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Pictured here is the Hedwig Oldendorff vessel at the Port of Taicang, China, prior to the start of the emission monitoring voyage.

Study: Burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers is the best available option for bulk maritime shipping

Researchers analyzed the full lifecycle of several fuel options and found this approach has a comparable environmental impact, overall, to burning low-sulfur fuels.
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During a panel at the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, Lucia Tian (center), head of clean energy and decarbonization technologies at Google, discusses the challenges and opportunities that AI and rapid electrification bring to electricity demand.

Taking the “training wheels” off clean energy

At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels.
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Collaboration between MIT and GE Vernova aims to develop and scale sustainable energy systems

The MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance includes research, education, and career opportunities across the Institute.
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Meghan Blumstein studied red oak genotypes across New England, concentrating on trees that were within reach in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then collaborated with people doing research at the Harvard Forest, a research forest in rural central Massachusetts.

For plants, urban heat islands don’t mimic global warming

Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts.
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Representatives from across the MIT Maritime Consortium attended a signing ceremony at MIT. Left to right: Fotini Christia (MIT), Anantha Chandrakasan (MIT), Chara Papaefthymiou (Navios), Amulya Mohapatra (Foresight Group Services), Kwangpil Chang (HD KSOE), Chris Wiernicki (ABS), Miltiadis Marinakis (Capital), John Lycouris (Dorian LPG), Daniel Huttenlocher (MIT), and Themis Sapsis (MIT).

MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail

A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more.
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Captured by astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station (ISS), this long-exposure photograph showcases Earth's city lights, the upper atmosphere's airglow, and streaked stars. The bright flashes at the center are reflections of sunlight from SpaceX's Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit.

Study: Climate change will reduce the number of satellites that can safely orbit in space

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the atmosphere’s ability to burn up old space junk, MIT scientists report.
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