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PostFebruary 13, 2025

Mission: Climate

Storm clouds hover over a green field.

PostAugust 22, 2023

Why salt marshes could help save Venice

MIT Technology Review

surveying Venice's central lagoon

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.

PostFebruary 17, 2022

Advancing public understanding of sea-level rise

MIT Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

A new exhibit at the Museum of Science, Boston focuses on the effects of sea-level rise around the world. It benefits from the work of MIT Professor Emerita Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, whose work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project helped inform the exhibit. Seen here: aerial footage of St. Mark's Square, created through the use of 3D scans and images.

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.

Educator GuideAugust 19, 2021

Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Educator Guide

TILclimate Podcast

TIL about sea level rise part 2: educator guide

Educator GuideAugust 13, 2021

Sea Level Rise Climate Change Demo Educator Guide

TILclimate Podcast

TIL about sea level rise: guide for educators

PostJuly 12, 2021

MIT Alumni Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change

MACA - MIT Alumni for Climate Action

Roadmap Graphic for Climate Action

PostSeptember 23, 2020

National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator awards two grants to MI...

The National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator program is designed to foster global cross-disciplinary and cross-sector workshops on emerging areas of critical societal importance.

PostSeptember 3, 2020

“The Emerald Tutu” wins NSF grant for design to protect Boston’s coas...

Aerial view photo montage of the Emerald Tutu in Boston Harbor, here shown flanking and protecting the waterfront areas of East Boston.

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