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MIT News | Oct 16, 2015
Study finds pledges by top greenhouse gas emitters leaves little room for others; urges greater R&D.
by Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Over two weeks in December, delegates from virtually every country in the world will gather in Paris for the 21st annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. Their ambitious goal: to hammer out a binding international agreement on climate action....
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MIT News | Oct 07, 2015
Solar panel system wins $10,000 prize for technology that makes energy and water more accessible in the developing world
Vicki Ekstrom | Laur Fisher | MIT Climate CoLab
Solar panel system wins $10,000 prize for technology that makes energy and water more accessible in the developing world
An MIT initiative is using the global crowd to help solve climate change. And with the United...
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ChinaFAQs | Sep 29, 2015
In ChinaFAQs column, Valerie Karplus assesses joint statement on emissions reductions
The latest Obama-Xi announcement sends a strong message: the two nations are acting fast to enable a global low carbon transition. Friday’s joint announcement is an...
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NY Times | Sep 29, 2015
MIT researchers explain how technical analysis can avoid potential conflict.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, construction is underway on a public works project of gigantic physical proportions and exquisite political delicacy. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, now about halfway finished, amounts to a test: With water becoming precious enough to be the...
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Link to Article | Sep 21, 2015
On eve of summit with President Obama, see Valerie Karplus in Columbia University panel discussion on meeting China's climate goals today at 12:30-2:00 pm.
On the eve of President Xi's visit to the US and summit with President Obama, Professor Karplus participated in the panel discussion on Meeting China’s Climate Goals at Columbia University today, September 21, 2015, at 12:30-2:00 p.m. David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on...
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MIT News | Sep 11, 2015
Study: Pattern of winners and losers explains U.S. policy on fuel subsidies.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office
The politics of climate change are often depicted as a simple battle, between environmentalists and particular industries, over government policy. That’s not wrong, but it’s only a rough sketch of the matter. Now a paper co-authored by MIT economist...
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MIT News | Sep 08, 2015
A new study describes how irrigation development modifies local and regional climate.
Kelsey Damrad | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
With approximately 70 percent of all freshwater consumption worldwide used for agriculture, the reliance on large-scale irrigation development continues to spread and ultimately augments crop yields in many regions.
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MIT News | Aug 31, 2015
Vulnerable coastal regions could face storm surges of unprecedented magnitude in the next century
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
"Grey swan" cyclones — extremely rare tropical storms that are impossible to anticipate from the historical record alone — will become more frequent in the next century for parts of Florida, Australia, and cities along the Persian Gulf, according to a study...
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MIT News | Aug 28, 2015
Study explains how rain droplets attract aerosols out of the atmosphere
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
As a raindrop falls through the atmosphere, it can attract tens to hundreds of tiny aerosol particles to its surface before hitting the ground. The process by which droplets and aerosols attract is coagulation, a natural phenomenon that can act to clear the...
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MIT News | Aug 24, 2015
Paul O'Gorman: Extreme storm modeler
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Several winters back, while shoveling out his driveway after a particularly heavy snowstorm, Paul O’Gorman couldn’t help but wonder: How is climate change affecting the Boston region’s biggest snow events?
The question wasn’t an idle one for O’Gorman...