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News Release
University of Bristol | Apr 18, 2017
New study in PNAS co-authored by MIT Joint Program Co-Director Ronald Prinn pinpoints possible cause of a sudden, unexpected global rise in atmospheric methane in 2007
Press release issued: 17 April 2017
Since 2007, scientists have been searching to find the cause of a sudden and unexpected global rise in atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, following almost a decade in which concentrations had...
News Brief • China Energy & Climate Project
Apr 14, 2017
Joint Program/MIT Energy Initiative researchers co-author two chapters in new UNU-WIDER book
Two researchers with the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and MIT Energy Initiative—Sloan School of Management Assistant Professor Valerie Karplus and Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS) graduate student Michael Davidson—have co-authored chapters in the...
News Release
Apr 14, 2017
MIT Joint Program to support study through global economic and policy modeling
As detailed in a new MIT News article, the MIT Energy initiative’s (MITEI) “Mobility of the Future” study aims to determine how developments in technology, fuel, infrastructure, policy and consumer preference will impact the transportation sector.
News Release
MIT News | Apr 13, 2017
Why it’s prudent to invest in carbon-free electricity now
With a single executive order issued at the end of March, the Trump administration launched a robust effort to roll back Obama-era climate policies designed to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Chief among those policies is the Clean Power Plan, which targets coal and natural gas-fired...
Around Campus
MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | Apr 12, 2017
MIT News
April 12, 2017
EAPS congratulates Kerry A. Emanuel, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Co-Director of the Lorenz Center, on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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In The News
Environmental Science & Technology | Apr 07, 2017
Environmental Science & Technology's 2016 Best Policy Paper co-authored by Joint Program researchers
Study showed long-lasting health, economic impacts of lead emissions from U.S. general aviation flights
In The News
AAAS | Apr 05, 2017
MIT Joint Program researcher helps bring scientific evidence into public decision-making
Early in her career, Noelle Selin realized the need to be involved in both science and policy. As an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Selin studies toxic air pollutants and how these emissions affect humans and the environment. In the policy arena, she is a...
Apr 01, 2017
Emulators provide a reliable, more computationally efficient alternative to globally gridded crop models, and can advance integrated assessment research addressing land-use change.
In The News
New Yorker | Mar 30, 2017
The President’s latest executive order would scrap regulations critical to addressing climate change. But would it also, as he promises, put miners “back to work”? John Reilly and Noelle Selin comment on the latest developments.
News Release
Mar 28, 2017
Study projects vast regional differences in forest productivity, migration and wildfire impacts
Accounting for nearly one-third of the global land surface, forests help regulate the climate and protect watersheds while providing consumer products and outdoor experiences that enhance the quality of life. Climate change will inevitably influence forests’ ability to deliver these services,...