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MIT News | Feb 10, 2017
New toolset evaluates economic impacts of ozone reduction policies for nine income groups
One of the two top air pollutants in the U.S., ground-level ozone is harmful not only to your health but also to your bank balance. Long-term exposure to high concentrations of ozone can lead to respiratory and lung disease such as asthma, conditions that drive up medical expenses and sometimes...
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MIT News | Feb 09, 2017
MIT professor of philosophy Kieran Setiya explores how individuals and societies can think about and act on climate change
Science and technology are essential tools for innovation, and to reap their full potential, we also need to articulate and solve the many aspects of today’s global issues that are rooted in the political, cultural, and economic realities of the human world. With that mission in mind, MIT's...
News Release
Feb 07, 2017
Emulators provide reliable, more computationally efficient alternative to globally gridded crop models
To estimate the long-term impact of climate change on crop yields, scientists usually use one of two methods. The first, process-based crop models, simulate the combined mechanistic effects of weather, soil conditions, pest damage and other factors on crop growth and yields. The second,...
Feb 01, 2017
How our society deals with not knowing, and what we can do to prepare for climate change
Feb 01, 2017
How do we tackle climate change? In the climate policy arena, it is common to hear that one of the foremost solutions to the problem is to put a price on carbon. This idea has been advanced by economists, frequently endorsed by climate scientists, and supported by businesses, including (...
Jan 31, 2017
How do global climate negotiations work?
Jan 31, 2017
How do global climate negotiations work?
Jan 31, 2017
How does the global climate system respond to forcings? How can models detect changes and attribute them to human activity?
Jan 30, 2017
History of climate science and broad overview of climate system physics.