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PostSeptember 30, 2025

3 Questions: Addressing the world’s most pressing challenges

“Our center was founded in response to rising geopolitical tensions and the urgent need for policy rooted in rigorous, evidence-based research,” says Mihaela Papa. “Today, as in our early years, the center brings together exceptional researchers with the ambition to address the world’s most pressing challenges in new and creative ways.”

PostSeptember 17, 2025

Q&A: David Whelihan on the challenges of operating in the Arctic

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

David Whelihan has traveled to the Arctic over the past few years to test prototype low-cost sensor nodes designed to monitor loss in Arctic sea ice extent and thickness.

PostAugust 28, 2025

When basic science and technology is not enough to address climate change

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Institute-wide project taps social science to reframe climate and sustainability problems and identify more viable solutions

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.

PostJune 4, 2025

Study helps pinpoint areas where microplastics will accumulate

One key factor in determining where microparticles are likely to build up has to do with the presence of biofilms — thin, sticky biopolymer layers shed by microorganisms, which can accumulate on surfaces, including sandy riverbeds or seashores.

PostApril 30, 2025

The MIT-Portugal Program enters Phase 4

Participants of the MIT-Portugal Program Annual Conference 2024

PostApril 26, 2025

As climate change pushes dry weather east, striking changes are coming to D...

A truck and house destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire are seen, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Stinnett, Texas. The wildfire became the largest in state history at over one million acres. Climatologists believe wildfires will become more common as global temperatures warm

PostApril 11, 2025

Hundred-year storm tides will occur every few decades in Bangladesh, scient...

For the coastal country of Bangladesh, once-in-a-century storm tides could strike every 10 years — or more often — by the end of the century, scientists report. In this photo, a Bangladeshi woman and child walk over the top of a sandbag embankment in Khulna on May 4, 2019.

PostApril 8, 2025

Study: Burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers is the best available option f...

Pictured here is the Hedwig Oldendorff vessel at the Port of Taicang, China, prior to the start of the emission monitoring voyage.

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