Topic
Climate
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Saving Venice, MIT-style
MISTI interns and MIT faculty tackle rising sea level challenges at Italian research camp this summer.
August 23, 2017 -
Phytoplankton and chips
Simons Foundation supports enhanced computer infrastructure for MIT's Darwin Project, which focuses on marine microbes and microbial communities.
August 4, 2017 -
Deadly heat waves could hit South Asia this century
Without action, climate change could devastate a region home to one-fifth of humanity, study finds.
August 2, 2017 -
Underground magma pulse triggered end-Permian extinction
Study ties specific interval during an extended period of volcanism to Earth’s most severe mass extinction.
July 31, 2017 -
Understanding tropical rainfall
Study finds ocean circulation, coupled with trade wind changes, efficiently limits shifting of tropical rainfall patterns.
July 28, 2017 -
Study: Indian monsoons have strengthened over past 15 years
A 50-year dry spell has reversed, with more rain to come.
July 24, 2017 -
Susan Solomon awarded the Royal Society's Bakerian Medal
Professor of atmospheric chemistry honored for her contributions to atmospheric science.
July 18, 2017 -
Climate change to deplete some US water basins, reduce irrigated crop yields
By 2050, the Southwest will produce significantly less cotton and forage, researchers report.
July 11, 2017 -
Iberdrola and MIT Energy Initiative announce $10.3 million collaboration
Funding will establish MIT professorship and support low-carbon energy and climate initiatives.
June 21, 2017 -
Measuring biological dust in the wind
A technique developed in the Cziczo Lab may be the most accurate way of identifying biological aerosols from mineral dust in the atmosphere and analyzing their contribution to cloud formation and climate change.
June 20, 2017 -
MIT Technology and Policy Program’s Best Thesis for 2017 maps out a clean energy future for India
Award-winning paper by Arun Singh shows how one of the world’s fastest-growing economies can expand its energy consumption while limiting emissions.
June 7, 2017 -
Letter regarding US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement
June 2, 2017 -
MIT issues statement regarding research on Paris Agreement
June 2, 2017 -
Tackling air pollution in China
Combining climate policy and vehicle emissions standards could pack a one-two punch.
May 17, 2017 -
Varied increases in extreme rainfall with global warming
Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows.
May 15, 2017 -
3Q: Refocusing climate research in a new era
Associate Professor Paul O'Gorman describes three questions climate scientists recently suggested should frame the future of climate research.
May 3, 2017 -
Correcting the records
Climate data analyst Thomas Karl describes global temperature and precipitation measurement and interpretation in the 16th Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture.
April 25, 2017 -
Nile faces greater variability
Climate change could lead to overall increase in river flow, but more droughts and floods, study shows.
April 24, 2017 -
ENN Group becomes MIT Energy Initiative member to advance energy storage technologies
ENN Group, one of China’s largest private energy companies, will join MITEI’s Center for Energy Storage Research.
April 13, 2017 -
Climate change to worsen drought, diminish corn yields in Africa
Over the next century, southern Africa will see widespread decreases in maize production.
March 16, 2017