The Earth Institute was established in 1995 to advance our understanding of Earth science and apply that knowledge to decisions made by governments and businesses around the world. A world leader in ...

Dr. Zebiak is a Senior Research Scientist and is the head of the Climate Services Partnership, which is housed at the IRI. The Climate Services Partnership is an information collaborative platform to ...

The Millennium Villages project offers a bold, innovative model for helping rural African communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty. The Millennium Villages themselves are proving that by ...

Ruth DeFries examines human transformation of the landscape and its consequences for climate, biogeochemical cycling, biodiversity, and other ecosystem services that make our planet habitable. The ...

The Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellows Program in Sustainable Development is one of the world’s premier programs for recent Ph.D., M.D. and J.D. recipients dedicated to a better ...

Pedro Sanchez attributes the roots of his life’s work in soil sciences to the fact that he always liked to “play with dirt.” That boyhood pastime was nurtured by the fact that his family owned a ...

The Earth Institute, Columbia University offers a wide array of support and research opportunities to students which complement their studies in sustainability and the environment. Undergraduate and ...

Mark Cane has never been one to follow the status quo. After studying pure mathematics and what is now known as computer science at Harvard in the 60s, he took a hiatus from academia to work in New ...

Columbia University offers a series of multidisciplinary Ph.D. program options that tap the extensive resources of our science departments and institutes, as well as those of our partners. Sustainable ...

To view the original story with images on the IRI website, please click here. Millions of people in the tropics depend on coconuts for food, raw materials and livelihood. Coconuts are also a high ...

This summer, the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, is offering a new five-week undergraduate field study program in Jordan. The ...