Desirée Plata appointed associate dean of engineering Faculty member in civil and environmental engineering will advance research and entrepreneurial initiatives across the School of Engineering. April 8, 2026
Martin Fellow Lunch Presentation Series A few weeks ago, we hosted the second of three lunches that featured the research of the 2025-2026 Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability. April 3, 2026
Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton With warmer ocean temperatures, the composition of marine plankton could shift from protein-rich to carb-heavy, a new study suggests. March 31, 2026
Why rooftop solar in Mass. is flawed, and how to fix it Prof. Christopher Knittel and Fischer J. Espiritu Argosino explain how rooftop solar turns a climate solution into a burden for residents without solar, raising their electric bills. March 26, 2026
A complicated future for a methane-cleansing molecule A new model shows how levels of the “atmosphere’s detergent” may rise and fall in response to climate change. March 24, 2026
3 Questions: Communicating about climate, in audio and beyond Madison Goldberg, the new host of the Ask MIT Climate podcast, talks about her career as a science communicator as well as ideas she thinks it’s important for climate communicators to convey. March 23, 2026
