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Quakes more likely with rain, study finds - Patriot-News

October 20, 2009
Won-Young Kim, the lead researcher from Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, said the two types of rocks are "Jurassic" rocks and "local, ...

NASA Flies Over Antarctica to Measure Ice Melt - Associated Press

October 16, 2009
Article on Operation Ice Bridge, run in cooperation with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Record drought takes its toll on Arizona - Financial Times

October 13, 2009
... to get worse and worse as the global climate warms up," says Richard Seager, a research scientist at Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.

Are Disasters Becoming More Common? - BBC World Service

October 13, 2009
Includes interview with Lamont-Doherty scientist John Mutter

Operation Ice Bridge - BBC/PRI The World

October 13, 2009
Interview with Lamont-Doherty scientist Robin Bell

Hunting Arctic Asteroid Impact With Hovercraft - Wired News

October 12, 2009
Hall delivered a speech detailing the craft's capabilities and mission at Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory on Oct. 6. ...

NASA flights will study Antarctic ice changes - CNN

October 09, 2009
Quotes Lamont-Doherty scientist Robin Bell

Mysteries unfold for young researchers - Lower Hudson Journal news

October 09, 2009
The program, in partnership with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, recruits river educators to work with students from New York ...

Two Deadly Quakes: Is Earth Unusually Active? - LiveScience.com

October 05, 2009
Quotes Lamont-Doherty seismologist Nano Seeber

Study Links Water Shortages in Southeast to Population, Not Global... - New York Times

October 01, 2009
Richard Seager, a climate expert at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory who led the study, said in an interview that when the drought struck, "people were ...

Climate-Change Study Cites Role of Ancient Farming - The Washington Post

September 30, 2009
Quotes Lamont scientist Wallace Broecker

Cassandras of Climate - The New York Times

September 28, 2009
Mentions Lamont-Doherty scientist Richard Seager’s 2007 study on drying of the American Southwest.

Greenhouse Rock: Stone-Cold Data from Ancient Glacial Deposits May ... - Scientific American

September 24, 2009
"The Laurentide coughs and the climate will change," says Joerg Schaefer, a geochemist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory...

In Bangladesh, Findings on Arsenic and Water - New York Times

September 24, 2009
Yan Zheng of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Queens College and colleagues sampled sediments along the Meghna River, which, with the Ganges and ...

Stone Savior - National Geographic Adventure

September 17, 2009
Spotlight on CO2 sequestration work by Lamont-Doherty scientists Peter Kelemen and Juerg Matter.

Pocket-Size Pollution Sensors Promise Big Improvement in Monitoring Personal Environment - Scientific American

September 16, 2009
Features work of Lamont-Doherty geochemist Steven Chillrud.

Dealing with CO2 emissions - Public Radio International "The World"

September 16, 2009
Features Iceland carbon sequestration test project. Lamont-Doherty scientist Juerg Matter explains how carbon mineralization works.

Another Way of Getting Rid of CO2 - The Economist

September 16, 2009
Another Way of Getting Rid of CO2

Earthquakes and Polluted Wells Tied to Hydrofracking - WAMC

September 16, 2009
Earthquakes and Polluted Wells Tied to Hydrofracking

2.1 million-year high measured for CO2 in atmosphere - Houston Chronicle

September 16, 2009
2.1 million-year high measured for CO2 in atmosphere