IUCN Red List for Ecosystems Steps Up Biodiversity Conservation
This week in PLoS One, a group of researchers coordinated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), published a new framework for assessing threats to ecosystems. ...
Mysterious Honeybee Deaths Remain Unsolved
According to a comprehensive federal study, the collapse of American honeybee colonies stems from a complex slew of factors, including pesticides, parasites, poor nutrition and a lack ...
Certificate Student Builds Green Roofs
Eric Dalski, a student in the Earth Institute Executive Education Certificate Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability is building vegetative layers grown on a rooftop. ...
Spring Courses in Conservation, Ecology & Policy
The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) at Columbia University provides executive training in environmental sustainability through courses in science, economics ...
Author: Haiti Relief Lacking in Long-Term Solutions
Author Jonathan M. Katz joined the Haiti Research and Policy Program's dialogue series to discuss his new book and two years reporting on the Haitian recovery after the devastating ...
On the Relationship Between Biodiversity, Marine Pollution, & Climate Change
The Earth Institute provides executive training in environmental sustainability through science, policy, and economics; we invite you to learn about climate change, biodiversity, and ...
Coral Reef Ecology: Bermuda – Spring Break Course
Bermuda is a world leader in marine conservation and the perfect place to experience the wonder of coral reefs. Let the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) ...
Rosario’s Farm: Rising Tides, Shrimp from the Forest
Rosario Costa-Cabral and her brothers harvest hundreds of fruits, oils and wood products from the stream-laced forest of the Amazon River delta. But the climate here is changing: Tides ...
Explore Field Ecology in Puerto Rico
The Earth Institute's Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U) program provides undergraduate students of all majors from all accredited colleges or universities with ...
New Spring 2013 Courses in Conservation & Sustainability
The Earth Institute provides executive training in environmental sustainability through science, policy, and economics; we invite you to learn from our leading experts and practitioners ...
A New Mission — Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability
The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation has grown into two institutions—and now it has a new name: the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability.
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Open House: Professional Development Program in Environmental Sustainability
The Earth Institute’s (CERC’s) Professional Development Program in Environmental Sustainability provides three graduate credits in human ecology coupled with curriculum development ...
Reflections on an Ecological Study Abroad Experience
“Everything is so alive in the forest. After a nice summer rain it teems with insects, birds and the famous coquis, Puerto Rico’s native frogs. The song of the coquis take a little ...
New Courses in Conservation, Sustainability
The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation provides executive training in environmental sustainability through science, policy, and economics; we invite you to learn from ...
Arctic Archipelago: Ground Zero For Climate Change
Summer temperatures on the archipelago of Svalbard, 400 miles north of Norway, are now higher than at any other period in the last 1,800 years, according to a new study in the journal ...
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