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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 24, 2024

New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate

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

PostDecember 20, 2023

The science and art of complex systems

MIT senior and physics major Gosha Geogdzhayev works to develop “emulator” models that can learn from large-scale global climate models to answer more specialized questions about the impacts of climate change.

PostDecember 6, 2023

Accelerated climate action needed to sharply reduce current risks to life a...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

In a year of record-breaking heat, floods, wildfires, and other climate extremes, the 2023 Global Change Outlook presents the MIT Joint Program’s latest projections for the future of the earth’s energy, food, water, and climate systems under existing global climate policies and those aligned with capping global warming at 1.5 degrees C.

PostOctober 6, 2023

AGU Fall Meeting to encourage the pursuit of Open Science

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: AGU Fall Meeting Central Exhibit Hall (Source: AGU)

PostSeptember 5, 2023

3 Questions: How are cities managing record-setting temperatures?

MIT Associate Professor David Hsu is an expert in city policies concerning climate change. Following record-setting heat in the summer of 2023, he describes what cities are now doing in response, and the possibilities for new policy measures.

PostAugust 30, 2023

Here’s what we know about hurricanes and climate change

MIT Technology Review

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida in October 2022 as a Category 5 storm.

PostAugust 27, 2023

Explained: The 1.5 C climate benchmark

To prevent worsening and potentially irreversible effects of climate change, the world’s average temperature should not exceed that of preindustrial times by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). By why 1.5 degrees Celsius?

PostAugust 25, 2023

More homes mean more heat. Can new building codes help save metro Phoenix f...

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Construction cranes in Phoenix on July 13, 2023, the 14th day in a row of temperatures 110 degrees or more.

PostAugust 23, 2023

Job titles of the future: Chief heat officer

MIT Technology Review

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