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John Reilly comments on the fortcoming IPCC report's take on slowing climate change.

Trust in technology: That seems to be the underlying message of a coming report from the world's top panel on climate change. Scheduled for release on Sunday in Berlin, Germany, the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report will point to many possible ways—from burying greenhouse...
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ClimateWire | Apr 07, 2014

 John Reilly says IPCC reports should integrate science, adaptation, and mitigation efforts.

By Stephanie Paige Ogburn ClimateWire Every seven years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes three colossal reports about global warming. The second of that set of three, focusing on impacts and adaptation, was just released, and on its heels have come calls for the...
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Commentary
MIT Technology Review | Apr 03, 2014
John Reilly Co-director MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change The difficulty of predicting local effects of climate change makes a compelling case for preventing it. This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a major report focused on what actions...
News Release
Apr 03, 2014

MIT researchers, part of an international team, examine the total warming impact of 25 major synthetic greenhouse gases.

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Anadolu Agency | Mar 27, 2014
By Oguzhan Ozsoy Anadolu Agency There are currently 14 nuclear power plants in operation with 8 more under construction in China, wind energy is thirds largest energy source.   China the largest consumer of coal in the world is attempting to diversify its energy sources to move towards renewable...
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Oceans at MIT | Mar 24, 2014
By Genevieve Wanucha Oceans at MIT The ocean plays a critical role in climate change, especially in setting the climate's response to increasing anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. As excess heat accumulates in various parts of the Earth system, most of that thermal energy goes into the...
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MIT News | Mar 05, 2014
Genevieve Wanucha Oceans at MIT John Marshall, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Oceanography, recently accepted the 2014 Sverdrup Gold Medal of the American Meteorological Society for his “fundamental insights into water mass transformation and deep convection and their implications for global...
News Release • China Energy & Climate Project
Link to Article | Mar 05, 2014
Alli Gold Roberts MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change China is the world’s second largest national economy and its largest exporter. This growth has come at a cost, with energy demands and associated environmental damages on the rise. China is now the world leader in...
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
The Energy Collective | Mar 04, 2014
Michael Davidson MIT-Tsinghua China Energy and Climate Project According to tallies by the National Energy Administration, China added 14 gigawatts (GW) of grid-connected wind power capacity in 2013, now the fifth consecutive year with installs of over 10 GW (here, at a glance, is China’s grid in...
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MIT News | Feb 27, 2014
By Genevieve Wanucha Oceans at MIT Water has a lot of say in how Earth’s climate works. And scientists often acknowledge that the uncertainty about climate’s future trajectory comes from a lack of understanding of water. This intellectual challenge filled the better part of February 10-12 for 37...

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