Researcher Highlights
Researcher Highlight
Jun 01, 2015
MIT researcher Sergey Paltsev studies how to supply the world's growing need for energy—without harming the climate.
Student Spotlight
Jun 01, 2015
MIT graduate student David Ramberg studies the link between new technology and fuel prices.
Student Spotlight
Jun 01, 2015
MIT graduate student Claudia Octaviano studies how energy storage technologies could transform the economics of renewable energy.
Student Spotlight
Mar 19, 2015
There is one little-discussed side-effect of reducing emissions that produces immediate local benefits: cleaner air.
Researcher Highlight
Jan 20, 2015
To understand big problems—like the challenges facing China’s electricity grid—you have to ask big questions.
Researcher Highlight
Jan 12, 2015
Entekhabi has spent his career learning about the Earth through collecting data, and the information collected by his new NASA Earth monitor will fill a major gap in our understanding.
Student Spotlight
Dec 08, 2014
“The challenge is, how can we create enough energy to support so many people in a sustainable way?” For Zhang, part of the solution is renewable energy.
Researcher Highlight
Dec 05, 2014
“Looking back, my interest in China developed out of spending a lot of time around people who were really passionate about the possibilities for their country,” Karplus says. “Working with colleagues in China over all of these years, I feel like the country has become a part of my own story.”
Researcher Highlight
Dec 02, 2013
Atmospheric Chemist Colette Heald combines observations and models to uncover lessons fro the gases and particles in our atmosphere.
Researcher Highlight
Nov 02, 2013
Do our opinions matter? Political scientist Christopher Warshaw is working to find out, as he uncovers the impact of public opinion on the policy process and strategies to create environmental change.