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PostMarch 10, 2021

3 Questions: Richard Samuels on Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impa...

“Social science teaches that great and unexpected shocks can stimulate great and unexpected social and political change,” says Professor Richard Samuels, director of the Center for International Studies. “But what I found was that even an event as cataclysmic as 3.11 did not change the policy preferences of Japan’s leaders.”

PostJanuary 26, 2021

Unravelling carbon uptake in concrete pavements

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

A model developed at MIT suggests that a natural carbon uptake process in concrete could offset 5 percent of the CO2 emissions generated from the cement used in U.S. pavements.

PostDecember 31, 2020

Aerosols from pollution, desert storms, and forest fires may intensify thun...

MIT scientists have discovered a new mechanism by which aerosols may intensify thunderstorms in tropical regions.

PostDecember 18, 2020

Making smart thermostats more efficient

A diagram from a new paper describing a smart thermostat shows the interaction of weather conditions, control systems, sensors, and learning algorithms to optimize microclimates in buildings.

PodcastDecember 14, 2020

Building technology

MIT Energy Initiative

PostDecember 11, 2020

Case studies show climate variation linked to rise and fall of medieval nom...

MIT Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

In the grassland steppes of Inner Asia, climate has a major impact on plant growth. Pastoral economies, which depend on grazing livestock like horse and sheep, are affected in turn.

PostDecember 1, 2020

3 Questions: Hessam AzariJafari on mitigating climate change with reflectiv...

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Reflective pavements could reduce the frequency of heat waves in Chicago by around 30 percent over 20 years.

PostNovember 1, 2020

COMMENTARY: Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastro...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: Napa Valley vineyards engulfed by wildfire during extreme heat and severe drought.(Source: Yale Climate Connections)

PostOctober 16, 2020

Saudi Arabia faces increased heat, humidity, precipitation extremes by mid-...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: In the desert west of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Source: Flickr/Angus Hamilton Haywood)

PostOctober 14, 2020

MIT.nano receives LEED Platinum certification

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