Tag: Lamont-Doherty
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Pietro Ceccato, Columbia – Battling Earthly Plagues from Space
New technology that monitors our environment are proving vital. Pietro Ceccato, a scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, discusses these new advances. Pietro Ceccato is a research scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). He originally trained as an agronomist and worked in the Central…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.8.31)
This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.8.31) Monday, August 31 Chris Ferguson of Stetson University examines the influence of violent video games. Tuesday, September 1 Pietro Ceccato of Columbia University explains how we can battle Earthly plagues from outer space. Wednesday, September 2 Adam Gaffey of Black Hills State University discusses the rhetoric of campaign…
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Philipp Ruprecht, Columbia University – Volcanology Studies
It’s pretty busy inside of a volcano! Philipp Ruprecht, professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is figuring out how they function. Philipp Ruprecht is an assistant research professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, where he studied magma mixing, both by observing natural systems…
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A. Park Williams, Columbia University – Megadroughts
Droughts have been in the news a great deal of late. A. Park Williams, assistant research professor at Columbia University, is studying trees and learning a great deal about droughts in the process. Park Williams is an assistant research professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. A bioclimatologist, his research straddles climatology and ecology. His specific…