Climate Change Progress: Columbia is Leading the Way

e99ca41e-8780-4e9f-baef-7377c552c66eMeet scientist Peter de Menocal, the director of the new Center for Climate and Life, and learn about his trailblazing research.

 

 

Five Things to Know:

  • Founding director of the new Center for Climate and Life
  • Professor: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  • Primary discipline: Paleoclimate
  • Other disciplines: Geology-Paleontology, Modern and Future Climate, Oceanography
  • Deep-sea mud enthusiast

Research Mission for The Center for Climate and Life
“The Center for Climate and Life empowers the most innovative thinkers to generate new knowledge to understand how climate change impacts life’s essential resources — food, water, and shelter — and to develop sustainable energy solutions.”

About The Center for Climate and Life
“The coming decades will present exceptional challenges that will need exceptional knowledge. Our aim is to put the best scientists to work to build the knowledge we need to understand changes in the security of food, water, shelter, and energy. Using this knowledge, we will work with academic, industry, finance, and government leaders to build a more resilient and sustainable future.” Learn more.

On 60 Minutes – Studying a Fast-Melting Glacier
“The cores pulled from the Petermann Glacier will fill in a crucial piece of the climate change puzzle.” Watch the 60 Minutes video.

On Boosting Science Funding from Corporate Sources in an Era of Government Cutbacks
“We want to change the way we do and fund science. The idea is simple: the business community has both the resources to promote climate science and a vested interest in the results.” Read the Nature op-ed.

Want to take a deeper look at Columbia’s climate change work? Visit these sites.

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

The Earth Institute

Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

International Research Institute for Climate and Society