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Aug 17, 2017
Study explores steps needed to measure each nation’s climate progress
Under the Paris Agreement on climate change, each of nearly 200 countries has defined its own contribution to reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on local interests, politics and economics.
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Tufts University | Aug 15, 2017
Tufts University-led study--co-authored by three MIT Joint Program researchers--predicts growth of cyanobacteria in lakes and reservoirs due to global warming. Coverage: NPR/Michigan Radio, WGBH
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE (August 15, 2017) – Harmful algal blooms known to pose risks to human and environmental health in large freshwater reservoirs and lakes are projected to increase because of climate change, according to a team of researchers led by a Tufts University scientist.
The team...
In The News
Smithsonian | Aug 15, 2017
It’s a challenge to attribute any one storm or heat wave to climate change, but scientists are getting closer. MIT Joint Program Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser comments in Smithsonian.com.
By Kyle Frischkorn
SMITHSONIAN.COM
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MIT News | Aug 14, 2017
One drought remedy: Keep infrastructure fast, cheap, and under control
If you live in the developed world, safe water is usually just a faucet-turn away. And yet, global warming, drought conditions, and population growth in coming decades could change that, ushering in an era of uncertain access to water.
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Aug 11, 2017
MIT Joint Program researchers organize and co-edit symposium on the topic in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
A symposium on "Estimating the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture" coordinated by MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly and co-edited by Joint Program Research Scientist Elodie Blanc appears in the Summer 2017 issue of the journal Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. The...
Commentary
The Conversation | Aug 10, 2017
In The Conversation, MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Jennifer Morris makes an economic case for why U.S. electricity providers should increase their investments in non-carbon power sources. Additional coverage: Salon
When utility executives make decisions about building new power plants, a lot rides on their choices. Depending on their size and type, new generating facilities cost hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. They typically will run for 40 or more years – 10 U.S. presidential terms. Much...
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International Food Policy Research Institute | Aug 09, 2017
Only if the government provides subsidies to farmers who invest in the practice, suggests study co-authored by MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek
IFPRI RESEARCH BLOG
Will sustainable land management mitigate Ethiopia’s land degradation challenges?AUGUST 9, 2017
BY EMILY SCHMIDT
Around Campus
MIT News | Aug 07, 2017
Simons Foundation supports enhanced computer infrastructure for MIT's Darwin Project, which focuses on marine microbes and microbial communities that impact the ocean's food web and global carbon cycle
Helen Hill | EAPS August 4, 2017
Microbes mediate the global marine cycles of elements, modulating atmospheric carbon dioxide and helping to maintain the oxygen we all breathe, yet there is much about them scientists still don’t understand. Now, an award from the Simons Foundation will...
In The News
US News and World Report | Aug 04, 2017
Various studies suggest the problem of rising temperatures is growing. Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly and CEEPR Deputy Director Michael Mehling comment in US News & World Report.
Christine Huang, Contributor | US News & World Report
As new reports indicate that Earth's temperature will likely increase by two degrees Celsius by the end of the century, scientist and economists are once again urging the government to take immediate action to avoid the most...
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MIT News | Aug 03, 2017
Without action, climate change could devastate a region home to one-fifth of humanity, study finds
IDavid L. Chandler | MIT News Office August 2, 2017
n South Asia, a region of deep poverty where one-fifth of the world’s people live, new research suggests that by the end of this century climate change could lead to summer heat waves with levels of heat and humidity that exceed what...