Environment

Ronald Prinn, director of MIT's Center for Global Change Science, and his group have revised their model that shows how much hotter the Earth's climate will get in this century without substantial policy change. Standing with the group's "roulette wheel" are, from left to right, Mort Webster, professor in the Engineering Systems Division; Adam Schlosser, principal research scientist at the Center ...

Climate change odds much worse than thought

New analysis shows warming could be double previous estimates

May 19, 2009

Small RNAs yield great amounts of data from ocean microbe samples

May 14, 2009

Nobel Laureate and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu speaks at MIT.

Energy research is the key, Chu says

Energy secretary says new technology is essential to avert climate catastrophe

May 13, 2009

A solar power generator in Lesotho, Africa, designed by MIT students that recently won a coveted EPA grant.

MIT student project wins coveted EPA award

May 12, 2009

The first Sustainability Summit filled the house for a series of talks, panel discussions and breakout sessions and capped off four days of Earth Week activities on campus.

Summit explores global sustainability

New MIT student group hosts premier event

April 28, 2009

DOE to establish two Energy Frontier Research Centers at MIT

April 27, 2009

Back to (basics for) the future?

Ochsendorf to discuss intertwining of engineering's past, future

April 24, 2009

An urban planner's dream

An interview with DUSP's Judith Layzer

April 23, 2009

Your guide to Earth Week 2009 events at MIT

April 17, 2009

President Susan Hockfield and Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts answer questions from press after an MIT clean energy policy forum on April 13.

At MIT forum, Markey announces energy bill hearings

Congressman says energy research could address jobs, climate and security

April 13, 2009

Minding their ps and qs about kwhs

MIT dorms vie for greatest energy reductions

April 8, 2009

Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer of the MIT Police, left, and Libraries Administrative Assistant and Public Service Support Associate Ryan Gray measure parking space atop West Garage where vegetables, flowers and herbs will take the place of cars in MIT's first-ever community garden.

Gardeners on the roof

Vegetables, flowers to grow atop West Garage in sustainable agriculture exercise

April 8, 2009

MIT to host clean energy policy forum

Markey, Browner, Holdren to make case for new federal rules

April 7, 2009

Resolve to revolve

MIT encouraging using of energy-saving door

April 3, 2009

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rafael Bras, currently on leave from MIT serving as Dean of Engineering at University of California at Irvine, gave the Killian lecture Monday to a packed house.

Bras eyes 'intertwined dance' of land, water, plants

Professor returns to MIT to give annual Killian Award lecture

March 31, 2009

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