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PostOctober 16, 2025

Book reviews technologies aiming to remove carbon from the atmosphere

MIT Energy Initiative

“Carbon Removal,” by MIT Energy Initiative Senior Research Engineer Howard Herzog (pictured) and Professor Niall Mac Dowell of Imperial College London, explores the history and intricacies of removing carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere.

PostOctober 15, 2025

MIT engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other indust...

To test their setup, researchers allowed algae cells to stick to the surface of the photobioreactor. When they applied a voltage, the bubbles separated the cells from the surfaces without harming them.

PostOctober 7, 2025

Fighting for the health of the planet with AI

“Machine learning is already really widely used for things like solar power forecasting, which is a prerequisite to managing and balancing power grids,” says EECS assistant professor and LIDS PI Priya Donti. “My focus is: How do you improve the algorithms for actually balancing power grids in the face of a range of time-varying renewables?”

PostOctober 7, 2025

Combining agriculture with forestry could accelerate climate progress

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Agroforestry could accelerate climate progress

PostSeptember 30, 2025

Responding to the climate impact of generative AI

“We are on a path where the effects of climate change won’t be fully known until it is too late to do anything about it,” says Jennifer Turliuk MBA ’25, who is working to help policymakers, scientists, and enterprises consider the multifaceted costs and benefits of generative AI. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to innovate and make AI systems less carbon-intense.”

PostAugust 22, 2025

Transforming boating, with solar power

A group of visitors sets off from the dock for a cruise around the Charles River. The Anita weighs about 2,800 pounds and can accommodate six passengers at a time.

PostAugust 21, 2025

Study links rising temperatures and declining moods

“It's clear now, with our present study adding to findings from prior studies, that weather alters sentiment on a global scale,” Nick Obradovich says.

PostAugust 11, 2025

Surprisingly diverse innovations led to dramatically cheaper solar panels

“Our results show just how intricate the process of cost improvement is, and how much scientific and engineering advances, often at a very basic level, are at the heart of these cost reductions,” says Jessika Trancik.

PodcastJuly 16, 2025

How energy systems are shaped

MIT Energy Initiative

PodcastJuly 10, 2025

E8: Transmission: power to the people

TILclimate Podcast

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