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MIT News | Sep 25, 2018
New insights into the role of water vapor may help researchers predict how the planet will respond to warming
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office September 24, 2018
Just as an oven gives off more heat to the surrounding kitchen as its internal temperature rises, the Earth sheds more heat into space as its surface warms up. Since the 1950s, scientists have observed a surprisingly straightforward,...
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MIT News | Sep 21, 2018
Real-word driving produces up to 16 times more emissions, causing 2,700 premature deaths across the EU, researchers estimate
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office September 21, 2018
In September 2015, the German automaker Volkswagen was found to have illegally cheated federal emissions tests in the United States, by intentionally programming emissions control devices to turn on only during laboratory testing. The...
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MIT News | Sep 06, 2018
To curb greenhouse gas emissions, nations, states, and cities should aim for a mix of fuel-saving, flexible, and highly reliable sources
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office September 6, 2018
In major legislation passed at the end of August, California committed to creating a 100 percent carbon-free electricity grid — once again leading other nations, states, and cities in setting aggressive policies for slashing...
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MIT News | Sep 04, 2018
Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions
Francesca McCaffrey | MIT Energy Initiative September 4, 2018
How can the world achieve the deep carbon emissions reductions that are necessary to slow or reverse the impacts of climate change? The authors of a new MIT study say that unless nuclear energy is meaningfully incorporated...
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MIT News | Aug 24, 2018
Selin will spearhead the master's program for students whose research addresses societal challenges at the intersection of technology and policy
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society August 24, 2018
Noelle Selin, an associate professor with a joint appointment in the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), has been appointed the...
Commentary
Huffington Post (Canada) | Aug 10, 2018
Joint Program study cited in Huffington Post (Canada) blog
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MIT News | Jul 31, 2018
One of the world’s most densely populated regions may push the boundaries of habitability by the end of this century, study finds
A region that holds one of the biggest concentrations of people on Earth could be pushing against the boundaries of habitability by the latter part of this century, a new study shows.
Commentary
Jul 30, 2018
MIT Joint Program faculty affiliate Richard Schmalensee presents roadmap for decarbonization and climate stabilization
To avoid the most serious and permanent damage from climate change, from catastrophic sea-level rise to devastating droughts, and do so at the least cost, the world will need to reduce net human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions to zero ASAP. Getting to net-zero emissions in a timely manner...
News Brief
Jul 25, 2018
Results from the latest version of MESM compare favorably with those produced by more computationally intensive models
The future of the Earth’s energy, water and land resources will depend, in part, on how the climate will change in coming decades. To generate meaningful projections of global climate change, one must take into account two major sources of uncertainty—first, in the level of external forcings to...
News Release
MIT News | Jul 24, 2018
MIT Joint Program researchers assess impact of Paris climate commitments on a national economy
On first glance, it could be a tall order for Turkey to fulfill its Paris Agreement pledge, which targets a reduction in the nation’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 21 percent in 2030 below business-as-usual levels. Fossil fuels comprise nearly all of Turkey’s energy mix, and low-carbon...