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MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium Announces Recipients of Inaugural MCSC Seed Awards

Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.

As Climate Shifts, Species Will Need to Relocate, and People May Have to Help Them

A new survey summarizes scientific recommendations for conservationists and land managers tasked with managing biodiversity in a changing climate

With the Theory of Securitisation, It Is Possible to Investigate Security Threats from Wars to Climate Change

Professor Ole Wæver has explored what happens when we turn traditionally non-military issues into security threats.

COVID Lockdowns Increased Burning in Globally-Important Protected Areas

During the early months of the pandemic, when on-site management activities were on hold due to lockdowns, fires inside protected areas in Madagascar increased very dramatically by 76-248 %, compared to levels expected from patterns in previous years.

Are New Carbon Sinks Appearing in the Arctic?

Global warming can result in the spread of peatland vegetation in the Arctic. An international research group has discovered signs of ‘proto-peat’, which may be the beginning of new peatlands.

Plastic-eating Enzyme Could Eliminate Billions of Tons of Landfill Waste

An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down environment-throttling plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.

Regenerative Agriculture the Only Possible Way Forward, European Researchers Agree

The forms of agriculture used today have negative impacts on the environment on a global scale.

Climate-Aligned Financial Flows

Working group III of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change yesterday presented their latest report at a media conference in Bern.

Researchers Think Soot Can Help with the Energy Transition

Turning environmental pollutants into renewable solar energy while reducing carbon emissions may seem like something plucked out of a science-fiction film

How Can We Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Global Computing?

Workshop hosted by MIT’s Climate and Sustainability Consortium, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing highlights how new approaches to computing can save energy and help the planet.

Annual Earth Day Event Clears Trash Out of Rio Salado Riverbed

Over 100 volunteers spend their Earth Day cleaning a section of the Salt River as part of the Rio Reimagined Initiative

10 Questions All Funders Should Ask Before Supporting Tree-Planting Campaigns

In recent years, as the impacts of climate change have become more pronounced, tree-planting has frequently been touted as a “natural climate solution” to capture and store planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions while also conserving biodiversity and improving quality of life for people.

Former US Vice President Al Gore Speaks Virtually at Asu as Part of Democracy and Climate Change Conference During Earth Week

Former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday night that the “media ecosystem,” fossil fuel companies and their backers, and the hyperpartisan nature of today’s political scene are responsible for the “existential threat” of climate change.

UW–Madison’s Ultra-Efficient Carbon Capture Tech Earns Top 60 Spot in Global XPRIZE Challenge

For a planet increasingly ravaged by the effects of climate change, removing carbon from the atmosphere could be part of a desperately needed turn in the right direction.

Alumni Address Pressing Environmental Challenges

In April 2022, a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, commissioned by the U.N., contained yet another stark warning about climate change.

Ice shards in Antarctic clouds let more solar energy reach Earth’s surface

Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate.

Strengthening Students’ Knowledge and Experience in Climate and Sustainability

Through the year-long MCSC Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program, students have the opportunity to lead research projects.