Climate News at MIT

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.

A new impact report shows how the MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellowship has brought community-centered climate coverage to nearly 3 million readers and listeners.

The MIT professor’s groundbreaking work on atmospheric chemistry helped lay steps towards recovery of the ozone layer and demonstrated the lasting impacts of carbon emissions on Earth’s climate.