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Joint Program Senior Research Scientist Chien Wang awarded grant focused on the role of aerosols in the climate
By Sophie Tatum, CNN
Updated 4:20 PM ET, Wed May 2, 2018
Washington (CNN) - Six more US-based scientists have been selected to take part in French President Emmanuel Macron's call to "Make our Planet Great Again," which was announced in response to President Donald Trump pulling...
![Atmospheric mercury from burning coal and other industrial activities accumulates in fish, but not as much research has been done on the concentration in rice in China and the rest of Asia where coal use is spreading. Maxim Melnikov, CC BY-NC-ND file-20180427-135806-axii5m_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/file-20180427-135806-axii5m_WEB.jpg?itok=Kyx-w-Xm)
Mercury pollution is a problem usually associated with fish consumption. Pregnant women and children in many parts of the world are advised to eat fish low in mercury to protect against the adverse health impacts, including neurological damages, posed by a particularly toxic form of mercury,...
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In recent years Southeast Asia has seen a significant increase in the intensity and frequency of haze events, or days in which visibility falls below 10 kilometers. Caused by airborne particulates known as aerosols, such low-visibility days reduce air quality and endanger human health. The main...
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![Photo: Signifying the forest, the Climate Changed Symposium dinner appetizer was a trio of dried, preserved and foraged mushrooms—fungi known to help the soil store carbon dioxide and thus slow the pace of climate change. (Credit: Omnivore) Monier_CC_PHOTO.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Monier_CC_PHOTO.jpg?itok=_lLx-lNI)
How might climate change alter the global food system by the year 2050? Will diets change to reflect a revamped agriculture designed to adapt to a warming world?
![Photo: “In China, as you go to tighter and tighter climate policies, you continue to reduce pollutant emissions from coal, whereas the U.S. has already reduced a lot of its air pollution from coal through end-of-pipe technologies,” Karplus says. (Source: MIT) MIT-China-Climate.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/MIT-China-Climate.jpg?itok=qIVu1d_O)
A new MIT study reports that, if China follows through with its international pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, every one of its provinces will experience benefits to air quality and human health, with associated monetary savings that could offset the total cost of implementing the...
![Photo: Professor John Heywood is a leading expert on internal combustion engines. His seminal book, "Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals," has been revised in a second edition to reflect recent technological advances that make the internal combustion engine more efficient and environmentally friendly. (Photo by Donna Coveney) John-Heywood-MIT-MechE-00_0_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/John-Heywood-MIT-MechE-00_0_WEB.jpg?itok=yz1yEeKT)
Professor of mechanical engineering explains the importance of advancing internal combustion engines and offers his take on recent EPA rollbacks
Mary Beth O'Leary | Mechanical engineering April 18, 2018
The future of the internal combustion engine, with some 2 billion in use in the world today, was a hot topic at last week’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress in Detroit. There, John Heywood, the Sun Jae...
![Photo: At Michigan State University’s W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center researchers are evaluating the performance of a variety of novel bioenergy crop production systems for crop yield and quality, impacts on microbial-plant interactions, biogeochemical and biodiversity responses and water use. (Photo courtesy of: Kurt Stepnitz, Michigan State University Office of Biobased Technologies) Winchester_AJARE_PHOTO.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Winchester_AJARE_PHOTO.jpg?itok=ToAqjeZL)
Growing global food demand, climate change and climate policies favoring bioenergy production are expected to increase pressures on water resources around the world. Many analysts predict that water shortages will constrain the ability of farmers to expand irrigated cropland, which would be...
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On International Journalism Festival panel, MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly highlights challenges and strategies for impactful climate change reporting
International Journalism Festival
Published on Apr 12, 2018