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Sep 29, 2015

How manmade aerosols can alter rainfall in the world’s most populous region

Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
ChinaFAQs | Sep 29, 2015

In ChinaFAQs column, Valerie Karplus assesses joint statement on emissions reductions

The latest Obama-Xi announcement sends a strong message: the two nations are acting fast to enable a global low carbon transition. Friday’s joint announcement is an...
Commentary
NY Times | Sep 29, 2015

MIT researchers explain how technical analysis can avoid potential conflict.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, construction is underway on a public works project of gigantic physical proportions and exquisite political delicacy. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, now about halfway finished, amounts to a test: With water becoming precious enough to be the...
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
Link to Article | Sep 21, 2015

On eve of summit with President Obama, see Valerie Karplus in Columbia University panel discussion on meeting China's climate goals today at 12:30-2:00 pm.

On the eve of President Xi's visit to the US and summit with President Obama, Professor Karplus participated in the panel discussion on Meeting China’s Climate Goals at Columbia University today, September 21, 2015, at 12:30-2:00 p.m. David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy...
News Brief
MIT News | Sep 17, 2015

Proposal takes aim at Rwanda's air pollution 

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Climate CoLab, an MIT-based crowdsourcing platform to advance climate change solutions through the power of collective intelligence, has named Langley DeWitt, a...
Around Campus
MIT News | Sep 11, 2015

Study: Pattern of winners and losers explains U.S. policy on fuel subsidies.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office The politics of climate change are often depicted as a simple battle, between environmentalists and particular industries, over government policy. That’s not wrong, but it’s only a rough sketch of the matter. Now a paper co-authored by MIT economist Christopher...
Around Campus
MIT News | Sep 08, 2015

A new study describes how irrigation development modifies local and regional climate.

Kelsey Damrad | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering With approximately 70 percent of all freshwater consumption worldwide used for agriculture, the reliance on large-scale irrigation development continues to spread and ultimately augments crop yields in many regions. But the ongoing...
News Release
MIT News | Aug 31, 2015
Mark Dwortzan MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change MIT researchers find unintended consequences   Like the leaves of New England maples, phytoplankton, the microalgae at the base of most oceanic food webs, photosynthesize when exposed to sunlight. In the process, they absorb...
News Release
Aug 31, 2015

EPA uses scenarios to evaluate gains for agriculture, health and other global concerns

Around Campus
MIT News | Aug 31, 2015

Vulnerable coastal regions could face storm surges of unprecedented magnitude in the next century

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office "Grey swan" cyclones — extremely rare tropical storms that are impossible to anticipate from the historical record alone — will become more frequent in the next century for parts of Florida, Australia, and cities along the Persian Gulf, according to a study published...

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