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Big Elm Solar in Bell County, Texas, a 200 MW renewable energy facility, is now operational.
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Consortium led by MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham spurs development of 408 MW of renewable energy

Projects in Texas and North Dakota support clean energy transition as MIT moves closer to 2026 net-zero goal.

MIT senior and physics major Gosha Geogdzhayev works to develop “emulator” models that can learn from large-scale global climate models to answer more specialized questions about the impacts of climate change. Photo...
The science and art of complex systems

Senior and physics major Gosha Geogdzhayev devotes himself to climate modeling and writing poetry.

MIT musicians and tour staff with the São Sebastião community on the Tarumã Açu River in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Photo: Uatumã Campos Roch
Hearing Amazônia: MIT musicians in Manaus, Brazil

In a new documentary film, music’s storytelling power illuminates cultural and environmental sustainability in Brazil.

Energy and Climate Hack participants, in person and virtually, gather for a photo. Photo courtesy of MIT Hackathon 2023.
AI meets climate: MIT Energy and Climate Hack 2023

The Energy and Climate Hack presented opportunities for students and companies to collaborate and develop innovative solutions.

Researchers from MIT and Singapore have developed a mathematical analysis of how peat formations build and develop. Photo: iStock
Satellite-based method measures carbon in peat bogs

The technique could enable restoration efforts and doesn’t require labor-intensive onsite sampling.

The 2030 Impact Goals for the MIT campus will help inform campus decarbonization efforts.
MIT campus goals in food, water, waste support decarbonization efforts

Series of 2030 quantitative campus impact goals aims to reduce emissions and inform and advance the Institute’s commitment to climate.

MIT's 2024 Marshall Scholars, Anushree Chaudhuri (left) and Rupert Li Photos: Ian MacLellan
Two from MIT named 2024 Marshall Scholars

Anushree Chaudhuri and Rupert Li will pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Anna Kwon (left) and Nicole Doering
MIT students win Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sustainability award

Anna Kwon and Nicole Doering are the first undergraduate students to receive Jane Matlaw Environmental Champion Awards.

At MIT, Isabel Naranjo De Candido is working on improving access to nuclear energy by scaling down reactor size and, in the case of micro-reactors, making them mobile enough to travel to places where they’re needed. ...
Making nuclear energy facilities easier to build and transport

Keen to accelerate the adoption of nuclear energy, Isabel Naranjo De Candido works to make small, modular reactors efficient throughout their lifecycle.

In a year of record-breaking heat, floods, wildfires, and other climate extremes, the 2023 Global Change Outlook presents the MIT Joint Program’s latest projections for the future of the earth’s energy, food, water, and climat...
Accelerated climate action needed to sharply reduce current risks to life and life-support systems

2023 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5 C.