Shaping the future through systems thinking
Ananda Santos Figueiredo, a senior in climate system science and engineering, is charting her own course of impact.
Ananda Santos Figueiredo, a senior in climate system science and engineering, is charting her own course of impact.
Today’s carbon capture systems suffer a tradeoff between efficient capture and release, but a new approach developed at MIT can boost overall efficiency.
With projected global warming, the frequency of extreme storms will ramp up by the end of the century, according to a new study.
Leading social impact platform seeks tech innovators tackling global challenges in climate, health, learning, economic prosperity, and more.
With the new system, farmers could significantly cut their use of pesticides and fertilizers, saving money and reducing runoff.
Charge Robotics, founded by MIT alumni, has created a system that automatically assembles and installs completed sections of large solar farms.
New results show with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong.
MIT engineers propose a new “local electricity market” to tap into the power potential of homeowners’ grid-edge devices.
In a report on the feasibility of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, physicists say these technologies are “not a magic bullet, but also not a no-go.”
MIT oceanographer and biogeochemist Andrew Babbin has voyaged around the globe to investigate marine microbes and their influence on ocean health.
Specialist in paleoclimate and geochronology is known for contributions to education and community.
The course challenges students to commercialize technologies and ideas in one whirlwind semester. Alumni of the class have founded more than 150 companies.
Rapid development and deployment of powerful generative AI models comes with environmental consequences, including increased electricity demand and water consumption.
MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design.
New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon.