At UN climate change conference, trying to “keep 1.5 alive”
A delegation from MIT traveled to Glasgow for COP26, where international negotiators sought to keep global climate goals on track.
A delegation from MIT traveled to Glasgow for COP26, where international negotiators sought to keep global climate goals on track.
Online events highlight progress with new climate planning bodies, campus improvements, and involvement of all parts of the MIT community.
Study underscores need for aggressive climate mitigation and adaptation policies to prevent future “Day Zero” droughts in dry, populated regions around the world.
Biogen’s support is part of the biotechnology company’s Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives Initiative.
As climate change brings greater threats to coastal ecosystems, new research can help planners leverage the wave-damping benefits of marsh plants.
A new study shows oxygenic photosynthesis likely evolved between 3.4 and 2.9 billion years ago.
In his research, the geomorphologist seeks connections among landscape evolution, biodiversity, and human history.
The researchers hope scientists and regulators will consider a broader class of compounds in evaluating cancer risk due to PAH exposure.
MIT researchers have analyzed greenhouse gas emissions from future buildings across America and outlined region-specific solutions.
Professors Noelle Selin and Anne White will co-chair the Climate Nucleus, charged with managing and implementing MIT’s new plan.
MIT researchers propose a gasoline-ethanol engine that is cleaner and more cost-effective than existing diesel engine technologies to help meet vehicle emission reduction goals.
MIT offers over 120 undergraduate classes related to sustainability, a sign of growing student and faculty interest in the environmental impacts of their fields.
Study shows a need to identify domestic and international pollution sources in policy design.
Researchers observe a “warming bias” over the past 66 million years that may return if ice sheets disappear.
Using an untapped resource, the Malden River Project is boosting social resilience along with climate mitigation in the gateway city of Malden, Massachusetts.