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MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed and how wind turbines are controlled.

MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the design and operation of wind farms

The first comprehensive model of rotor aerodynamics could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed and how wind turbines are controlled.
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“Photography was a door into science journalism,” Graduate Program in Science Writing student Sophie Hartley notes. “It lets you capture the raw beauty of a moment and return to it later.”

Creating connection with science communication

Sophie Hartley wants to help people learn about the importance of natural resources and land management through science writing.
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As part of a MITEI-sponsored field trip to the Netherlands to experience the country’s approach to sustainable energy, MIT students received a tour of EnTranCe, a facility dedicated to researching hydrogen usage within the energy grid, at Hanze University in Groningen.

Going Dutch on climate

MIT students get first-hand view of climate-proofing the Netherlands.
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“There’s an old adage: Unless you measure something, you can’t change it,” says Context Labs founder Dan Harple.

Tracking emissions to help companies reduce their environmental footprint

Context Labs, led by Dan Harple SM ’13, uses AI-enabled data analytics and verification to help companies measure their true greenhouse emissions and document reductions.
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“As critical challenges such as climate, health, energy, and food security increasingly affect people’s lives around the world, decision-makers need a better understanding of the earth in its full complexity — and that includes people, technologies, and institutions as well as environmental processes,” says Professor Noelle Selin.

MIT School of Science launches Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

New center taps Institute-wide expertise to improve understanding of, and responses to, sustainability challenges.
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In a paper appearing in the journal “Environmental Science and Technology,” MIT scientists report that they detected a clear signal of human influence on upper tropospheric ozone trends in a 17-year satellite record starting in 2005.

Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone

Knowing where to look for this signal will help researchers identify specific sources of the potent greenhouse gas.
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