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EE News | Jan 15, 2015
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Amanda Peterka | E&E reporter
Bioenergy production would boom and spur steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions if a global price is slapped on carbon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say in a report released today.
Examining bioenergy production under a $15-per-metric-ton...
News Release
MIT Joint Program | Jan 12, 2015
Photo: Dara Entekhabi, courtesy of Len Rubenstein, MIT Spectrum
by Audrey Resutek | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
On January 29, 2015, a Delta II rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base will carry the...
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.
Dec 29, 2014
Graduate Student and Rwandan native Jimmy Gasore and Research Scientist Kat Potter are working to establish Africa’s first climate observatory. In this video, they talk with MIT’s Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences group about the project.
Dec 29, 2014
Ronald G. Prinn, the TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Director of the Center for Global Change Science and Codirector of the Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change at MIT, talks with MIT’s Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences group about the Rwandan Climate...
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
Link to Article | Dec 10, 2014
The announcement of a joint pledge to cut emissions between the world's two largest carbon emitters: the United States and China, made global headlines when it was announced in November. In this interview, Valerie Karplus, an asssistant professor in MIT's Sloan School of Managment, discusses the details of the deal.
by Jesse Jenkins | The Energy Collective
Jesse Jenkins: Even before world leaders descended on Lima, Peru this week for United Nations-sponsored climate negotiations, climate diplomacy made global headlines with the joint announcement of a partnership between the world's two largest carbon emitters...
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.” ...
In The News
Link to Article | Dec 03, 2014
Study shows that the effects of smaller eruptions have been underestimated in climate models.
by David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
New research shows that relatively small volcanic eruptions can increase aerosol particles in the atmosphere, temporarily mitigating the global warming caused by greenhouse gases. The impact of such smaller eruptions has been underestimated in climate models,...
3 Questions
MIT News | Dec 02, 2014
MIT researcher Sergey Paltsev discusses the outlook for LNG trading over the next several decades.
Until recently, most natural gas trade has been limited to the regional scale due to the challenges of transporting gas over long distances. Over the last decade, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)—an option that reduces the volume of gas about 600 times allowing for transportation by ship—has created an...