2024 was another record-breaking year— global temperatures continued to rise; an especially active hurricane season left a trail of destruction in the U.S; catastrophic floods rattled Spain and Central Europe ; and wildfires decimated parts of North and South America—to name just a few of the headlines. But it was also a year filled with exciting opportunities for collaboration, bringing together people from diverse fields within academia, policy and research, alongside community members, to discuss new ways to combat, mitigate and prevent the effects of climate change during Climate Week NYC , COP29 and the World Water Film Festival , among other initiatives. For the first time in almost nine years, the seismic vessel known as the R/V Marcus G. Langseth also made a stop in New York City for some much-needed TLC and brought visitors on board to demonstrate their invaluable research efforts. Here at the Climate School, we celebrated our graduating class of students, who will now contribute their education and experiences to building a better world. We also recently announced the launch of a new M.S. in Climate program for young and mid-career professionals and future academics who want to become climate leaders at community, state, national and international levels. And at State of the Planet, we published hundreds of stories on the current, past and future climate, as well as the individuals who help us understand and work toward a more sustainable and equitable future. You can read a short roundup of our most viewed articles below. Some of our most popular posts from 2024 Bottled Water Can Contain Hundreds of Thousands of Previously Uncounted Tiny Plastic Bits, Study Finds : In a groundbreaking study, scientists were able to use a new technique to identify extremely minute plastic fragments in bottled water—10 times more than […]
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