A concrete response to Obama's climate change plan
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub works to meet Climate Action Plan goals
Winners and losers in a warming ocean
MIT researchers build a marine ecosystem model to explore the effects of climate change on phytoplankton.
Bigger storms ahead
With global warming, a study finds, tropical cyclones may become more frequent and intense.
How anthropogenic emissions interact with organic compounds emitted by trees
Associate Professor Jesse Kroll and his lab join major study of atmosphere in the southeastern United States
Getting the carbon out of emissions
Proposed method could be more efficient than previous systems and easier to retrofit in existing power plants.
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.
Creating a low-carbon, non-nuclear economy: The case of Taiwan
Can Taiwan create a low-carbon economy without nuclear energy? One MIT researcher finds out.
Putting a price on adaptation
Researchers use new method to calculate the impacts and adaptation costs of climate change
The new challenges for urban planners
In MIT talk, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan emphasizes the need for creative urbanism in a time of economic strain.
One order of steel; hold the greenhouse gases
Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.
Cleaner energy, warmer climate?
MIT researchers explore the possible consequences of expanding biofuels.
MIT signs Compact for Sustainable Future with City of Cambridge and Harvard
Akamai to join universities and city in new agreement; others encouraged to follow suit.
The case for optimism about a renewable energy future
Researcher Eric Martinot presents findings of two-year project at campus event
A ‘green’ Sahara was far less dusty than today
Research points to an abrupt and widespread climate shift in the Sahara 5,000 years ago.