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PostNovember 5, 2021

Scientists project increased risk to water supplies in South Africa this ce...

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

Can South Africa and other nations with similar climates avoid future “Day Zero” water shortages?

PostNovember 4, 2021

Wyo residents observe a changing climate and quality of life

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Crook County rancher Thayne Gray on the family's Warbonnet Ranch outside Moorcroft on Sept. 23, 2021.

PostNovember 4, 2021

Wyoming climate data holds ominous clues about life, economy

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Campbell County rancher Eric Barlow surveys the family ranch Sept. 23, 2021

PostNovember 3, 2021

Decades of legal battles over pollution by industrial hog farms haven’t c...

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Screenshot from the Bladen County Tax Assessor website shows two parcels of land: One 261 acre parcel was purchased by Kinlaw Farms LLC in 1998, the other 34 acre plot (outlined in blue) was purchased by Billy Kinlaw in 1994.

PostOctober 28, 2021

Arizona Daily Star OpEd: Sen. Sinema, support essential climate measures

MIT Alumni for Climate Action

PostOctober 18, 2021

How marsh grass protects shorelines

A new MIT study provides greater detail about how thes protective benefits of marsh plants work under real-world conditions shaped by waves and currents. The simulated plants used in lab experiments were designed based on Spartina alterniflora, which is a common coastal marsh plant.

PostOctober 7, 2021

New “risk triage” platform pinpoints compounding threats to US infrastr...

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

As climate change amplifies the frequency and intensity of hurricanes and other extreme events in the United States and around the world, and the populations and economies they threaten grow and change, there is a critical need to make infrastructure more resilient. A new "risk triage" platform developed by the MIT Joint Program could help decision-makers to take action to mitigate and adapt to multiple, compounding risks that face the nation.(Source: Severe Weather Europe)

PostSeptember 17, 2021

Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight

The Des Marais Lab at MIT uses the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon to understand plant-environment interaction. Here, replicate plants are receiving two different levels of soil water availability to study genetic differences in response to drying.

PostSeptember 3, 2021

How Ida dodged NYC’s flood defenses

MIT Technology Review

Rain from Hurricane Ida floods the basement of a fast food restaurant in the Bronx.

PostSeptember 2, 2021

Mitigating hazards with vulnerability in mind

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Ipek Bensu Manav (right) chats with Hessam AzariJafari, her colleague at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub. During her time at CSHub, Manav has placed engineering in its social and political contexts and built new connections in the process.

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