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		<title>The Paradox of AI and Climate</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/05/21/the-paradox-of-ai-and-climate/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renée Cho]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexis Abramson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marco Tedesco]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[AI is a two-sided coin, with tremendous potential to benefit the environment while also requiring an immense amount of water and energy. How will these two opposing dynamics balance out—or can they?]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Study Reveals Hidden “Chemical Currency” Fueling the Ocean’s Carbon Cycle</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2026/03/20/new-study-reveals-hidden-chemical-currency-fueling-the-oceans-carbon-cycle/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Columbia Climate School]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sonya Dyhrman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This research identifies a diverse set of molecules released by marine phytoplankton that fuel microbial life and help drive Earth’s carbon cycle. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vast Freshwater Reserves Found Beneath Salinity-Stressed Coastal Bangladesh</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/12/22/vast-freshwater-reserves-found-beneath-salinity-stressed-coastal-bangladesh/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Columbia Climate School]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty / Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Steckler]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Drinking water is often scarce in Bangladesh. These researchers have tapped into a potential solution.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Disaster Expert Explains Why the Texas Floods Were So Devastating</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/07/15/a-disaster-expert-explains-why-the-texas-floods-were-so-devastating/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrienne Day]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew J. Kruczkiewicz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cs highlights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Research Institute for Climate and Society]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A warning system, which might involve integrating older technology like weather radios with new AI products and local knowledge, is key to preventing future loss of life. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>How AI Is Revolutionizing the Recycling Industry</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/06/18/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-the-recycling-industry/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renée Cho]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urbanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beizhan Yan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia Engineering]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water matters]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Modern waste facilities are incorporating AI into their systems, using robots guided by AI vision systems and machine learning algorithms, high resolution cameras, hyperspectral imaging, near-infrared sensors and predictive analytics.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Leveraging the Power of Open Source Data To Map the World&#8217;s Oceans</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/06/08/leveraging-the-power-of-open-source-data-to-map-the-worlds-oceans/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Olga Rukovets]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 16:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Earth Sciences]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cs highlights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ocean floor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean mapping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vicki Ferrini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Oceans Day]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In honor of World Oceans Day, marine geophysicist Vicki Ferrini discusses the current state of ocean research, and the important role international collaboration plays in this field.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Science for the Planet: Tackling the Invisible Threat of Nanoplastics</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/04/22/science-for-the-planet-tackling-the-invisible-threat-of-nanoplastics/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesco Fiondella]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beizhan Yan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explainers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry Partnerships]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beizhan Yan, an environmental geochemist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, has come up with new methods to detect and analyze tiny plastic particles to better understand their impact on human and environmental health.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mangroves, Tigers and Shopping</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/04/09/mangroves-tigers-and-shopping/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Steckler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geohazards in Bangladesh]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The last part of our trip was a whirlwind of seeing multiple sites in the Sundarbans mangrove forest and its wildlife, more interviews with villagers, historic and cultural sites and shopping, followed by tearful goodbyes.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poets and Polders</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/31/poets-and-polders/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Steckler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing on our journey, we visited the shrine and former home of Bangladeshi cultural icons, continued our interviews, and boarded a boat to take us to the embanked islands known as polders.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Special Trip to Bangladesh</title>
		<link>https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/25/a-special-trip-to-bangladesh/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Steckler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Bangladesh, a large and growing population lives in one of the most dynamic and sensitive environments on Earth, subject to multiple natural disasters and threatened by climate change. ]]></description>
		
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