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Pushing Earth With a Breath of Air - Science Magazine

November 05, 2009
Slumgullion is one of hundreds of such slow-moving landslides around the globe, and Schulz says they all could be nudged by drops in atmospheric pressure as well. Such drops might even trigger earthquakes where stress has pushed the situation "close to the failure level," says seismologist Leonardo Seeber of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York, who was not affiliated with the research.

Secrets Of The Deep In Yonkers - Westchester.com

November 05, 2009
Westchester County, New York news, real estate, classifieds, and much more., Yonkers, NY - Dr. Frank Nitsche, a scientist with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will present Secrets of the Deep on Saturday, November 21 at Beczak Environmenta

Radar Reveals Dynamic World Under Antarctica’s Ice - NPR All Things Considered

November 04, 2009
Includes interview with Lamont-Doherty scientist Michael Studinger

Is global warming melting the ice on Mt. Kilimanjaro? - Christian Science Monitor

November 04, 2009
One of a growing number of isolated remnants of Kilimanjaro ice spires, once full glaciers. Photos ( Global warming appears to be melting the ice on Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Becoming Human - PBS NOVA

November 03, 2009
First Steps: Six million years ago, what set our ancestors on the path from ape to human? Lamont-Doherty scientist Peter deMenocal talks about the early origins of humans

Global Warming Before Smokestacks - The Chronicle of Higher Education

November 02, 2009
People have changed the planet's climate, warming the atmosphere by churning out greenhouse gases. … "For very solid scientific reasons I am convinced that Ruddiman is dead wrong," wrote Wallace S. Broecker, …

Polar Perspective: NASA DC-8 Monitors Antarctica's Meltdown from the Skies - Scientific American

October 26, 2009
Quotes Lamont-Doherty scientist Michael Studinger.

Baseball Is Flipping Calendar for Series - New York Times

October 25, 2009
"The later you wait, it just gets progressively worse," said Mark Cane, a professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia...

Q&A: US Airways Jet Pulled From Hudson Will Be Sold For Salvage In Pieces - St. Petersburg Times

October 21, 2009
Includes interview with Seismologist Paul Richards of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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