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Jan 25, 2018

Sarah Fletcher receives 2017 AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award

Paper advances adaptive urban water-supply planning approach

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Michigan Tech | Jan 23, 2018

The big picture of Great Lakes mercury pollution

MIT Joint Program-affiliated researchers Noelle Selin and Amanda Giang contribute to multidisciplinary study of regulatory impacts on Great Lakes mercury

News Brief

Jan 11, 2018

J-WAFS' inaugural seed grant projects come to a close

Joint Program projects advance water and food security

$Photo: Hydraulic fracturing is an industrial process in which a mixture of water, sand and chemicals is injected into a well at rates of up to 4000 gallons per minute, at pressures up to 10,000 psi. (Photo by Robert L. Kleinberg)$

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MIT News | Jan 11, 2018

Charting the future of oil and gas in a decarbonizing world

Analytical method could enable more accurate energy scenarios

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MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | Dec 21, 2017

Diatoms' capacity to store carbon in the deep ocean is underestimated

Study's co-authors, including MIT Joint Program-affiliated research scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz, argue that ecosystem models should account for the diversity of diatoms to better predict the fate of these micro-algae and their role in the biological carbon pump of tomorrow's ocean

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Dec 21, 2017

Water Resource Risks: Integrated Approaches to Support Actions

MIT Joint Program workshop highlights pathways toward sustainable water resources

News Brief

Dec 20, 2017

China announces launch of world's largest carbon market

Valerie Karplus contributes to special issue of Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy focused on China’s emerging national carbon emissions trading system