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MIT Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | Jan 27, 2014
The Global Young Academy (GYA) is an international group of two hundred young (up to ten years post PhD) scientists selected based on research excellence and commitment to impact. Through GYA, members are linked to the senior international academy network ...
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MIT Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science | Jan 23, 2014
By Michael Craig, Amanda Giang, Colin Thackray 

What’s the difference between climate change, the Northern spotted owl, and acid rain?
That question is not the beginning of a bad joke. Rather, it was the type of question that lay at the heart of the class ‘Science, Politics, and Environmental...
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MIT News | Jan 21, 2014
In many public discussions of climate change, science takes a back seat to political agendas and rhetoric. But 12.340x (Global Warming Science), a new massive open online course from MITx now open for enrollment...
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Gaidar Forum | Jan 21, 2014
Sergey Paltsev, assistant director for economic research at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, presented at the 2014 Gaidar Forum entitled "Russia and the World: Sustainable Development."
The expert discussion “Green growth” and sustainable development” was dedicated...
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Channel News Asia | Jan 21, 2014
Channel News Asia interviews Michael Davidson on the Business Central show. Michael Davidson is Research Assistant for the China Energy and Climate Project and a doctoral student in the Engineering Systems Division.
Jan 21, 2014
Almost 100% of climate scientists now say global warming is caused by human behavior and that action now is a moral imperative for future generations. But public perception is moving the other way, with fewer Americans worried, despite recent extreme weather conditions here and around the world...
News Release
MIT News | Jan 08, 2014
Alli Gold Roberts
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Population growth and increasing social pressures on global water resources have required communities around the globe to focus on the future of water availability. Global climate change is expected to further exacerbate...
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The Hill | Jan 06, 2014
By Laura Barron-Lopez
Global warming may be contributing to the "polar vortex" causing frigid temperatures across most of the nation on Monday, according to some climate change researchers.
While it seems counter-intuitive, the research argues that plunging temperatures could come from changes in...
News Release
MIT News | Dec 23, 2013
Alli Gold Roberts
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Despite global treaties and national regulations limiting toxic chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), many of these chemicals still remain in the environment for long periods of time and accumulate in...
News Release
MIT News | Dec 20, 2013
Alli Gold Roberts
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions will come at a cost to energy producers, industry and consumers. Policymakers around the globe are working to determine the most effective and cost efficient way to reduce these...