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![MIT scientists have found that an interplay between atmospheric winds and the ocean waters south of India has a major influence over the strength and timing of the South Asian monsoon. (Source: MIT) MIT-Monsoon-Ocean_0_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Monsoon-Ocean_0_WEB.jpg?itok=4T6ZvDmf)
Results may help researchers interpret ancient monsoon variations, predict future activity in the face of climate change
Each summer, a climatic shift brings persistent wind and rain to much of Southeast Asia, in the form of a seasonal monsoon. The general cause of the monsoon is understood to be an increasing temperature difference between the warming land and the comparatively cool ocean. But for the most part,...
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TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) podcast demystifies the science, technology, and policy surrounding climate change in 10-minute bites
Environmental Solutions Initiative May 2, 2019
Climate change is confusing.
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Inaugural event for MIT’s climate action groups showcases ways the Institute is reaching outside its walls to make new contributions on climate change
Aaron Krol | Environmental Solutions Initiative May 1, 2019
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Successful global efforts to substantially limit greenhouse gas emissions would likely boost GDP growth of poorer countries over the next 30 years, according to new research published in Climatic Change.
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MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly explains why solar panels reduce more emissions than trees (WGBH)
Environmentalists usually love solar panels. But are they quite as lovable if you cut down a tree to put one up?
That's what's been happening in Massachusetts. The state Department of Energy Resources estimates that approximately 2,500 acres of trees — equal to the size of 50 Boston...
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Six campus events to focus on the urgent challenges of climate change and climate action
MIT News Office April 22, 2019
The following letter was sent to the MIT community on April 23 by President L. Rafael Reif
To the members of the MIT community,
Starting next fall and ending on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – a year from today – MIT will hold a series of...
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In Kenya’s second largest city, Mombasa, the demand for water is expected to double by 2035 to an estimated 300,000 cubic meters per day. In Mombasa’s current warm and humid climate, that water comes from a substantial volume of precipitation that may also change significantly as the region...
![Photo: Farmland southwest of Luís Eduardo Magalhães, a town in the western coastal state of Bahia that has become a hub for agribusiness in Brazil. The study projects that emissions reductions from the agriculture sector will help the country meet its Paris climate pledge for 2030, but other sectors will play a significant role after that. Source: NASA Earth Observatory brazil_ali_2015186_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/brazil_ali_2015186_WEB.jpg?itok=gDKXKFkE)
As the largest economy in Latin America and the seventh largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions—primarily from agriculture (32%), land-use change and deforestation (28%) and fossil fuel consumption (27.7%)—Brazil plays a key role in global climate negotiations.
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Growing demands on natural resources underscore need for risk assessment and response
![The economist Lord Nicholas Stern delivers the MIT Undergraduate Economics Association’s annual lecture, on climate economics, at MIT on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Image: Chelsea Turner) MIT-Climate-Growth_0_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Climate-Growth_0_WEB.jpg?itok=ca6SBGHz)
In MIT talk, Lord Nicholas Stern calls the next 20 years “absolutely defining” for society
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office April 11, 2019
Prominent economist and policymaker Lord Nicholas Stern delivered a strong warning about the dangers of climate change in a talk at MIT on Tuesday, calling the near future “defining” and urging a rapid overhaul of the economy to reach net...