Noman Bashir, a fellow with the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium and a postdoc at CSAIL, speaks with Wired reporter Molly Taft about AI and energy consumption. Bashir explains that how quickly a model answers a question has a big impact on its …
When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that dotted the planet’s icy surface. In a study appearing today in Nature Communications, the researchers report that 635 million to 720 …
In 2023, about 4.4 percent (176 terawatt-hours) of total energy consumption in the United States was by data centers that are essential for processing large quantities of information. Of that 176 TWh, approximately 100 TWh (57 percent) was used by CPU and …
In this episode of the FarmHouse, a podcast by Lancaster Farming, MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Carolyn Beans speaks about her recent series of articles on climate-smart dairy. By Candice Wierzbowski and Stephanie Speicher This week on …
This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Karina Atkins was originally published in the Chicago Tribune, where it appears with additional photos and resources. It is the fourth in a series of articles about Illinois' agricultural …
In 2021, Hilal Mohammadzai was set to begin his senior year at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), where he was working toward a bachelor’s degree in computer science. However, that August, the Taliban seized control of the Afghani government, …
MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI), a pioneering cross-disciplinary body that helped give a major boost to sustainability and solutions to climate change at MIT, will close as a separate entity at the end of June. But that’s far from the end …
This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Karina Atkins was originally published in the Chicago Tribune, where it appears with additional photos and resources. It is the third in a series of articles about Illinois' agricultural …
The long-term aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change is to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, and thereby reduce the frequency and severity of floods, droughts, wildfires, and other extreme weather …
LHF: Hello, this is Laur Hesse Fisher, and you’re listening to Today I Learned: Climate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Here’s something that people ask us a lot: Are we worried about the materials that go into solar panels and batteries? …
By Pamela Ferdinand In a complex age, the challenges faced by our planet require innovative research and informed decision-making that account for impacts on humans as well as on the environment—whether it’s pressure on land and water for food production, …
How a holistic strategy can minimize risks and disruptions By Mark Dwortzan | MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy Global climate change and the ongoing transition to clean energy sources are delivering a one-two-punch to transportation …
MIT has an unparalleled history of bringing together interdisciplinary teams to solve pressing problems — think of the development of radar during World War II, or leading the international coalition that cracked the code of the human genome — but the …
As the frequency and severity of extreme weather events grow, it may become increasingly necessary to employ a bolder approach to climate change, warned Emily A. Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment at Princeton …
Fusion energy has the potential to enable the energy transition from fossil fuels, enhance domestic energy security, and power artificial intelligence. Private companies have already invested more than $8 billion to develop commercial fusion and seize the …
This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Karina Atkins was originally published in the Chicago Tribune, where it appears with additional photos and resources. It is the second in a series of articles about Illinois' agricultural …
Kara Miller: I’m Kara Miller. Rob Stoner: And I’m Rob Stoner. KM: And from the MIT Energy Initiative, this is What if it works?—a podcast looking at the energy solutions for climate change. Today we talk to a serial entrepreneur who insists sustainable …
New modeling framework projects how pressures on the global food system could impact cropland, pastureland and forests By Mark Dwortzan | MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy The most recent land-use inventory of the United States shows that …
“Close your eyes and imagine we are on the same team. Same arena. Same jersey. And the game is on the line,” Jaylen Brown, the 2024 NBA Finals MVP for the Boston Celtics, said to a packed room of about 200 people at the recent Day of Climate event at the …
David L. Chandler The accumulation of microplastics in the environment, and within our bodies, is an increasingly worrisome issue. But predicting where these ubiquitous particles will accumulate, and therefore where remediation efforts should be focused, …
