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Jan 24, 2017
Study assesses impact of fire aerosols on visibility and air quality in Southeast Asia
The skies above Southeast Asia are often dimmed by a persistent haze, due largely to high concentrations of aerosols emitted from fires set intentionally to clear forests for oil palm plantations, burn agricultural waste or serve some other human need. The forest-clearing fires are of particular...
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E&E News: ClimateWire | Jan 23, 2017
MIT Joint Program Principal Research Scientist Erwan Monier comments
Shifting climate patterns in North America could hit U.S. crop production hard, possibly even halving the production of corn by the end of the century, a new study finds.
Scientists believe that the spike in average temperatures that is widely predicted by climate models for North America...
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MIT News | Jan 19, 2017
New website showcases the MIT Joint Program’s expanded research portfolio
Mapping out a low-carbon future
Water scarcity, air pollution and climate change
Projecting the impacts of land-use change
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Popular Science | Jan 18, 2017
Popular Science: MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly comments on NASA/NOAA announcement
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MIT News | Jan 17, 2017
First year of data from SMAP satellite provides new insights for weather, agriculture, and climate
The top 2 inches of topsoil on all of Earth’s landmasses contains an infinitesimal fraction of the planet’s water — less than one-thousandth of a percent. Yet because of its position at the interface between the land and the atmosphere, that tiny amount plays a crucial role in everything from...
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MIT News | Jan 10, 2017
At MIT, U.S. Secretary of State highlights peril of climate change, economic promise of clean energy
Voicing both concern and confidence, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in an address at MIT on Monday that the effort to limit climate change was a dire “race against time,” but one that could be successful due to the economic promise of renewable energy.
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J-WAFS | Jan 10, 2017
How Models Can Help Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change Uncertainties
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MIT News | Jan 09, 2017
Through warming effects, methane and other gases impact rising seas long after leaving the atmosphere
Even if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for centuries afterward, according to a new study by researchers at MIT and Simon Fraser University.
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MIT News | Jan 03, 2017
Energy scenarios provide useful decision-support tool for policymakers and investors
Fulfilling the promise of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change—most notably the goal of limiting the rise in mean global surface temperature since preindustrial times to two degrees Celsius—will require a dramatic transition away from fossil fuels and toward low-carbon energy sources.
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MIT News | Jan 03, 2017
New technique predicts frequency of heavy precipitation with global warming