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IBT | Jul 28, 2014
Climate change could pose an even greater threat to global food production than previously thought, according to new research. Rising temperatures will not only damage heat-sensitive crops – they’ll also increase toxic air pollution, which will harm crops even further.
Maria Gallucci
International Business Times
Climate change could pose an even greater threat to global food production than previously thought, according to new research....
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Link to Article | Jul 28, 2014
Thomson Reuters || Controlling air pollution could help curb projected declines in global food supplies, a new study says, suggesting policymakers should consider both climate change and ozone pollution in efforts to ensure the world has enough food.
Megan Rowling
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Controlling air pollution could help curb projected declines in global food supplies, a new study says, suggesting policymakers should consider both climate change and ozone pollution in efforts to ensure the world has enough food.
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Huffington Post | Jul 27, 2014
Huffington Post || Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study.
Katherine Boehrer
Huffington Post
Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study...
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Link to Article | Jul 27, 2014
Ozone and higher temperatures can combine to reduce crop yields, but effects will vary by region.
By David L. Chandler
Many studies have shown the potential for global climate change to cut food supplies. But these studies have, for the most part, ignored the interactions between increasing temperature and air pollution — specifically ozone pollution, which is known to damage crops....
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Link to Article | Jun 11, 2014
New research examines regulations to cut carbon emissions and finds benefits to cap and trade system.
Evan Lehman
E&E reporter
It turns out that cap and trade might not be so bad after all.
New research shows that reducing carbon emissions through regulations like the administration's recent rules on power plants cuts less carbon at a higher price than the embattled...
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MIT News | Jun 10, 2014
MIT researchers compare regulatory policies to a price on greenhouse gases and discover both the national and regional impacts.
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Link to Article | May 27, 2014
MIT study finds that springtime ozone levels are good predictors of summertime temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere.
By Jennifer Chu
For the past two summers, Australians have sweated through record heat waves, with thermometers climbing as high as 118 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the country. In January, officials were forced to halt tennis matches during the Australian Open due to extreme heat — a...
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Link to Article | May 14, 2014
New analysis of cyclones shows migration away from tropics and toward the poles in recent decades.
by Peter Dizikes
Powerful, destructive tropical cyclones are now reaching their peak intensity farther from the equator and closer to the poles, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT scientist.
The results of the study, published today in the journal...
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Link to Article | May 08, 2014
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
David Chandler
MIT News Office
MIT has announced a major new campuswide initiative to promote transformative, cross-disciplinary research relating to the environment.
The initiative will be formally launched in the fall, and its founding director will be...
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AP | May 07, 2014
Henry D. Jacoby, codirector emeritus of the Joint Program and coauthor of the National Climate Assessment comments on the report.
Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report. And those shining seas? Rising and costly, the report says.
Climate change's assorted harms "are expected to become increasingly disruptive...