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PostMarch 27, 2024

Engineers find a new way to convert carbon dioxide into useful products

MIT chemical engineers have shown that by using DNA to tether a catalyst (blue circles) to an electrode, they can make the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide much more efficient.

PostMarch 26, 2024

MIT-derived algorithm helps forecast the frequency of extreme weather

A new prediction method fueled by an MIT-derived algorithm helps forecast frequency of extreme weather.

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.

PostMarch 22, 2024

A new way to quantify climate change impacts: “Outdoor days”

A new measure of rising temperatures, called “outdoor days,” describes the number of days per year that outdoor temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for people to go about normal outdoor activities, whether work or leisure, in reasonable comfort.

PostMarch 21, 2024

Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments and communities

The Chuquicamata copper mine in the north of Chile

PostFebruary 28, 2024

Moving past the Iron Age

MIT Energy Initiative

Sydney Johnson, an MBA and PhD candidate and researcher in the MIT Energy Initiative, is building models that can calculate the cost and effectiveness of various strategies for cutting carbon dioxide emissions in steel production plants. Her techniques can be applied to many other hard-to-decarbonize industries.

PostFebruary 13, 2024

Study measures the psychological toll of wildfires

Wildfires in Southeast Asia significantly affect the moods of people in many neighboring countries, with people becoming more upset if fires originate outside their own country, according to a new study analyzing social media activity. Pictured is a 2019 forest fire in Central Kalimantan.

PostJanuary 31, 2024

How new magnets could accelerate climate action

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Niron Magnetics

PostJanuary 24, 2024

Q&A: A blueprint for sustainable innovation

Jose Tomas Dominguez (left) and Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas, both co-founders of Atacama Biomaterials.

PostJanuary 24, 2024

New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate

New York City’s East River rising during Hurricane Sandy.

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