Sitting still or going hunting: Which works better?
If you’re a microbe floating in the ocean, there’s no single best strategy for getting food, MIT research shows.
The mathematics of leaf decay
A mathematical model reveals commonality within the diversity of leaf decay.
Climate change: a developing challenge for poor nations
MIT and U.N. researchers team up to tackle some of the heftiest climate change challenges developing countries will face as they confront an uncertain future.
What the past teaches: meeting today’s global environmental challenges
Atmospheric science pioneer Susan Solomon speaks on past environmental accomplishments, technology’s role and how history should be our guide to meeting today’s global challenges.
When it rains, it pours
Study estimates rate of intensification of extreme tropical rainfall with global warming.
Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments.
The economic cost of increased temperatures
Study: Warming episodes hurt poor countries and limit long-term growth.
DUSP, Consensus Building Institute team awarded grant for climate change role-play project
Awarded $637,000 to develop joint project.
Getting the price right on climate
IMF-MIT study shows immediate — but realistic — actions are needed to confront climate change.
Survey: Latin American and Asian cities lead way in planning for global warming
U.S. cities trail when it comes to preparing for climate change.
Report: China’s actions are crucial on climate change
Research shows China’s impact on climate change, as well as its potential to shape the path forward.
Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reduction
Ceramic membranes may reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas and coal-fired powerplants.
Communicating the climate challenge
New York Times’ Andrew Revkin shares lessons with MIT faculty, students at Earth Day colloquium.
Our gasoline-free future and how to get there
Toyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.
Facing the facts about our changing climate
MIT researchers join Boston Globe panel in weighing climate risks and resolutions.