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New version incorporates last four years of climate knowledge (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)
MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Angelo Gurgel shares his expertise as a guest on the Anti-Dread Climate Podcast (NPR/KCRW)
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...
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...
At the most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai last December, negotiators from nearly 200 countries and regions remained committed to the Paris Agreement’s long-term goal of keeping global warming below 1.5°C.