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PostMarch 31, 2025

For plants, urban heat islands don’t mimic global warming

Meghan Blumstein studied red oak genotypes across New England, concentrating on trees that were within reach in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then collaborated with people doing research at the Harvard Forest, a research forest in rural central Massachusetts.

PostMarch 17, 2025

The Science of the City: A landfill full of food is a recipe for methane

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PostMarch 11, 2025

Anthro-Engineering: Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale

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PostMarch 10, 2025

Deploying Plug & Charge technology can speed EV adoption

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

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PostFebruary 19, 2025

Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating: A pathway forward

MIT Energy Initiative

A modeling study by an MIT team has shown that electrifying residential heating can be a substantial step toward reducing carbon emissions, as well as costs, over the combined electricity and natural gas sectors. Here, the team poses beside a high-efficiency electric heat pump system that provides heating to the home, replacing the natural gas-fired furnace. Left to right: Audun Botterud, Saurabh Amin, Rahman Khorramfar, Morgan Santoni-Colvin, and Leslie Norford. Not pictured: Dharik Mallapragada.

PostFebruary 13, 2025

Mission: Climate

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PostFebruary 11, 2025

Creating smart buildings with privacy-first sensors

Butlr uses insights from low-resolution thermal cameras and an analytics platform to make buildings more efficient and safe.

PostJanuary 24, 2025

How cities are weathering the climate crisis

Lawrence Vale is the co-author of the new book, “The Equitably Resilient City,” published by MIT Press.

PostJanuary 21, 2025

The multifaceted challenge of powering AI

MIT Energy Initiative

There are now over 5,000 data centers in the United States, like this one in northern Virginia, and new ones are being built every day.

PostJanuary 17, 2025

Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact

MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.

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