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Feb 11, 2013

In this Faculty Forum Online broadcast, Professor Kerry Emanuel '76, PhD '78 discusses a new approach to climate science that emphasizes basic understanding.

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In The News
Washington Post | Feb 08, 2013
By Brad Plumer February 6, 2013 Like it or hate it, policymakers in Washington are still obsessed with the deficit. That’s why think tanks keep churning out clever plans to cut spending and raise taxes. And here’s a new paper from the Council on Foreign Relations offering an interesting twist on...
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In The News
The Tech | Feb 08, 2013
MIT students frequently use the T and other MassDOT transit systems; since 2010, our IDs even come with a built-in Charlie Card chip. But most students are unfamiliar with the inner workings of the transit system. I was excited to take advantage of one of the opportunities offered this IAP and take...
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Commentary
WBUR | Feb 05, 2013
By Henry (Jake) Jacoby  Introduction Mitigating climate change doesn’t sound as monumental as ending, or reversing climate change. But with global phenomenon already “contributing to the deaths of nearly 400,000 people a year and costing the world more than $1.2 trillion… annually,” according to...
Feb 05, 2013

In this Faculty Forum Online broadcast Professor Kerry Emanuel '76, PhD '78 discussed a new approach to climate science that emphasizes basic understanding over black box simulation. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, Emanuel presented an overview of his climate research and took questions from the...

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News Release
Dr. Noelle Selin of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has been selected as one of 20 Leopold Leadership Fellows for 2013. She is the first fellow to be selected from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   Based at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment...
Recent Event
MIT News | Jan 25, 2013
MIT researchers, Massachusetts officials highlight strategies to adapt to climate change. Just days after President Obama called for action on climate change in his second inaugural address, members of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s administration joined energy and environment researchers...
In The News
LA Times | Jan 23, 2013
/*-->*/ Big deal, little fanfare over global pact on mercury controls By Carol J. Williams January 23, 2013 It’s a highly toxic element that travels the world in mysterious ways, respects neither manmade nor natural boundaries and rapidly accumulates in people and the food they eat. Mercury’s...
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In The News
PBS News Hour | Jan 23, 2013
Paint Pigment, Violent Raccoons and Other Surprising Mercury Trivia January 18, 2013 By: Jenny Marder Delegates gathered in Geneva this week to negotiate for a global treaty to regulate the toxic chemical mercury. I want to call your attention to...
Jan 23, 2013

State officials join MIT faculty for this panel discussing why a strong approach combining mitigation and adaption is so urgently needed, and how Massachusetts is rising to the challenge.

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