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PostApril 4, 2024

The heat is on: Accelerating climate action at a time of record-breaking te...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

MIT Global Change Forum panel on climate communications

PostMarch 26, 2024

Artificial reef designed by MIT engineers could protect marine life, reduce...

An MIT team is hoping to fortify coastlines with “architected” reefs — sustainable, offshore structures that are engineered to mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while also providing pockets for fish and other marine life to live.

PostAugust 17, 2023

Bianca Champenois SM ’22 Helps Model the Future for Coastal Industries

Aerial photograph of an ocean wave crashing

PostMay 11, 2023

Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to se...

New research suggests the Prochlorococcus microbe’s ancient coastal ancestors colonized the ocean by rafting out on chitin particles.

Educator GuideMay 17, 2022

The Ocean and Climate Change Educator Guide

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PodcastApril 27, 2022

E1&2: TIL about the changing ocean

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PostApril 21, 2022

Strengthening students’ knowledge and experience in climate and sustainab...

MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium

MIT student Stacy Godfreey-Igwe (pictured) is working in the Plata Lab at MIT. Associate Professor Desiree Plata is one of the instructors facilitating a new Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program at MIT.

PostApril 5, 2022

Ocean vital signs

MIT Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Researchers propose launching a fleet of oceangoing drones that would continuously monitor the flux of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and ocean, helping to inform next-generation visualizations and models of the global carbon cycle.

PostOctober 22, 2021

Saving seaweed with machine learning

Charlene Xia, pictured at the MIT Sailing Pavilion, tests her microbiome monitoring system in the Charles River.

PostOctober 18, 2021

How marsh grass protects shorelines

A new MIT study provides greater detail about how thes protective benefits of marsh plants work under real-world conditions shaped by waves and currents. The simulated plants used in lab experiments were designed based on Spartina alterniflora, which is a common coastal marsh plant.

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