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Columbia Climate School Hosts Ninth Annual Sustainability Careers Reception – State of the Planet

Practitioners who attended the 2024 Sustainability Careers Reception. (*See below for names and affiliations) Last month, the Columbia Climate School hosted its ninth annual Sustainability Careers Reception at the Columbia Club in Midtown Manhattan. Thirty-three sustainability professionals and 88 Columbia students from varying backgrounds and degree pursuits gathered to discuss the ever-pressing challenges and real-world […]
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Learning From History To Help Guide the Future of NYC’s Crucial Watershed – State of the Planet

Ashokan Reservoir, October 2024. Photo: Agnes Laylicha, School of International and Public Affairs and Columbia Climate School Increasing climate variability is threatening the water supply and exposing the fragility of the New York City watershed, which hosts the largest unfiltered water supply in the world. Columbia Climate School students had the opportunity to learn about […]
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Improving U.S. Coastal Protection and Resilience – State of the Planet

Hurricanes Helene and Milton have left massive damage and loss in communities across the Southeast and Gulf of the U.S. Yet this may just be the beginning. With near record-warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted a dangerous hurricane season with a record number of storms. Millions […]
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Glacier Melt Leads to Redrawing of the Italian-Swiss Border – State of the Planet

Glaciers have historically determined the boundary between Italy and Switzerland in the Alps. Now, their melting has led the two countries to redraw a small section of their border over the past year and revived concerns of how climate change might impact mountain communities around the world in the coming years. Glaciers form the borders […]
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The truth behind Europe’s floods

Media coverage has criticised government failures to adequately prepare and react to Valencia’s floods – from building in flood-prone areas, to the dismantling of the Valencian Emergency Unit, to the delayed disaster response. These critiques are right – but they miss the crux of the issue. When we pave over forests to expand our cities, drain coastal wetlands […]
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Four Value Propositions for Climate Action Under a New Presidential Administration – State of the Planet

There’s no mincing words: The forthcoming transition of United States presidential administrations is sending shockwaves through the climate advocacy community.  Many say that it highlights an almost definitive exponential increase in emissions. Carbon Brief suggests an additional 4 billion tons of emissions by 2030; the MIT technology review asserts this is an emissions trajectory we […]
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Israeli bombings destroy lives – and nature

These attacks, deemed war crimes by international NGOs, have also destroyed 1,900 hectares of farmland and rendered another 1,200 hectares abandoned.   Lebanon has lost 47,000 olive trees, thousands of animals in livestock, and 1,200 hectares of forest. “Olive trees have always been targeted because they are deeply tied to the land and its people,” says […]
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Is fake meat good to eat? Processed plant-based meat alternatives linked to depression risk in vegetarians

There is mounting evidence suggesting that ultra processed foods (UPF) are bad for our health; but if you stick to a vegetarian diet, is that still the case? Plant-Based Meat Alternatives (PBMA) are considered to be ultra-processed foods and may be associated with similar harms. In the first study of its kind, published in Food […]
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Scientists uncover new way viruses fight back against bacteria

Is fake meat good to eat? Processed plant-based meat alternatives linked to depression risk in vegetarians

There is mounting evidence suggesting that ultra processed foods (UPF) are bad for our health; but if you stick to a vegetarian diet, is that still the case? Plant-Based Meat Alternatives (PBMA) are considered to be ultra-processed foods and may be associated with similar harms. In the first study of its kind, published in Food […]
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SARS-CoV-2 specific adaptations in N protein inhibit NF-κB activation and alter pathogenesis

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) exhibit differences in their inflammatory responses and pulmonary damage, yet the specific mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein inhibits the activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway and downstream signal transduction by impeding the assembly […]
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