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Climate and Society Students Address Climate Challenges in the Real World – State of the Planet

The summer capstone project is a chance for Columbia Climate School’s Climate and Society students to put academics into action. After a year spent studying subjects like climate mitigation, adaptation and justice, students partner with an organization—this year’s participants included the NYC Department of Health, the National Institute of Urban Affairs, Capgemini, H2Global, the Climate […]
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The Link Between the Climate Crisis and Linguistic Diversity in New York City – State of the Planet

In July 2025, glacial lake outburst floods on the border of Tibet and Nepal, in the Rasuwa district, killed at least 11 people. Two years earlier, in August 2023, a flash flood in Mustang, a high-altitude region in Nepal, caused an estimated 7.4 million USD in damages. In June 2021, Upper Manang, another remote mountain […]
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How Do We Fix the Hellish Heat of the New York City Subway System? – State of the Planet

Credit: David Shankbone On June 24, the date of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary and one of the hottest days of 2025, I squeeze voting into my morning before cramming into a busy and poorly ventilated train car. I cast my ballot for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani who, throughout his campaign, advocated for accessible […]
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Brazil’s bioeconomy – hope or hype?

Strategic investment initiatives like the Brazil Climate and Ecological Transformation Investment Platform (BIP) are also central to this growth.  Safeguards The bioeconomy also encompasses biotechnology, strategic minerals, the restoration and sustainable management of natural vegetation, agricultural bio-inputs, waste management, regenerative farming, tourism, fishery, and other emerging industries. In July 2025, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a […]
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The Rising Threat to New York City’s Food System – State of the Planet

It was barely past dawn when Bruce Reingold pushed through industrial plastic flaps and slid open the insulated door that led into a massive refrigerated warehouse. Inside, people hustled in every direction, some on foot with clipboards in hand and some driving pallet jacks capable of carrying 2,000 pounds. Brown cartons, containing everything from short […]
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Alumni Spotlight: How Columbia Prepared Me for Work at the Nature Conservancy – State of the Planet

Alison Miller, who graduated from Columbia’s Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) in 2011, is now a senior leader at the Nature Conservancy, where she works at the intersection of science and implementation, helping turn environmental evidence into on-the-ground action. With a background spanning government, academia, nonprofits and corporate business development, […]
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Scientists recreate life’s first step: Linking amino acids to RNA

Scientists recreate life’s first step: Linking amino acids to RNA

Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology’s most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could have spontaneously joined together at the origin of life four billion years ago. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, the “workhorses” of life essential to nearly every living process. But proteins cannot replicate or […]
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Scientists recreate life’s first step: Linking amino acids to RNA

Scientists recreate life’s first step: Linking amino acids to RNA

Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology’s most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could have spontaneously joined together at the origin of life four billion years ago. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, the “workhorses” of life essential to nearly every living process. But proteins cannot replicate or […]
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