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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.

PostAugust 12, 2021

MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team wins 2021 American Solar Challenge

The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team with Nimbus after winning the American Solar Challenge

PostAugust 6, 2021

New global map shows populations are growing faster in flood-prone areas

MIT Technology Review

Dhaka, Bangladesh has experienced some of the largest increases in flood exposure, according to a new global flood mapping project.

PostJuly 21, 2021

Cities are scrambling to prevent flooding

MIT Technology Review

Abandoned cars are flooded with water after a 2014 storm in Detroit.

PostJuly 14, 2021

Why the grid is ready for fleets of electric trucks

MIT Technology Review

Electric car and truck

PostJuly 12, 2021

MIT Alumni Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change

MIT Alumni for Climate Action

Roadmap Graphic for Climate Action

PostMay 14, 2021

Crowdsourcing data on road quality and excess fuel consumption

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

PhD candidate Meshkat Botshekan is one of the developers of Carbin, an app that allows users to crowdsource road-quality data with their smartphones.

PostMay 13, 2021

MITx Course Materials: Sustainable Energy

MIT Open Learning

PostApril 29, 2021

China’s transition to electric vehicles

MIT Energy Initiative

“The benefits appear to be the same order of magnitude as the costs,” says I-Yun Lisa Hsieh PhD ’20 of China’s transition to electric vehicles. “It’s so close that we need to be careful to get the numbers right.”

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