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Learn how MIT researchers account for different sources of uncertainty in climate modeling, and what they're doing to reduce it. 

Audrey Resutek and Erwan Monier MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeWorld Meteorological Organization Bulletin, October 17, 2014 The US National Climate...
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Link to Article | Oct 20, 2014

New committee aims to catalyze community discussion on how MIT can help address climate change.

MIT News Office On Sept. 19, Maria T. Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research, announced the membership of a community committee to plan and implement the MIT Climate Change Conversation. As Zuber noted, “The Committee should seek broad input from the Institute community on how the US and the...
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Link to Article | Oct 10, 2014

Geologist and 2014 Crafoord Prize-winner will deliver the 4th annual John Carlson Lecture."

Helen Hill (EAPS) MIT News October 10, 2014 Peter Hale Molnar, professor of geological sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences in Boulder, Colo., presents the...
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Link to Article | Oct 02, 2014

John Reily, codirector of the MIT Joint Program, talks with Climate Central about the 2014 Climate and Energy Outlook's findings on global water stress.

Bobby Magill Climate Central Water stress — the general scarcity of freshwater for people who need it — is considered by many scientists as one of the biggest challenges facing humanity and struggling ecosystems in a world increasingly affected by climate change. Studies differ on how much the...
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BusinessGreen.com | Oct 01, 2014

BusinessGreen -- Latest Energy and Climate Outlook predicts world on track for temperature increases of 3.3C to 5.6C this century, presenting huge challenge to global economy

by BusinessGreen staff MIT has added its voice to the cacophony of scientific institutions presenting warnings on the true scale of projected climate impacts, with the publication of a new report arguing we are currently on track to far exceed the 2C temperature goal set by the international...
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Sep 26, 2014

The 2014 Energy and Climate Outlook explores changes in global energy, climate, land and water systems, with an eye toward the outcome of the 2015 UN climate talks in Paris.

Sep 24, 2014

John Reilly at Polytechnique Montréal. Can renewables become the dominant source of electricity in Canada and the USA?

Commentary
An article published this week on the University of Nottingham Climate Policy Institute Blog: "China: Local incentives drive action on global climate change". You can find the full article by following the link below:...
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Link to Article | Aug 29, 2014
MIT's Prof. Noelle Selin appeared on CBC's The Exchange with Amanda Lang to discuss the findings of a study recently published in Nature Climate Change. Watch the interview below. 
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MIT News | Aug 27, 2014
Study finds big snowstorms will still occur in the Northern Hemisphere following global warming.

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