Climate change

A new study found that cities with an orderly pattern, like the street grid seen in most of this map, have a much greater urban heat island effect than those with a more disorderly pattern, such as areas in the upper right.

Urban heat island effects depend on a city’s layout

The way streets and buildings are arranged makes a big difference in how heat builds up, study shows.

February 22, 2018

3 Questions: The future of nuclear energy

Jacopo Buongiorno and John Parsons, co-directors of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, discuss how to overcome the challenges and realize the benefits of expanding nuclear power.

February 21, 2018

Robert van der Hilst moderates the symposium's day-two panel consisting of Sir Brian Hoskins, Inez Fung, Kerry Emanuel, Allison Wing and John Bush.

Chaos and climate: Celebrating two pioneers of modern meteorology

Trailblazing scientists Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz gave us numerical weather prediction and chaos theory, highlighting the value of basic research.

February 14, 2018

Air pollution in Bangladesh and Northern India

Projecting the impacts of climate change

Joint Program researchers advocate for improved modeling approach.

February 13, 2018

Maps depict the close correlation of crop production, rainfall and temperature in the U.S. Midwest in the last half of the 20th century. In this map, the number of bushels of corn produced are shown in shades of green.

Intensive agriculture influences U.S. regional summer climate, study finds

An increase in corn and soybean production in the Midwest may have led to cooler, wetter summers there.

February 13, 2018

Jennifer Rupp's current ceramics research applications range from battery-based storage for renewable energy, to energy-harvesting systems, to devices used to store data during computation.

Jennifer Rupp: Engineering practical ceramics

Assistant professor in EECS is developing materials with novel structures and useful applications, including renewable energy and information storage.

February 9, 2018

Carissa Skye a third-year physics major who interned at Shell in Hamburg, Germany, poses at the top of the Hamburg Planetarium.

Undergrads gain experience in energy sector with MITEI member companies

MISTI places MIT students in energy-focused internships abroad.

February 6, 2018

The co-directors of MITEI’s Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research are (left) Christopher Knittel, the George P. Shultz Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Francis O'Sullivan, director of research for the MIT Energy Initiative.

3 Questions: Transforming our electric power system

Christopher Knittel and Francis O'Sullivan, co-directors of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research, are exploring cleaner, more reliable, and more cost-effective solutions.

February 2, 2018

On Jan. 25, the MIT Climate Action Team organized a carbon-pricing panel that included (from left to right) Massachusetts State Sen. Michael Barrett, State Rep. Jennifer Benson, Climate XChange Research and Policy Director Marc Breslow, Associate Professor Janelle Knox-Hayes, Joint Program Co-director and Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer John Reilly, and Center for Energy and Environment...

Is Massachusetts ready for carbon pricing?

Panel at MIT explores benefits, costs, and political challenges.

January 30, 2018

"Climate Science and Climate Risk: A Primer" by Kerry Emanuel is written for nonscientists.

A primer for understanding climate science

MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel explains the science behind climate change, as well as the associated risks and how to quantify them.

January 22, 2018

Susan Solomon, the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at MIT

Susan Solomon awarded the 2018 Crafoord Prize

Professor of atmospheric chemistry honored for her contributions to atmospheric science.

January 19, 2018

$Hydraulic fracturing is an industrial process in which a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals is injected into a well at rates of up to 4,000 gallons per minute, at pressures up to 10,000 pounds per square inch.$

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