Humankind has always been curious about its environment, but there is a new urgency to our department's mission to understand the planet Earth and to convey that understanding to our students.
The Lamont Intern and Earth Intern programs at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offer undergraduates an opportunity to experience scientific research in the Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.
The Climate Science Group strives to solve problems in climate on timescales from seasonal to Quaternary and beyond.
Global earthquake seismology, including detailed study of individual earthquake ruptures, and the relationship between seismicity and large scale tectonic deformation of the crust and mantle over geologic time.
The department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Columbia University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and has facilities located on the Morningside Heights campus in Manhattan and at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York.
