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A glacier flows into a fjord in the southwest coast of Greenland.

Microscopic defects in ice influence how massive glaciers flow, study shows

The findings should help scientists refine predictions of future sea-level rise.
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Maja Hoffmann (left), founder and president of the LUMA Foundation, and Hashim Sarkis, dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, at LUMA Arles in the Parc des Ateliers in France. This 27-acre interdisciplinary campus is an experimental site of exhibitions, artists’ residencies, research laboratories, and educational programs that includes The Tower, a multipurpose space designed by Frank Gehry, seen here amid 19th-century factory buildings.

New MIT-LUMA Lab created to address climate challenges in the Mediterranean region

Collaborative scholarship and research will draw on conservation, design, and technology.
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World Resource Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta stressed that systemic change is needed to bring carbon emissions in line with long-term climate goals. "It’s not one thing that needs to change,” he said. “The whole system needs to change.”

Getting to systemic sustainability

At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium, World Resource Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta says systemic changes in a handful of countries will be critical to meeting global emissions goals.
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Kate Brown is the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in History of Science in the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society.

Q&A: The power of tiny gardens and their role in addressing climate change

Kate Brown, MIT professor of history, discusses how ordinary people taking action in their communities can offer hope for the future.
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An urban studies and planning major with minors in anthropology and biology, Cindy Xie is also earning her master’s degree in city planning in a dual degree program.

Convening for cultural change

At MIT and internationally, senior Cindy Xie works to bring people together for the health of humanity and the planet.
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MIT spinout Boston Metal is commercializing a new method for making steel and other metals that could clean up the highly polluting industry. “All of the fundamental studies and the initial technologies came out of MIT,” Guillaume Lambotte says.

Making steel with electricity

MIT spinout Boston Metal is commercializing a new method for making steel and other metals, to help clean up the emissions-intensive industry.
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