Climate Resiliency - Risks

The impact of climate change on the campus

MIT is working collaboratively to address the risks of climate change and its anticipated impacts on the campus and community. These impacts include: more frequent flooding, extreme precipitation, rising sea levels, and heat events.

 

climate risk map

Coastal and River Flood Risks

Coastal and river flood risk

 

Inland Flood Risks

inland flood risk

 

 

More hot days. MOre days of extreme heat- Research predicts an accelerated rate of increase to average temperatures, with more days of extreme heat. Compared to the period from 1971 - 2000, when an average of 11 days per year were over 90 degrees, there may be as many as 40 days over 90 degrees by 2030 and 90 days by 2070.

City of Cambridge Climate Vulnerability Assessment 2015