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New Report on Climate Change and Cities a "Wake-Up Call" for Global Policymakers

New Urban Climate Change Report a Wake-Up Call for Global Policymakers

More than half the world’s population live in cities, many of which are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. But cities are also emerging as the “first responders” in dealing with climate change, says a major new report led by researchers at Columbia University and the City University of New York (CUNY) and published by Cambridge University Press.

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FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Opens Global Health Speaker Series

L-R: Stephen Morse, Margaret Hamburg and Matthew Connelly

Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, spoke at Columbia on May 26.

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Researchers Using Tree-Ring Science to Find Lost City of Angkor

Researchers Using Tree-Ring Science to Find Lost City of Angkor (Image credit: Patrick Brown)

Columbia scientist Brendan M. Buckley is studying tree rings in search of clues to the disappearance of the city of Angkor.

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