Columbia Announces Winners of Cabot Prize for Coverage of Latin American and Caribbean Issues

The 2008 gold medalists are: Carmen Aristegui, anchor, CNN en Español and Reforma newspaper (Mexico); Michael Smith, senior writer, Bloomberg Markets magazine; Sam Quinones, general assignment reporter, Los Angeles Times; and Gustavo Sierra, international news desk editor, Clarín newspaper (Argentina).  

Columbia Scientists Find Undersea Volcanic Rocks May Offer Vast Repository for Greenhouse Gas

A group of scientists has used deep ocean-floor drilling and experiments to show that volcanic rocks off the West Coast and elsewhere might be used to securely sequester huge amounts of globe-warming carbon dioxide captured from power plants or other sources.