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May 22, 2018
Chien Wang one of six new U.S. scientists to join French climate research initiative
MIT Joint Program Senior Research Scientist Chien Wang is one of six U.S.-based scientists selected in May to participate in French President Emmanuel Macron's "Make our Planet Great Again" program, an initiative aimed at boosting the international science community’s efforts to combat climate...
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MIT News | May 11, 2018
Choices by consumers and farmers can help limit global warming, but climate change may also curtail those choices in the future
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office May 11, 2018
There is little doubt that the Earth’s rapidly changing climate will have a significant impact on agriculture around the world. Yields are likely to increase in some places and decrease in others, and regions may shift to entirely...
In The News
Science | May 11, 2018
MIT Joint Program faculty affiliate Noelle Selin authors a Policy Forum paper in the journal Science
The Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force in August 2017, committing its currently 92 parties to take action to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury. But how can we tell whether the convention is achieving its...
Around Campus
MIT News | May 04, 2018
International workshop proposes future directions for long-standing conflict
Stephanie M. McPherson | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering May 4, 2018
An international workshop at MIT proposed a new path toward resolving the seemingly intractable conflict over allocation of the Nile waters. In two days characterized by frankness, representatives from...
In The News
CNN | May 03, 2018
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...
Commentary
The Conversation | May 03, 2018
Study by Joint Program-affiliated researchers highlights need for mercury emissions-control policy
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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MIT News | May 03, 2018
Why reducing biomass burning is not enough
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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Global Changes: Spring 2018 | Apr 30, 2018
The biannual newsletter of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
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MIT News | Apr 26, 2018
Combining art and science to envision the global food system under climate change
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?