Environment

MIT report debunks China energy myth

The problem isn't in the technology, it's the operations

October 6, 2008

MIT's energy projects on display Oct. 10

Museum event showcases the cream of the energy crop

October 6, 2008

MIT creates Environmental Research Council

Sets stage for Institute environment initiative

October 3, 2008

Graduate student in urban studies and planning Michael Hogan, left, andÂ Larry Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, discuss Hogan's thesis on government rules and renewable energy technologies.

Renewable energy regulations may miss the mark, says MIT graduate student

Research shows different approach is needed

October 1, 2008

Architectural drawing of proposed landfill development in South Korea. An MIT team is among the winners of a contest to design the 401 square kilometer project.

Designing a landfill of epic proportions

MIT-led team among winners for Korean project

September 26, 2008

Schematic shows Odyssey IV, a small, inexpensive, MIT-designed robotic submarine that can hover in place like a helicopter.

MIT's new underwater robot can hover in place

Odyssey IV could be a boon for oil explorers, archaeologists and more

September 25, 2008

MIT senior Christopher Love and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can be used to prevent forest fires. Love works here with a test tree behind the copper-plated insulated door of MIT's Faraday cage.

Preventing forest fires with tree power

Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees

September 23, 2008

$25K X-Prize offered for best 'green idea' video

September 16, 2008

From left, Travis Franck, John Reilly, Valerie Karplus and Noelle Selin, all of the Center for Global Change Science at MIT, pose with their bicycles on Memorial Drive. The four will be part of an MIT group partaking in a ride for climate change awareness from New York City to Washington, D.C.

Weather cycles: Group gears up for climate change awareness ride

September 8, 2008

MIT tests self-propelled cage for fish farming

September 2, 2008

An MIT project aimed at monitoring owls in their natural environment is growing into an international collaboration on how to use widespread networks of citizen-scientists to gain new insights into a wide variety of species.

Call of the wild

MIT project aims to understand owls and other wildlife

August 22, 2008

Understanding climate change complacency

Sloan's Sterman sees flawed reasoning at root of problem

August 20, 2008

MIT honored for green initiatives

Named one of Kaplan's top 25 environmentally friendly schools

August 6, 2008

The Federal Creosote Superfund site in New Jersey during 2002 cleanup efforts.

Superfund may not be so super

Cleanups don't seem to be worth the cost, according to MIT study

August 5, 2008

MIT graduate students are working on a thermoelectric system that could make MIT's cogeneration plant even more efficient.

MIT students seek to harness waste heat

Device could make MIT's cogeneration plant even more efficient

July 24, 2008

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