Blooming ocean fronts
Each spring, huge patches of phytoplankton bloom in the oceans, turning cold, blue waters into teeming green pools of microbial life. This ocean “greening,” which can be seen from space, mirrors the...
View ArticleCarbon capture? Go for the source
Since most of the world’s governments have not yet enacted regulations to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, some experts have advocated the development of technologies to remove carbon dioxide...
View ArticleGrowing population will increase global climate challenges
As populations across the world grow, new research out of MIT shows the rising influence of large or developing countries in shaping our future global challenges. MIT's Joint Program on the Science and...
View ArticleNew study links air pollution and early death in the U.K.
In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and powerplants cause 13,000 premature deaths in the...
View ArticleCivil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road
A new study by civil engineers at MIT shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation’s roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3 percent — a savings that could add up to 273 million...
View ArticleReport: China’s actions are crucial on climate change
As climate negotiators wrap-up talks in Bonn, Germany, this week, a major point of contention is who needs to do what to slow global warming. Nations such as China and the United States have held back...
View ArticleTeaching a microbe to make fuel
A humble soil bacterium called Ralstonia eutropha has a natural tendency, whenever it is stressed, to stop growing and put all its energy into making complex carbon compounds. Now scientists at MIT...
View ArticleClimate change: a developing challenge for poor nations
Higher temperatures, extreme flooding, longer droughts — for those living in the developed world, the symptoms of climate change mean building higher bridges and paying more for a bowl of cereal. But...
View ArticleTackling a global warming conundrum
There’s a tricky chemical trade-off at work in our skies. As greenhouse gases provide their famous warming effect to Earth’s surface, aerosol pollution in the atmosphere actually partly counteracts it....
View ArticleThe case of the missing gas tax
Vehicle efficiency standards have long been considered vital to cutting the United States’ oil imports. Strengthened last year with the added hope of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the standards...
View ArticleMIT and UC Berkeley launch energy-efficiency research project
Energy efficiency promises to cut emissions, reduce dependence on foreign fuel, and mitigate climate change. As such, governments around the world are spending tens of billions of dollars to support...
View ArticleInnovative study estimates extent to which air pollution in China shortens...
A high level of air pollution, in the form of particulates produced by burning coal, significantly shortens the lives of people exposed to it, according to a unique new study of China co-authored by an...
View ArticleStudy: Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S.
Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have come out with some sobering new data on air pollution’s impact on Americans’ health.The group tracked ground-level emissions from...
View ArticleExperts quantify impacts of policies to curb transportation emissions in China
The MIT-Tsinghua China Energy and Climate Project and Emory University held a workshop on Nov. 21 with researchers and government officials to discuss new research analyzing the impacts of China’s...
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