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PostJune 1, 2025

Who owns most of the farmland in Illinois? Not farmers.

A view from ground-level of a cornfield with rain clouds passing overhead and wind turbines in the background.

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

PodcastOctober 26, 2023

E4: Can desalination solve water scarcity?

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PostOctober 25, 2023

Smart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”

Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab students (from left to right) Georgia Van de Zande, Carolyn Sheline, and Fiona Grant pilot a low-cost precision irrigation controller that optimizes system energy and water use at a full-scale test farm in the Jordan Valley.

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)

PostMarch 20, 2023

Detailed images from space offer clearer picture of drought effects on plan...

César Terrer is an assistant professor in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

PostOctober 13, 2022

MADMEC winner identifies sustainable greenhouse-cooling materials

The winning teams in this year's MADMEC competition were, from left to right, YarnZ, SmartClime, and WasteAway.

PostJuly 27, 2022

At MIT, Lesson from Space for Handling Waste

An illustrated flow chart showing the process of how animal waste is taken from the farm and transformed into energy sources.

PostJuly 12, 2022

Tata Center: 10 Years of Sustained Impact

An Indian woman carries a solar panel developed by Khethworks, the first startup to emerge from the Tata Center.

PostMarch 11, 2022

How to clean solar panels without water

Dust that accumulates on solar panels is a major problem, but washing the panels uses huge amounts of water. MIT engineers have now developed a waterless cleaning method to remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency.

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