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PostMay 12, 2023

Finding “hot spots” where compounding environmental and economic risks ...

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Exposure to airborne particulate matter in the United States
PostMay 11, 2023

Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to se...

MIT News
New research suggests the Prochlorococcus microbe’s ancient coastal ancestors colonized the ocean by rafting out on chitin particles.
PostMay 10, 2023

This startup says its first fusion plant is five years away. Experts doubt ...

MIT Technology Review
Electromagnetic coils that will be used in the fusion generator, Polaris.
PostMay 2, 2023

How chemists could give new life to old wind turbine blades

MIT Technology Review
Decommissioned wind turbines
PostApril 27, 2023

Inside Germany’s power struggle over nuclear energy

MIT Technology Review
A nuclear power plant at night
PostApril 21, 2023

Volunteer committee helps the MIT community live and work sustainably

MIT News
The MIT Working Green Committee is made up of support staff volunteers committed to making MIT more environmentally friendly. The committee hosts regular Choose to Reuse events to give MIT’s community members a chance to donate unwanted items — or find free things that just might become prized possessions.
PostApril 10, 2023

Study: Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

MIT News
An MIT study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths.
PostApril 4, 2023

Staying the course: Achieving climate change goals in turbulent times

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA)
PostMarch 28, 2023

Fieldwork class examines signs of climate change in Hawaii

MIT News
Students hike up Mauna Loa Forest to observe climate change’s impact on native Hawaiian plants.
PostMarch 22, 2023

Helping the cause of environmental resilience

MIT News
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