Study pinpoints timing of oxygen’s first appearance in Earth’s atmosphere
Beginning 2.33 billion years ago, atmospheric oxygen built up in just 10 million years.
Tracking Greenland’s ice melt with seismic waves
Technique uses vibrations generated by ocean waves to monitor ice sheet’s seasonal changes.
How much of a difference will the Paris Agreement make?
MIT study projects end-of-century climate under different scenarios.
Study: Ancient tectonic activity was trigger for ice ages
Continental shifting may have acted as a natural mechanism for extreme carbon sequestration.
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Getting the world to turn down the heat
Top U.N. climate advisor highlights successes in Paris, challenges ahead.
Q&A: John Hansman on the first global standards for aircraft emissions
Aviation is “a critical link in solving worldwide environmental challenges,” says MIT professor.
New theory of deep-ocean sound waves may aid tsunami detection
Surface waves can trigger powerful sound waves that race through the deep ocean, study suggests.
Green eelgrass, blue carbon
MIT Sea Grant is working with several partners to quantify the carbon storage of eelgrass beds in Massachusetts.
Stories from the swamp
Graduate student Alison Hoyt gets knee deep in the exploration of carbon cycling in the peat swamp forests of Borneo.
MIT Energy Initiative and Exelon collaborate on clean energy research through MITEI’s Low-Carbon Centers
Exelon’s MITEI membership will support research including energy storage, smarter grids, advanced nuclear generation, and solar energy.
Humans settled, set fire to Madagascar’s forests 1,000 years ago
Stalagmites reveal huge shift in ancient Madagascar’s plant life, unrelated to climate change.
Symposium calls for science-based climate action
Experts examine how MIT can be most effective in addressing climate-change issues.