The dark and stormy side of science-policy mixology
IAP course explored the science, economics, and policy of climate change.
3 Questions: Engineering hurricane barriers of the future
Oceans at MIT interviews MIT's Chiang C. Mei about the possibility of protecting East Coast cities from future storms.
New method could help communities plan for climate risk
MIT researchers develop tool to assess regional risks of climate change, potential impacts on local infrastructure and planning.
‘Storm of the Century?’ Try ‘Storm of the Decade’
With climate change, today’s ‘100-year floods’ may happen every three to 20 years, according to new research.
The cost of tropical cyclones
New model finds climate change could expose North America, East Asia and the Caribbean to costly hurricane damage.
Community urged to prepare for Hurricane Irene
While path is still unpredictable, storm likely to produce strong winds, rain in the New England region.
More hurricanes in greener seas?
Research suggests ocean color is linked to formation, movement of tropical cyclones
Hurricanes’ effects on ocean temperature revisited
Mixing of ocean layers by tropical cyclones may have less effect on climate than previously thought, new research reveals.