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![MIT Climate Primer update now released (Source: MIT) Updated MIT Climate Primer](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/20101114_DominickReuter_MIT_0135%20copy%202_0_0.jpg?itok=w428Qqpj)
New version incorporates last four years of climate knowledge (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)
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MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Angelo Gurgel shares his expertise as a guest on the Anti-Dread Climate Podcast (NPR/KCRW)
![Photo: Grace Lin with her award-winning research poster at the Regeneron Westchester Science & Engineering Fair (Source: WESEF) High school student Grace Lin with her award-winning research poster](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/WESEF2024Behavior-102_WEB.jpg?itok=13y4EOdj)
According to a recent study in the journal Environmental Challenges, New England natural lands provide $88 billion per year in recreation-use value to U.S. citizens who partake in wildlife-related activities. Considering that the estimated cumulative federal and state contributions to land...
![A new measure of rising temperatures, called “outdoor days,” describes the number of days per year that outdoor temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for people to go about normal outdoor activities, whether work or leisure, in reasonable comfort. Credit: iStock MIT Outdoor Days](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT_Outdoor-Days-01_0.jpg?itok=_Y_vEjjP)
This measure, developed by MIT researchers, reflects direct effects on people’s quality of life — and reveals significant global disparities (MIT News)
For most people, reading about the difference between a global average temperature rise of 1.5 C versus 2 C doesn’t conjure up a clear image of how their daily lives will actually be affected. So, researchers at MIT have come up with a different way of measuring and describing what global...
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