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Student Spotlight
Jun 01, 2015
MIT graduate student David Ramberg studies the link between new technology and fuel prices.
Student Spotlight
Jun 01, 2015
MIT graduate student Claudia Octaviano studies how energy storage technologies could transform the economics of renewable energy.
In The News
Road to Paris | May 18, 2015
When it comes to pricing CO2
By Daniel A. Gross
Most economists agree that if we want to efficiently reduce CO2 emissions, we’ll need to put a price on carbon. But a nagging question remains. How are we supposed to figure out a price for an invisible, amorphous gas that underpins the economy and transforms the climate?
It’s...
May 11, 2015
For the 2015 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture, MIT welcomes Professor Mario J. Molina, co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and former Institute Professor.
Around Campus
MIT News | May 05, 2015
Report highlights enormous potential and discusses pathways toward affordable solar energy.
Apr 22, 2015
What’s the science behind climate change, and how can we combat a warming climate? Those are complex questions that MIT faculty are actively pursuing. In this podcast, four MIT professors— Dan Cziczo, Kerry Emanuel, Christopher Knittel, and Andrew Whittle—will discuss their climate research on...
In The News
MIT News | Apr 22, 2015
Report from conference at MIT addresses potential effects of huge construction project.
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
According to present plans, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) — now under construction across the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia — will be the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa, and one of the 12 largest in the world. But controversy has surrounded the...
In The News
Oceans at MIT | Apr 20, 2015
Climate expert Jochem Marotzke tackles the discrepancy between climate models and real-world observations of global temperature at MIT's 15th Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture.
By Cassie Martin | Oceans at MIT
Earlier this year, weather and climate agencies around the world declared 2014 the warmest year on record, even though the increase in global mean temperature has slowed. This warming “hiatus” has puzzled climate scientists, as it deviates from climate models which...
News Brief
Apr 17, 2015
Discussion with MIT researchers focuses on issues in ongoing international climate negotiations.
3 Questions
MIT News | Apr 17, 2015
MIT graduate student studies how a new UN treaty could affect mercury emissions from coal power plants in Asia
The Minamata Convention on Mercury, adopted by the UN in 2013, aims to reduce global mercury pollution by setting limits on specific pollution sources and prohibiting new mercury mining. Certain aspects of the treaty are still under negotiation, for instance the convention gives nations the...