How to get the message across on climate change
As the science of climate change gets clearer, the public gets more confused. Are there ways to fix that?
What can make a dent?
Given the enormous scale of worldwide energy use, there are limited options for achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
At your service in the Stratton Student Center: one Greenbean recycling machine
Zoe is the Greenbean recycling machine near the stairs on the first floor of W20. Part of a pilot program sponsored by the MIT Department of Facilities, Zoe is taking community recycling to the next level.
New books from the School of Architecture + Planning
Addressing the environment, cities, architecture, angry people and ‘Creative Magic’
Science school for judges
MIT and the Broad Institute open their doors to the judicial community for a workshop at the intersection of science and the law.
Boston Harbor Islands environmental monitoring effort aided by MIT Sea Grant interns
Elledge and Matthews collect and contribute to larger effort to observe and define changes on the islands' shores.
Improved buildings could make a big dent in climate change
New MIT report on concrete buildings shows many areas for major reductions in their lifetime carbon footprint.
A new way to model urban air pollution
MIT researchers improve upon methods to model atmospheric aerosols.
Paving the way to greenhouse gas reductions
New MIT report on concrete roadways shows opportunities for significant carbon-footprint cuts.
On thin ice
The most recent global climate report fails to capture the reality of the changing Arctic seascape, according to MIT researchers.