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MIT Climate Portal | Jan 10, 2024
To know if bioenergy is truly a low-carbon resource, we must count emissions from growing, transporting, and processing the associated crops, check whether those crops were replanted, and add in any emissions from creating farmland to grow more of them. (MIT Climate Portal)
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MIT Climate Portal | Dec 21, 2023
Temperatures will likely stop rising in a few years or decades—but it could take centuries for them to fall to the levels humans enjoyed before we started burning fossil fuels (MIT Climate Portal)
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The Hill | Dec 03, 2023
Co-authors say map presented in the Mandate is of 'a road to ruin' (The Hill)
Commentary
The Hill | Nov 28, 2023
A call for a concerted scientific effort to understand the risks posed by exceeding them (The Hill)
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Deutsche Welle (DW) | Nov 25, 2023
Held up as the temperature limit that should not be crossed, 1.5 degrees Celsius is more than just a number. So what's behind it, and what happens if it is exceeded? (DW)
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School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Nov 20, 2023
A recent forum was the first in a series planned at MIT this year, part of an initiative meant to encourage the open exchange of ideas (MIT SHASS)
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Progressive | Nov 06, 2023
We spoke to leading experts across the country to examine the pros — and potential cons — of the coming EV revolution (Progressive)
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MIT Office of the Vice President for Research | Nov 03, 2023
Inaugural Fast Forward Faculty Fund grants aim to spur new work on climate change and deepen collaboration at MIT (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research)
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MIT Energy Inititiative | Nov 03, 2023
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions (MIT Energy Initiative)
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MIT News | Nov 01, 2023
An expert on the environmental impacts of aviation, Barrett succeeds Daniel Hastings as department head (MIT News)