Study: Indian monsoons have strengthened over past 15 years
A 50-year dry spell has reversed, with more rain to come.
New fund makes MIT a living sustainability lab
MIT Office of Sustainability announces awards to multi-departmental projects that test management, design, and operations solutions on campus.
Rising temperatures are curbing ocean’s capacity to store carbon
Study finds large amounts of carbon dioxide, equivalent to yearly U.K. emissions, remain in surface waters.
Bolstering public support for state-level renewable energy policies
Analysis shows the design and framing of renewable energy policies can strengthen public support — or opposition.
Charting a better future for Africa
Kenneth Strzepek applies models to help decision makers advance food security and sustainable development in a climate-compromised continent.
Peatlands, already dwindling, could face further losses
Climate change could damage the fragile zones, causing major carbon emissions.
Envisioning the future of metal and mineral production
MIT researchers team up with leaders from the metals and minerals industry to envision a more sustainable future.
3Q: Siqi Zheng on air quality and urban development in China
Author of “Blue Skies over Beijing” links Chinese air quality and urban development.
Tackling air pollution in China
Combining climate policy and vehicle emissions standards could pack a one-two punch.
![“The observations are telling us there will be increases [in extreme rainfall] at almost all latitudes, but if you want to know what’s going to happen at the scale of a continent or smaller, it’s a much more difficult question,” Paul O’Gorman says.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201705/mit-extreme-rain.jpg?itok=3RZFd0k3)
Varied increases in extreme rainfall with global warming
Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows.
J-WAFS awards $1.4 million in third round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $200,000 per year for two years, overhead free, for innovative research on food and water challenges.
MIT researchers develop new way to clear pollutants from water
Electrochemical method can remove even tiny amounts of contamination.
MIT opens its energy-use data to the community
Campus energy “dashboard” will provide detailed information to Institute’s faculty, staff, and students.
“IDEAS” to change the world
MIT teams innovating in medical, education, environmental, and other fields split prizes totaling $95,000.
A tax plan to stop climate change
At MIT, former Congressman Bob Inglis speaks about climate and free enterprise.