New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.
Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.
Growing demand for an energy transition could move the needle, but not far enough.
If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.
Efforts ramp up to include the launch of new partnerships, support for local food industries, and a food-startup incubator in the Stratton Student Center.
Thirty-six million people in the U.S. use an energy system developed by a handful of activists in the 1990s. An MIT scholar examines this unusual story.
A Museum of Science, Boston exhibit benefits from oceanographer Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli’s work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project.
New MISTI faculty director Evan Lieberman discusses the crucial role of international education for global solutions.
Novel communications infrastructure from the MIT Civic Design Initiative aims to support communities on the front lines of the climate crisis.
Senior Heidi Li strives to help local communities understand how they can influence policymaking to achieve a more sustainable future.
A subset of the finalists will be announced as multiyear flagship projects this spring.
Measuring traffic properties requires vast amounts of data. Meshkat Botshekan, a PhD student working with the MIT CSHub, is discovering a more efficient and affordable physics-inspired alternative.
At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Fall Colloquium, finance executive Poppy Allonby lays out the current state of sustainability thinking among the investor class.
Through MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, students explore research topics relevant to their own interests, the MCSC, and member companies.
Loci Controls, founded by two MIT alumni, helps landfill operators capture more of the potent greenhouse gas.