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Portland Press Herald | Aug 25, 2016
Kerry Emanuel of MIT suggests a new warning system and policies that account for increases in flooding, among other reforms.
“Most damage is done by Category 3 or higher hurricanes, and recent modeling by Emanuel and others strongly suggests that higher-category storms in the North Atlantic and elsewhere will become more frequent as the climate warms further. Factor in sea-level rise generating greater storm surges,...
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
ChinaFAQs | Aug 25, 2016
In late 2014, China’s climate pledge was a bold and unprecedented step, but an emissions peak sooner than 2030 looks well within reach. Now, the question is whether or not—and how—China can achieve further progress on climate change while advancing its own development goals.
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BBC World Service | Aug 15, 2016
In radio clip, Ed Butler explores these issues with MIT Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Elfatih Eltahir, a climatologist in the MIT Center for Global Change Science; and journalist and author...
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Washington Post | Aug 15, 2016
A new study indicates that solving the problem of wind and solar’s intermittency has thus far required the use of more fossil fuels, including the installation of several “fast-ramping”...
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Inside Climate News | Aug 12, 2016
Climate deniers often cite uncertainty in climate models and other scientific evidence. Researchers challenge this argument in a new essay published in Science, suggesting climate scientists should place more emphasis on the risks of inaction. Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly...
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Washington Post | Aug 03, 2016
Previous studies have suggested that when CO2 is stored underground, it may degrade layers of rock above it and leak back into the atmosphere. However, a new study indicates that such concerns may be exaggerated. Joint Program associate and carbon capture expert Howard Herzog comments...
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MIT News | Aug 02, 2016
John Fernández ’85, MIT professor and recently-named director of the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI): “I have always been most excited by creating an environment where there are no boundaries between disciplines.
John Fernández ’85 is not interested in overleaping boundaries so much as erasing them. The MIT professor, who was recently named director of the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI), started out as a...
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MIT News | Jul 26, 2016
Climate change is a global problem — but its solution relies on national, regional, and local policy actions.
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chinadialogue | Jul 25, 2016
Faster electricity market reform is needed to harness more wind and speed up a shift from coal, two experts tell chinadialogue
China has roughly one third of global installed wind energy capacity, while the US has 17%. Yet China uses less wind-powered electricity than the US. What is going wrong?
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MIT News | Jul 22, 2016
MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society research from the Technology and Policy Program highlights multidisciplinary approaches to data-driven policies