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MIT News | Feb 28, 2012
By: Jennifer Chu
The world’s oceans act as a massive conveyor, circulating heat, water and carbon around the planet. This global system plays a key role in climate change, storing and releasing heat throughout the world. To study how this system affects climate, scientists have largely focused on...
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
Reuters | Feb 16, 2012
By: Tan Ee Lyn
China's worsening air pollution, after decades of unbridled economic growth, cost the country $112 billion in 2005 in lost economic productivity, a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found.
The figure, which also took into account people's lost leisure time...
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
USA Today | Feb 14, 2012
SOURCE: Andy Wong, AP
By: Wendy Koch
China's unprecedented growth is carrying a steadily steeper price tag as its air pollution hikes the nation's health care costs, finds a new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Although China has made substantial progress in reducing its air...
News Release • China Energy & Climate Project
MIT News | Feb 13, 2012
Despite improvements in air quality, the economic impact of air pollution has increased dramatically, new MIT study shows.
By: Vicki Ekstrom, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Although China has made substantial progress in cleaning up its air pollution,...
In The News
NY Daily News | Feb 09, 2012
By Josh Max
It’s official – we don’t want cars that get 200 or more miles to the gallon, and it’s consumers’ fault, not automakers’.
A new report issued by Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Christopher Knittel says major innovations in miles-to-the-gallon have been stymied by cars...
In The News
NPR | Feb 02, 2012
By: Richard Harris
Listen to the story.
SOURCE: Keith Srakocic/AP
The boom in cheap natural gas in this country is good news for the environment, because relatively...
News Release
MIT News | Feb 01, 2012
By: Vicki Ekstrom, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
EPA's top air official, Gina McCarthy, leads roundtable discussion.
Looking to tap the knowledge of some of the nation's leading energy and environment experts, and update them on new and proposed standards, the U.S....
Student Spotlight
Feb 01, 2012
In November 2011, Anita Ganesan travelled to the foothills of the Himalayas to the small, remote village of Darjeeling, India. Her goal: to fill the hole of missing greenhouse gas data.
Student Spotlight
Feb 01, 2012
“I really enjoy doing applied research that can have an impact on people’s daily lives,” says McClellan.
News Release
MIT News | Jan 20, 2012
By: Vicki Ekstrom, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
SOURCE: EPA
Americans have long known the dangers of mercury in our environment, with doctors repeatedly warning pregnant women to remove fish from their daily diets. But despite this solid knowledge of the health impacts...