Climate News at MIT

An extensive study of U.S. cities identifies walkable neighborhoods, urban greenery, and access to amenities as key contributors to residents’ health.

Using modern tools, they also determined that carbon tetrachloride, used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing agent as early as the 1930s, was at the root of early ozone loss.

A new study suggests flexibility in the timing of electricity consumption could lower consumer costs.

A new model links Earth’s mass extinctions to mismatches between rates of environmental change and biological adaptation.

MIT researchers developed an approach for generating more buildable structures, bridging the gap between optimized design and real-world construction.

Fourth-year PhD candidate Perrin Davidson studies the carbon cycle to understand how the planet responds to global disturbances.