Tackling a global warming conundrum
MIT professor and colleagues address major issue in climate science: greenhouse gases versus aerosols.
Researchers reveal strategies for mercury reduction in time for negotiations
MIT, Harvard professors map future trends, reveal ways to reduce mercury levels on eve of final international meeting for mercury control.
Study: 'Fugitive' methane from shale gas production less than previously thought
MIT researchers, using field practices, find emissions from shale gas production to be significantly lower than previous estimates.
Researchers examine health impacts of more U.K. runways
Study: An expanded Heathrow Airport would lead to 100 more pollution-related early deaths annually in the U.K. by 2030.
What the past teaches: meeting today’s global environmental challenges
Atmospheric science pioneer Susan Solomon speaks on past environmental accomplishments, technology’s role and how history should be our guide to meeting today’s global challenges.
How to clean up oil spills
MIT researchers devise a surprisingly simple but effective method for magnetically separating oil and water.
Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments.
Newfound gene may help bacteria survive in extreme environments
Resulting microbial lipids may also signify oxygen dips in Earth’s history.
Lead from gasoline discovered in Indian Ocean
Levels began to climb in the 1970s, peaking a decade ago — a timeline consistent with the region’s pattern of leaded gasoline use.
New study links air pollution and early death in the U.K.
Researchers find car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents.
New method to prevent undersea ice clogs
Surface coatings developed by MIT researchers could inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas wells.
China’s pollution puts a dent in its economy
Despite improvements in air quality, the economic impact of air pollution has increased dramatically, new MIT study shows.
MIT researcher: U.S. taking leadership on mercury in the environment
Noelle Eckley Selin joins the EPA's regional administrator, Curt Spalding, and other public health experts to speak about the EPA's recent Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.
A new way to model urban air pollution
MIT researchers improve upon methods to model atmospheric aerosols.