Environment

As planet warms, poor nations face economic chill

Climate change may widen gap between rich and poor, study finds

March 13, 2009

New greenhouse gas identified

Early detection may permit 'nipping it in the bud'

March 11, 2009

Illustration from 'Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life.'

Children's book illuminates photosynthesis

March 10, 2009

Lars G. Josefsson, President and CEO of the European energy group, Vattenfall, speaks at the 2009 MIT Energy Conference.

Energy opportunities seen amid crisis

Conference speakers cite chances for progress

March 9, 2009

The will to sustain

NAE meeting at MIT charts the future of transportation

March 6, 2009

Energy-filled days

MIT's annual student-led Energy Conference adds new events

March 4, 2009

Transportation, transformed

Multidisciplinary research will go way beyond the car

March 4, 2009

Turning bricks and mortar green

February 23, 2009

Researchers discovered that thin layers of phytoplankton form where strong variations in flow velocity cause the cells to overturn. These flow conditions form a watery trap: phytoplankton can swim in but not out.

Stuck in the middle

MIT research explains how thin layers of tiny organisms form at sea; work could help predict harmful algal blooms like red tide

February 19, 2009

The figures show melanin production by Escherichia coli expressing a heterologous tyrosinase enzyme.Â Figure A is production with supplementation of the substrate (tyrosine) and Figure B is with endogenous production of the substrate (tyrosine) by 5 different engineered strains.

Enlisting microbes to solve global problems

Researchers harness bacteria to produce energy, clean up environment

February 17, 2009

Who's the best recycler of all?

January 30, 2009

Surviving without growing

Jay Forrester, the father of system dynamics, talks about sustainability and organizational decision making

January 30, 2009

A better way to pinpoint underground oil reserves

CEE mapping technology could make extraction more efficient

January 16, 2009

Executive vice-president and treasurer, and co-chair of the Campus Energy Task Force Theresa Stone spoke at the "Come Walk the Talk...on Energy" marking the beginning of energy week to launch Greening MIT, a community campaign for responsible use of energy and natural resources on campus.

Going green saves MIT green

January 13, 2009

Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Information Systems in the School of Management and Director of CCI Thomas W. Malone.

Putting heads (and computers) together to solve global problems

MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI) looks to take advantage of strength in numbers