Skip to main content

Search

Main navigation

Climate 101
Explore
MIT Action
- News
- Events
- Resources
Search

Main navigation

Climate 101
Explore
MIT Action
- News
- Events
- Resources
Search

Students gather around a display of a coral reef at an MIT event

Climate News at MIT

The latest climate change research and action happening in and around MIT.

Filter

Topics

Adaptation
Arctic & Antarctic
Arts & Communication
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Buildings
Carbon Capture
Carbon Removal
Cities & Planning
Climate Modeling
Education
Energy
- Batteries, Storage & Transmission
- Electrification
- Energy Efficiency
- Fossil Fuels
- Nuclear & Fusion Energy
- Renewable Energy
Finance & Economics
- Carbon Pricing
Food, Water & Agriculture
Forests
Geoengineering
Government & Policy
- Advocacy & Activism
- International Agreements
- National Security
Health & Medicine
Humanities & Social Science
- Climate Justice
Industry & Manufacturing
MIT Action
Oceans
- Sea Level Rise
Transportation
- Air Travel
- Alternative Fuels
- Cars
- Freight
- Public Transportation
Waste
Weather & Natural Disasters
- Drought
- Flooding
- Heatwaves
- Hurricanes
- Wildfires

Content type

Educator Guide
Podcast
Post
Video

Sort

FloodingCarsClear All

PostApril 29, 2021

China’s transition to electric vehicles

MIT Energy Initiative

“The benefits appear to be the same order of magnitude as the costs,” says I-Yun Lisa Hsieh PhD ’20 of China’s transition to electric vehicles. “It’s so close that we need to be careful to get the numbers right.”

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.”

PodcastMarch 1, 2021

Cost of car ownership

MIT Energy Initiative

PostFebruary 25, 2021

Novel lithium-metal batteries will drive the switch to electric cars

MIT Technology Review

PostFebruary 22, 2021

Grid Impacts of Highway Electric Vehicle Charging and the Role for Mitigati...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

PostJanuary 28, 2021

Biden will direct billions in federal spending power to climate change

MIT Technology Review

PostJanuary 21, 2021

How to get more electric cars on the road

MIT researchers have found that installing charging stations on residential streets and along highways could lead to wider adoption of clean vehicles.

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 17, 2020

To boost emissions reductions from electric vehicles, know when to charge

MIT Energy Initiative

The time of day when an electric vehicle (EV) is charged can have a large impact on reducing its emissions. In California, home to half of the EVs in the United States, charging at midday reduces EV emissions by more than 40 percent when compared to charging at night.

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.

Pagination

Previous page
Page7
Page8
Current page9
Page10
Page11
Next page

81 - 90 of 128

MIT Climate News in Your Inbox

MIT Groups Log In

Footer

About
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Accessibility
Contact

Communicator Award Winner

Search