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Advancing Equity Through Clean Energy Policy – State of the Planet

Nicholas Britton’s passion for energy policy began at Dartmouth College, where he majored in environmental studies and helped support the campus’s energy transition. Through fieldwork and research, from New Hampshire to Southern Africa to Washington, D.C., Britton developed a focus on equitable energy access as a means to serve both environmental and social goals. Now […]
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Nuclear power leakage scandal

The most hazardous building in Britain could leak radioactive water until the 2050s as clean-up operations at Sellafield struggle to progress quickly enough, MPs have warned. In a report published on Wednesday, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticised the speed of decommissioning work at the former nuclear power plant, citing examples of […]
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Harnessing Lava To Build Sustainable Cities – State of the Planet

When it comes to carbon emissions, there’s no bigger foe than the building and construction sectors, which contribute at least a third of global greenhouse gases.   A new project suggests a novel solution, albeit one still quite theoretical: Lava.  Over the past several months, the Volcanology Group at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, led by Lamont […]
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Gen Z Leads the Call for Conservation With TreeTalks – State of the Planet

An old dense spruce forest in Holma, Sweden. Credit: W.carter, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Last month, Amanda Biscoe and Pamela Treviño hosted TreeTalks, a film screening and panel discussion focused on rainforest conservation and the role of young people in shaping its future. Through their work as co-directors of Gen Z for the Trees, a […]
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‘The praxis of reciprocity’

If you’ve read Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer’s bestselling paean to the Earth and its beings, The Serviceberry is a natural extension to the conversations she cultivated. Expanded from a magazine essay, it offers a peek into the basket of economic alternatives to capitalism which Kimmerer has foraged.  BUY: THE SERVICEBERRY Bundled up as “gift […]
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Congratulations to the 2025 Graduates of the Columbia Climate School – State of the Planet

On Friday, May 16, Columbia Climate School’s fourth class of graduating students gathered to celebrate their accomplishments in the 2025 Class Day ceremony. The M.A. in Climate and Society cohort represents scholars from all over the world, with academic and professional backgrounds that are just as diverse. Alexis Abramson, dean of the Columbia Climate School, […]
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What a Year of Climate Research Taught Me About Resilience – State of the Planet

Courtesy of Michelle Rozenfeld When I started my internship with the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) back in September, I didn’t know exactly what to expect, but I knew what I was hoping for. I wanted to learn how institutions respond to disasters—and where they fall short. I wanted to turn my passion for […]
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Merbecovirus S2 Vaccines Trigger Cross-Reactive MERS Protection

In a groundbreaking study recently published in npj Viruses, a team of researchers led by Halfmann and colleagues has unveiled promising new insights into vaccine design against Merbecoviruses, a subgenus of coronaviruses that includes the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Their work focuses on the S2 subunit of the spike (S) glycoprotein, a component […]
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Bridging Science, Policy and Strategy for Climate Action – State of the Planet

Tiffany Wu, a 2023 graduate of Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, is a senior program associate at Winrock International, which provides solutions to complex social and agricultural challenges worldwide. Wu works on climate and sustainability projects spanning carbon markets, corporate greenhouse gas accounting and clean energy. Courtesy of Tiffany Wu Drawing […]
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Merbecovirus S2 Vaccines Trigger Cross-Reactive MERS Protection

In a groundbreaking study recently published in npj Viruses, a team of researchers led by Halfmann and colleagues has unveiled promising new insights into vaccine design against Merbecoviruses, a subgenus of coronaviruses that includes the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Their work focuses on the S2 subunit of the spike (S) glycoprotein, a component […]
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Bridging Science, Policy and Strategy for Climate Action – State of the Planet

Tiffany Wu, a 2023 graduate of Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, is a senior program associate at Winrock International, which provides solutions to complex social and agricultural challenges worldwide. Wu works on climate and sustainability projects spanning carbon markets, corporate greenhouse gas accounting and clean energy. Courtesy of Tiffany Wu Drawing […]
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400-million-year-old fish exposes big mistake in how we understood evolution

400-million-year-old fish exposes big mistake in how we understood evolution

The coelacanth is known as a “living fossil” because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 million years. Despite being one of the most studied fish in history, it continues to reveal new information that could transform our understanding of vertebrate evolution. This is revealed in a study published in the journal Science […]
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