Feeding the world without consuming the planet
MIT researchers and industry experts address global resource challenges and ways to confront them.
Quantifying the benefits of a national emissions trading system in China
MIT and Tsinghua University researchers compare the impacts of current provincial targets to a national emissions trading program.
Making Martian clouds on Earth
Cloud-chamber experiments show that clouds on Mars form in much more humid conditions than clouds on Earth.
El Niño cycle has a big effect on a major greenhouse gas
Nitrous oxide emissions decrease during El Niño, increase during La Niña.
Study shows projected climate change in West Africa not likely to worsen malaria situation
MIT study combines new model of malaria transmission with global forecasts for temperature and rainfall.
Will the new global mercury treaty be effective?
MIT researcher Noelle Selin assesses the challenges of implementing the first global mercury treaty.
Future of solar geoengineering far from settled
MIT event brings together geoengineering experts to debate the use of solar radiation management for preventing climate change.
A ride on the 800,000-year roller coaster
MIT's Darwin Project offers an unconventional explanation for the dramatic peaks and valleys in atmospheric carbon dioxide over recent ice ages.
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
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.