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PostMarch 31, 2025

For plants, urban heat islands don’t mimic global warming

Meghan Blumstein studied red oak genotypes across New England, concentrating on trees that were within reach in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then collaborated with people doing research at the Harvard Forest, a research forest in rural central Massachusetts.

PostNovember 21, 2024

Advancing urban tree monitoring with AI-powered digital twins

MIT Assistant Professor Sara Beery contributed to the new Tree D-fusion system, which can generate a simulation-ready 3D model of a real tree from images such as those found on Google Street View. The system leverages a tree shape generated using species- and environment-specific data to create realistic, lifelike tree models.

PostSeptember 25, 2024

Mars’ missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight

“At this time in Mars’ history, we think CO2 is everywhere, in every nook and cranny, and water percolating through the rocks is full of CO2 too,” Joshua Murray says.

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

PostJuly 6, 2023

Andrea Lo ’21 draws on ecological lessons for life, work, and education

Andrea Lo's personal research projects in Denmark involve collecting and analyzing samples to compare the conditions of two lagoons on the island of Fyn.

PostJune 15, 2023

Preparing Colombia’s cities for life amid changing forests

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Sean Anklam (left), Marcela Angel, and a team from Corpoamazonia in the mountains outside Mocoa, Colombia, make their way to deploy an unpioloted aerial vehicle on a test flight.

PostMay 12, 2023

Finding “hot spots” where compounding environmental and economic risks ...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Exposure to airborne particulate matter in the United States

PostApril 4, 2023

Staying the course: Achieving climate change goals in turbulent times

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA)

Educator GuideMay 17, 2022

The Ocean and Climate Change Educator Guide

TILclimate Podcast

PodcastApril 27, 2022

E1&2: TIL about the changing ocean

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