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Link to Article | Mar 30, 2015
MIT event to address communication challenges — and opportunities for MIT to help overcome them.
Jessica Fujimori | MIT News correspondent
On Tuesday, March 31, MIT students, faculty, staff, and administrators will gather for an interactive panel discussion about challenges in communication around climate change.
The event, titled “Getting Through on Global Warming: How to...
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Washington Post | Mar 19, 2015
The Washington Post speaks to MIT meteorologist Kerry Emanuel, who dissects the climate science behind a recent tropical cyclone.
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By Angela Fritz | The Washington Post
Late last week, one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record in the South Pacific made a direct hit on the island nation of Vanuatu, leaving more than 20 people dead and massive destruction in its wake.
Tropical Cyclone Pam’s sustained...
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MIT News | Mar 13, 2015
MIT Climate Change Conversation gets underway with brainstorming session on how to catalyze change.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
A gathering of MIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni took part Thursday in series of talks, polling questions, and brainstorming sessions aimed at spurring the whole MIT community to engage in the process of making the Institute a world leader, role...
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MIT News | Mar 10, 2015
Professor of civil and environmental engineering Dara Entekhabi, science team leader of NASA's SMAP satellite, marvels at the project's first snapshot of Earth.
by Kelsey Damrad | MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
As severe weather hazards continue to afflict parts of the country to historic extremes, Professor Dara Entekhabi of the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and a team of NASA scientists...
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MIT News | Mar 05, 2015
Instrument identifies methane’s origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide in its capacity to trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere for a long time. The gas can originate from lakes and swamps, natural-gas pipelines, deep-sea vents, and livestock. Understanding the sources...
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MIT News | Mar 03, 2015
Speakers at 10th annual MIT Energy Conference see progress, but great need for more research.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
At the conclusion of MIT’s 10th annual Energy Conference, panelist Cheryl Martin, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E research program, declared, “There is no more important issue than energy.â€
Urging students to work to...
Around Campus • China Energy & Climate Project
ClimateWire, via Scientific American | Mar 02, 2015
ClimateWire article: Plans to clean up China's air may increase emissions of carbon dioxide.
ClimateWire via Scientific American
China's efforts to improve...
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MIT News | Feb 17, 2015
New research from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reveals a hidden deep-ocean carbon cycle.
Cassie Martin | Oceans at MIT
Understanding how oceans absorb and cycle carbon is crucial to understanding its role in climate change. For approximately 50 years, scientists have known there exists a large pool of dissolved carbon in the deep ocean, but they didn’t know much about it —...
Commentary
USA Today | Feb 15, 2015
We can expect oil prices to remain low for the for the forseeable future, writes John Reilly in a column for USA Today.
John M. Reilly | Co-director, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Worldwide, people are learning to live with less gas, but that's a habit hard to keep.
The price of oil has fallen nearly 60% since peaking in June, and lately there's been a lot of...
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MIT Energy Initiative | Feb 11, 2015
As one of the ten panels open to the public at the upcoming MIT Energy Club Conference, MIT energy economist Christopher Knittel will explore the future of shale gas with fellow experts in the field.
Francesca McCaffrey | MIT Energy Initiative
Leaders from the energy industry, government, and the scientific community will gather to discuss the world’s most pressing energy challenges at the annual MIT Energy Club Conference, to be held February 27-28 on the MIT campus. Developed and...