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Huffington Post | Jul 27, 2014
Huffington Post || Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study.
Katherine Boehrer
Huffington Post
Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study....
Jun 24, 2014
Human life has been so remarkably successful that its sustainability has become the major challenge of our age. Meeting energy needs in a sustainable fashion will require not only bringing together investors, corporations, scientists, and policy makers but new ways of thinking. Can economics be...
Jun 24, 2014
Kerry Emanuel at MIT EAPS Tech Day 2014. Assessing the current understanding of the major climate processes and proposing new directions for climate research.
News Release
Jun 17, 2014
Report finds China’s CO2 emissions could decrease in the coming decades if the country accelerates its energy and climate policies.
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Link to Article | Jun 11, 2014
New research examines regulations to cut carbon emissions and finds benefits to cap and trade system.
Evan Lehman
E&E reporter
It turns out that cap and trade might not be so bad after all.
New research shows that reducing carbon emissions through regulations like the administration's recent rules on power plants cuts less carbon at a higher price than the embattled climate policy Congress...
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MIT News | Jun 10, 2014
MIT researchers compare regulatory policies to a price on greenhouse gases and discover both the national and regional impacts.
News Release
Jun 05, 2014
How severely will climate change affect the U.S.? It depends on climate policy, says a new study by MIT researchers.
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Link to Article | May 27, 2014
MIT study finds that springtime ozone levels are good predictors of summertime temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere.
By Jennifer Chu
For the past two summers, Australians have sweated through record heat waves, with thermometers climbing as high as 118 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the country. In January, officials were forced to halt tennis matches during the Australian Open due to extreme heat — a decision...
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Link to Article | May 14, 2014
New analysis of cyclones shows migration away from tropics and toward the poles in recent decades.
by Peter Dizikes
Powerful, destructive tropical cyclones are now reaching their peak intensity farther from the equator and closer to the poles, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT scientist.
The results of the study, published today in the journal...
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Link to Article | May 08, 2014
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
David Chandler
MIT News Office
MIT has announced a major new campuswide initiative to promote transformative, cross-disciplinary research relating to the environment.
The initiative will be formally launched in the fall, and its founding director will be...