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The preeminent conference for the advancement of Earth and space sciences, the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting draws more than 25,000 attendees from over 100 countries each year to share research findings and identify innovative solutions to complex problems. Organized around the...

Report cites MIT Joint Program study projecting significant water-supply risks by 2050 (Earth.org)
Both the failing water infrastructure and the ever-increasing population have exacerbated the water crisis in South Africa, forcing its residents to adopt strict habits. Official mandates regarding significant reductions in water usage have led to overcrowded communal water taps, dangerous bore-...

Swirling waters replenish nutrients in open ocean, a new study finds, and could mitigate some climate change effects (MIT News)
Subtropical gyres are enormous rotating ocean currents that generate sustained circulations in the Earth’s subtropical regions just to the north and south of the equator. These gyres are slow-moving whirlpools that circulate within massive basins around the world, gathering up nutrients,...

To achieve a stable climate will require rapid, dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities. This can be done by transitioning energy generation from fossil fuels to clean energy sources, and by removing those gases—primarily carbon dioxide (CO2)— from the...

An MIT Joint Program study published in Energy Economics in 2022 shows how U.S. climate policies can be designed to cut carbon emissions without inflicting economic harm on low-income households and the nation as a whole. This new video was produced by the Basque Center for Climate Change.
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An MIT Joint Program study published in Energy Economics in 2022 shows how U.S. climate policies can be designed to cut carbon emissions without inflicting economic harm on low-income households and the nation as a whole. This new video was produced by the Basque Center for Climate Change.
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Deeply respected advisor, educator, and mentor was a founding member of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and committed to helping others rise out of poverty (MIT Economics)
Richard “Dick” Eckaus, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, emeritus, in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Economics, died on September 11, 2022, in Boston. He was 96 years old.
Eckaus was born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 30, 1926, the...

New position paper calls for getting stakeholders involved in wind power projects from the start
Wind power accounted for 8 percent of U.S. electricity consumption in 2020, and is growing rapidly in the country’s energy portfolio. But some projects, like the now-defunct Cape Wind proposal for offshore power in Massachusetts, have run aground due to local opposition. Are there ways to avoid...