Olga Rukovets's articles Environmental Science Study Finds Subway Pollution Is Too High—With a Disproportionate Effect on Black and Hispanic Riders – State of the Planet NYC Subway 1 train at 125th street. Credit: Mtattrain via Wikimedia Commons. Most New Yorkers are aware of the pollution caused by cars and trucks. But while we pride ourselves on public transit alternatives, how many of us have considered the air quality on the subway? Recently, a postdoctoral researcher at the Columbia Climate School—Shams […] Written by Olga Rukovets September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science A Field Trip with South Bronx Unite – State of the Planet The South Bronx is a coastal community without a waterfront. Severed from the shore, two South Bronx neighborhoods—Mott Haven and Port Morris—are saturated with waste facilities, power plants and warehouses, and crisscrossed with highways that carry diesel trucks throughout the community. Local residents experience significantly more asthma hospitalizations that elsewhere in New York City, and […] Written by Olga Rukovets July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Here Comes the Sun—and the Extreme Heat – State of the Planet Extreme heat. Credit: Drought.gov We’re only on the precipice of summer, but already a major heat wave has swept much of the Midwest and Northeast, raising serious alarms in the United States and placing more than 94 million people under heat alert in recent days. After an unprecedented 2023, which was the planet’s warmest year […] Written by Olga Rukovets June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science New Report Provides a Ranking of Sustainability Around the World – State of the Planet As the world continues to face new challenges connected to climate change, how do we tally national and global efforts toward achieving sustainability goals and addressing intensifying environmental concerns? For the last 25 years, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) has collaborated with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy on […] Written by Olga Rukovets June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science This Earth Day, Select the Planet Over Plastics – State of the Planet In honor of Earth Day on April 22, the Local weather College has a wide range of nice occasions and tales lined up all through the whole month of April. Discover out extra right here. Since 1970, each April 22 has served as a salient reminder of the pressing want for larger environmental consciousness and local […] Written by Olga Rukovets April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations – State of the Planet Catherine McKenna, Canada’s former Minister of Surroundings and Local weather Change and a senior analysis scholar at Columbia’s Local weather Faculty, by no means imagined turning into a politician. “What did I wish to do once I grew up? I didn’t care about politics,” stated McKenna, at a current occasion on the Local weather Faculty. […] Written by Olga Rukovets March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Study Finds Subway Pollution Is Too High—With a Disproportionate Effect on Black and Hispanic Riders – State of the Planet NYC Subway 1 train at 125th street. Credit: Mtattrain via Wikimedia Commons. Most New Yorkers are aware of the pollution caused by cars and trucks. But while we pride ourselves on public transit alternatives, how many of us have considered the air quality on the subway? Recently, a postdoctoral researcher at the Columbia Climate School—Shams […] Written by Olga Rukovets September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science A Field Trip with South Bronx Unite – State of the Planet The South Bronx is a coastal community without a waterfront. Severed from the shore, two South Bronx neighborhoods—Mott Haven and Port Morris—are saturated with waste facilities, power plants and warehouses, and crisscrossed with highways that carry diesel trucks throughout the community. Local residents experience significantly more asthma hospitalizations that elsewhere in New York City, and […] Written by Olga Rukovets July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Here Comes the Sun—and the Extreme Heat – State of the Planet Extreme heat. Credit: Drought.gov We’re only on the precipice of summer, but already a major heat wave has swept much of the Midwest and Northeast, raising serious alarms in the United States and placing more than 94 million people under heat alert in recent days. After an unprecedented 2023, which was the planet’s warmest year […] Written by Olga Rukovets June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science New Report Provides a Ranking of Sustainability Around the World – State of the Planet As the world continues to face new challenges connected to climate change, how do we tally national and global efforts toward achieving sustainability goals and addressing intensifying environmental concerns? For the last 25 years, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) has collaborated with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy on […] Written by Olga Rukovets June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science This Earth Day, Select the Planet Over Plastics – State of the Planet In honor of Earth Day on April 22, the Local weather College has a wide range of nice occasions and tales lined up all through the whole month of April. Discover out extra right here. Since 1970, each April 22 has served as a salient reminder of the pressing want for larger environmental consciousness and local […] Written by Olga Rukovets April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations – State of the Planet Catherine McKenna, Canada’s former Minister of Surroundings and Local weather Change and a senior analysis scholar at Columbia’s Local weather Faculty, by no means imagined turning into a politician. “What did I wish to do once I grew up? I didn’t care about politics,” stated McKenna, at a current occasion on the Local weather Faculty. […] Written by Olga Rukovets March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
