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State of the Planet

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 08/26/2026 > alex-de-sherbinin-named-director-of-new-earth-institute-hub

Alex de Sherbinin Named Director of New Earth Institute Hub – State of the Planet

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (294+ words) Alex de Sherbinin Named Director of New Earth Institute Hub State of the Planet Alex de Sherbinin has been named director of the Earth Institute Hub, a new initiative within the Columbia Climate School designed to strengthen university-wide collaboration on…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 07/31/2026 > interactive-tharp-world-ocean-floor-map

Interactive: The Heezen–Tharp World Ocean Floor Map

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1345+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Though nearly three-quarters of Earth’s surface lies beneath the oceans, the seafloor remained largely unexamined until the mid-20th century. Published in 1977, the World Ocean Floor map presented a sweeping panorama that revealed the underwater…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 05/12/2026 > a-new-study-explains-how-carbon-dioxide-cools-the-upper-atmosphere-and-warms-earth-below

A New Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere—and Warms Earth Below – State of the Planet

4+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (398+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Even as temperatures rise on Earth’s surface and in the lower atmosphere, the planet’s upper atmosphere has cooled dramatically. This paradoxical pattern is a well-known sign of humanity’s climate impacts—but until now, the…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 03/11/2026 > earths-missing-billion-years-study-links-the-great-unconformity-to-early-tectonics

Earth’s “Missing” Billion Years: Study Links the Great Unconformity to Early Tectonics – State of the Planet

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (265+ words) New findings shed light on a widespread gap in the geologic record, where more than a billion years of Earth’s history appear to have been erased....

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 03/11/2026 > earths-missing-billion-years-study-links-the-great-unconformity-to-early-tectonics

Earth’s “Missing” Billion Years: Study Links the Great Unconformity to Early Tectonics

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (628+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School To test the two theories, the research team analyzed basement rocks beneath the Great Unconformity in the North China Craton, an ancient and stable block of continental crust. “If glaciation had been the dominant…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 02/02/2026 > unexpected-climate-feedback-links-antarctic-ice-sheet-with-reduced-carbon-uptake

Unexpected Climate Feedback Links Antarctic Ice Sheet With Reduced Carbon Uptake

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (786+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School New study reveals surprising link between West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) retreat and algae growth over the past 500,000 years. A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals that changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 01/30/2026 > greenland-ice-cap-vanished-just-7000-years-ago

Greenland Ice Cap Vanished Just 7,000 Years Ago

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (672+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Adapted from a press release from the University at Buffalo Published in Nature Geoscience, the findings suggest that the Prudhoe Dome, an ice dome in northwestern Greenland about 1,700 feet thick covering 965 square miles, is…...