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PostOctober 7, 2021

New “risk triage” platform pinpoints compounding threats to US infrastr...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

As climate change amplifies the frequency and intensity of hurricanes and other extreme events in the United States and around the world, and the populations and economies they threaten grow and change, there is a critical need to make infrastructure more resilient. A new "risk triage" platform developed by the MIT Joint Program could help decision-makers to take action to mitigate and adapt to multiple, compounding risks that face the nation.(Source: Severe Weather Europe)

PostSeptember 22, 2021

Institute Professor Paula Hammond named to White House science council

Professor Paula Hammond, the head of MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, will serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

PostSeptember 22, 2021

Study: Global cancer risk from burning organic matter comes from unregulate...

Whenever organic matter is burned, such as in a wildfire, a power plant, a car’s exhaust, or in daily cooking, the combustion releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — a class of pollutants that is known to cause lung cancer.

PostSeptember 3, 2021

How Ida dodged NYC’s flood defenses

MIT Technology Review

Rain from Hurricane Ida floods the basement of a fast food restaurant in the Bronx.

PostSeptember 2, 2021

Mitigating hazards with vulnerability in mind

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Ipek Bensu Manav (right) chats with Hessam AzariJafari, her colleague at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub. During her time at CSHub, Manav has placed engineering in its social and political contexts and built new connections in the process.

PostSeptember 1, 2021

How to keep the power on during hurricanes and heat waves and fires and...

MIT Technology Review

Hurricane Ida knocked down transmission and distribution lines across parts of Louisiana.

Educator GuideAugust 19, 2021

Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Educator Guide

TILclimate Podcast

TIL about sea level rise part 2: educator guide

PostAugust 17, 2021

Smarter regulation of global shipping emissions could improve air quality a...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

The main source of shipping emissions is the combustion of heavy fuel oil in large diesel engines, which disperses pollutants into the air over coastal areas.

Educator GuideAugust 13, 2021

National Security and Climate Change Educator Guide

TILclimate Podcast

TIL about national security: guide for educators

PostAugust 4, 2021

Using graphene foam to filter toxins from drinking water

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

A reusable 3D functionalized reduced graphene oxide foam (3D‐FrGOF) is used as an in situ electrolytic deposition electrode to extract uranium from contaminated water.

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