Smarter regulation of global shipping emissions could improve air quality and health outcomes
Study shows a need to identify domestic and international pollution sources in policy design.
Study shows a need to identify domestic and international pollution sources in policy design.
Researchers observe a “warming bias” over the past 66 million years that may return if ice sheets disappear.
Using an untapped resource, the Malden River Project is boosting social resilience along with climate mitigation in the gateway city of Malden, Massachusetts.
MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.
System could reclaim pure water from power plant cooling towers; at-scale prototypes tested on MIT facilities have proven effective.
MIT-Jordan Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation Seed Fund winners announced.
Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration.
Interest is growing in mining the ocean for valuable metals. A new study helps gauge the extent of the impact.
A new study describes why, in the sector where emissions are hardest to cut, carbon capture could be the sharpest knife.
Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs discusses the state’s plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and how to get there.
“This is a really exciting time to be a roboticist who also cares about the environment,” says PhD student Victoria Preston.
Merging species conservation and architectural design, graduate student James Brice is studying the sustainable development of public spaces.
The first MIT student to be named a Michel David-Weill Scholar, Moore is planning a career at the intersection of sciences and environmental policy.
Associate professor of earth science David McGee studies the atmosphere’s response to paleoclimate changes.
At the Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture, biostatistician Francesca Dominici illuminates the interplay between air pollution, environmental injustice, and Covid-19.