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MIT School of Science | Jan 09, 2022
Arlene Fiore uses satellite data paired with ground observations to refine our understanding of ozone smog and interactions with meteorology and climate
Climate change and air pollution are interlocking crises that threaten human health. Reducing emissions of some air pollutants can help achieve climate goals, and some climate mitigation efforts can in turn improve air quality.
One part of MIT Professor Arlene Fiore’s research program is...
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Yale Climate Connections | Jan 05, 2022
The 1.5 degrees goal can be a ‘useful spur to action,’ but it’s not a make or break point. Importantly, each 0.1-degree increase avoided is ’cause for celebration and hope.’ (Yale Climate Connections)
“Keep 1.5 alive” emerged as the haunting refrain of the recent United Nations climate conference in Glasgow. Although a well-intentioned rallying cry, it raises important questions about how the chant is to be interpreted. Unfortunately, 1.5° centigrade is often presented as an immutable crisis...
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MIT News | Jan 04, 2022
New findings may help researchers hone predictions for where phytoplankton will migrate with climate change
Prochlorococcus are the smallest and most abundant photosynthesizing organisms on the planet. A single Prochlorococcus cell is dwarfed by a human red blood cell, yet globally the microbes number in the octillions and are responsible for a large fraction of the world’s oxygen production as they...
Jan 04, 2022
In this video, high school student Jada Abdalati explores how a carbon tax could help accelerate a transition to a low-carbon future that better positions the world to meet long-term climate change goals. Guest experts include MIT Joint Program Co-Director Emeritus John Reilly. The video won...
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MIT News | Jan 03, 2022
Optimizing U.S. climate policy design for a just energy transition
In November inflation hit a 39-year high in the United States. The consumer price index was up 6.8 percent from the previous year, due to major increases in the cost of rent, food, motor vehicles, gasoline and other common household expenses. While inflation impacts the entire country, its...
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MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | Dec 17, 2021
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Dec 15, 2021
Analysis led by MIT Joint Program Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser identifies the scope and severity of storm and flood risks to key U.S. petrochemical industry facilities in Texas and Louisiana (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
Gathering storm
THE INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CATASTROPHE LOOMING OVER AMERICA’S GULF COAST
The Houston Ship Channel winds through the city's colossal industrial landscape of tanks filled with chemicals. (Glasshouse Images)
A Bulletin investigation by Tristan Baurick
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News Release
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative | Dec 14, 2021
The parts of the planet being measured are our land and ocean surfaces: what we call global average surface temperatures. (Featuring guest expert C. Adam Schlosser, deputy director of the MIT Joint Program) (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)
When scientists say the Earth has warmed by 1° Celsius, which parts of the planet are being measured?
The parts of the planet being measured are our land and ocean surfaces: what we call global average surface temperatures.
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MIT News | Dec 09, 2021
New results show North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in frequency over the last 150 years (Coverage: Washington Post, Reuters)
When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical records dating back to the 1850s, hurricanes in the North Atlantic have become more frequent over the last 150 years.
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University of Rhode Island | Nov 18, 2021
Findings in study co-authored by Joint Program Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz could improve accuracy of climate change projections (Univ. of Rhode Island)
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