Gosha Geogdzhayev and Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholars
The MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
Anushree Chaudhuri: Involving local communities in renewable energy planning
As societies move to cleaner technologies, the MIT senior seeks to make the transition more sustainable and just.
Local journalism is a critical “gate” to engage Americans on climate change
The MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellowship provides support to journalists dedicated to connecting local stories to broader climate contexts.
Study measures the psychological toll of wildfires
Research in Southeast Asia quantifies how much wildfire smoke hurts peoples’ moods; finds the effect is greater when fires originate in other countries.
Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution
Scientists quantify a previously overlooked driver of human-related mercury emissions.
Letter to the MIT community: Announcing the Climate Project at MIT
President Kornbluth introduces a major campus-wide effort to solve critical climate problems with all possible speed.
3 Questions: The Climate Project at MIT
Richard Lester describes an emerging new initiative that will back climate efforts at the Institute and find outside partnerships to drive actionable innovation.
Reflecting on COP28 — and humanity’s progress toward meeting global climate goals
MIT delegates share observations and insights from the largest-ever UN climate conference.
MIT researchers map the energy transition’s effects on jobs
A county-by-county study shows where the U.S. job market will evolve most during the move to clean energy.
Susan Solomon wins VinFuture Award for Female Innovators
The award recognizes Solomon’s contributions to understanding ozone depletion and the creation of the Montreal Protocol.
Faculty, staff, students to evaluate ways to decarbonize MIT's campus
New Decarbonization Working Group will leverage member expertise to explore and assess existing and in-development solutions to decarbonize the MIT campus by 2050.
Q&A: A blueprint for sustainable innovation
Atacama Biomaterials, co-founded by Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas SM ’15, PhD ’21, combines architecture, machine learning, and chemical engineering to create eco-friendly materials.
New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate
Using New York as a test case, the model predicts flooding at the level experienced during Hurricane Sandy will occur roughly every 30 years by the end of this century.
Meeting the clean energy needs of tomorrow
At the MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium, Shell’s chief technology officer laid out two very different potential paths for the decades ahead.