Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast climate-related risk
Faculty leaders highlight innovations that can close longstanding knowledge gaps and reimagine how the world responds to the climate crisis.
Faculty leaders highlight innovations that can close longstanding knowledge gaps and reimagine how the world responds to the climate crisis.
Annual student-led conference looks at prospects for decarbonizing some of the most difficult industries, including aviation and cement production.
MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take.
Yogesh Surendranath and his team are bringing powerful techniques of electrochemistry to bear on the problem of designing catalysts for sustainable fuels.
Brent Minchew leads two proposals to better understand glacial physics and predict sea-level rise as part of MIT's Climate Grand Challenges competition.
Mary Gehring is using her background in plant epigenetics to grow climate-resilient crops.
Faculty leaders detail promising technologies, materials, and methods that could help unlock a low-carbon future in sectors where emissions are hardest to cut.
A new membrane material could make purification of gases significantly more efficient, potentially helping to reduce carbon emissions.
MIT anthropologist discusses her new book on ruderal ecologies, her environmental justice class — and how societies can expand their "imagination for how to live otherwise."
Alum seeks reliable and environmentally sensitive water and sanitation solutions for the developing world.
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.
Postdoc Francesco Benedetti strives to make a positive impact — from helping to form supportive student groups to tackling industrial energy waste.
MIT research scientist explores how cool pavements can offer climate change solutions in more than just the summer.
Changes to a key ice flow equation could refine estimates of sea level rise.