind two historic eruptions of Italy’s Mount Etna, with implications for assessing the risk of future eruptions: https://bit.ly/4uF9QbT

Across the US and globally, interest in clean energy is accelerating faster than at any point in history, and not necessarily because of anything the clean energy movement achieved on its own. Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson examines why. Via TIME. https://bit.ly/4oEcFJ4

A new paper by @tellurianite.bsky.social reveals reduced velocities in the lower crust beneath major volcanos in the Aleutian Arc, which may reflect elevated temperatures and/or siliceous crust in the making. Check it out! @nau-ses.bsky.social @lamont.columbia.edu @whoi.edu eos.org/editor-highl...

At @swais2c.bsky.social Crary Ice Rise Core Workshop, PhD student Kelly Fenton-Samuels helped characterize longest sediment core ever recovered from beneath an ice sheet, containing unique record of environmental and ice-sheet change spanning millions of years. Learn more: swais2c.aq/media/core-w...

1/7 🎉 Excited to share our new paper, out now in Geophysical Research Letters! We looked at something underexplored in the extremes literature: the spatial footprint of extreme precipitation (EP) events across the US over the last ~45 years. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Even as trees photosynthesize late into the year, their growth stops by mid-summer, which impacts their carbon uptake, finds a new study of oak trees led by @lamont.columbia.edu ecoclimatologist @mukund24rao.bsky.social. ➡️ Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fRTE3v

How much and why did ice sheets melt during the last interglacial? Members of HISEAS team (hiseas.org) are in Southern Cook Islands to understand sea level changes over time by studying information left behind in the makatea or limestone terraces.

El Niño is here, and it looks like a big one. Here's what it could mean. eos.org/research-and...

📣 Job Alert! Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY seeks a research assistant, associate or professor with expertise in fundamental research on basic Earth sciences. Learn more/apply and please share! ➡️ https://academic.careers.columbia.edu/#!/184461

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. 🌡️ 📩 Subscribe: climate.columbia.edu/join

🤔 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

👏 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

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

🐦 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

On May 30, World Fish Migration Day, join scientists and educators along the lower Hudson River Estuary to celebrate the vital role played by estuaries in the life cycle of many ocean fish species. At our Hudson River Field Station, take part 12-4pm in our fish count! 🐟 https://bit.ly/3PFXulx

Among Research.com Best Earth Science Scientists 2026 in US are nearly 60 @lamont.columbia.edu scientists, with 2 in top 10 and 6 in top 100 from among nearly 3,000 experts based on papers, citations, awards, and significant achievements. ➡️ https://research.com/scientists-rankings/earth-science/us

Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may have been far smaller during one of Earth’s most recent warm periods, according to a new @natgeosci.nature.com study co-authored by @lamont.columbia.edu geochemist Sarah Aarons. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4wUYSBr

When it comes to climate change, AI is a two-sided coin, with tremendous potential to benefit the environment while consuming vast amounts of water and energy. How will these two opposing dynamics balance out? Via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/49lfQPm

⚒️ Article: Dust records from an Allan Hills ice core indicate the Ross Sea was likely open through the peak of the Last Interglacial, coincident with a smaller West Antarctic Ice Sheet @lamont.columbia.edu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"We believe that the laundering of clothes and the effluents that are released from washing machines are the biggest source of microplastic fibers in our waterways," says LDEO biological oceanographer Joaquim Goes. Learn more via @miamiherald.com. https://bit.ly/4dK0yFe

New study by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Christian Rowan, Folarin Kolawole, Anne Bécel, and colleagues finds that Earth’s underlying crust in the Turkana Rift region has been significantly thinned, presaging Africa’s eventual breakup. Via @eos.org. https://bit.ly/4dsmvK7

📣 Job Alert! Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY seeks a postdoctoral research scientist in the broad area at the intersection of radiation, circulation, and the structure of Earth’s atmosphere. Learn more/apply and please share! ➡️ https://academic.careers.columbia.edu/#!/183751

Three first-author publications in less than 2 years of my postdoc! Potential carbon storage sites adjacent to large igneous intrusions along the US Atlantic margin CHECK IT OUT 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... @lamont.columbia.edu @climate.columbia.edu

🏆 Congratulations to our 2026 Scientific Excellence in Mentoring awardee Dorothy Peteet, Excellence in Technical Mentoring awardee James Ross, and Community Impact awardee Jacqueline Austermann for their outstanding contributions to LDEO community! ➡️ https://lamont.columbia.edu/about/lamont-awards

Scientists estimate that Indonesia will lose its two remaining glaciers by 2030. “The glaciers here could be considered the canary in the coal mine—especially for countries with a small amount of glacial ice to begin with,” says LDEO geologist Mike Kaplan. Via GlacierHub: https://bit.ly/42ABBXG

👏 Congratulations to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory climate scientist Marco Tedesco, co-author of a #TopViewedArticle in @wiley.com Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres on behalf of @agu.org#TopViewedArticle ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published in 2024! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4dJVwcN

In a tradition honoring #EarthDay, Lamonters hopped on their bikes to commute from both sides of the Hudson to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory campus in Palisades, NY. What a scenic, green way to commute with friends and colleagues, highlighting alternatives to fossil fuel-powered vehicles!

Researchers Sean Cohen, Robert Pincus, and Lorenzo Polvani of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have solved a long-standing atmospheric puzzle: how rising carbon dioxide cools the stratosphere even as it warms Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4wqYqKQ

Breaking up is hard to do (for continents or anyone else), but a rift zone in Kenya may be closer to its breaking point than we thought. 🧪 eos.org/articles/eas...

New paper! 🎉 New high-resolution geopotential data maps basaltic flows between along the US eastern coastline. These basalt formations are the possible cause of the end Triassic mass extinction! Thanks @lamont.columbia.edu and @climate.columbia.edu www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

⚒️ Article: Stratospheric cooling and amplification of radiative forcing with rising carbon dioxide @lamont.columbia.edu www.nature.com/articles/s41...