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Robert van der Hilst to step down as head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Professor led EAPS for more than a decade, cultivating a focus on Earth systems, planets, climate science, and the origins of life.
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MIT D-Lab works to empower artisanal women miners in Colombia
Through a project launched in 2020, MIT D-Lab is working with women to help them build a labor movement focused on reducing gender-based violence and environmental degradation.
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History from the ground up
Associate Professor Megan Black’s research digs into mining, power, and environmental politics in the US.
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How to decarbonize the world, at scale
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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The City Science Network empowers local communities to collaborate globally
Led by the Media Lab’s City Science research group, the CSN is a collaboration of institutions and researchers sharing a common goal of enabling more livable, equitable, and resilient communities.
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Designing cleaner vehicles
Graduate student Adi Mehrotra ’22 is developing sustainable solutions in vehicle design.
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Forging climate connections across the Institute
Inaugural Fast Forward Faculty Fund grants aim to spur new work on climate change and deepen collaboration at MIT.
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MIT startup has big plans to pull carbon from the air
Noya has developed low-power, modular units that can be combined to create facilities for removing millions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide
The approach directly converts the greenhouse gas into formate, a solid fuel that can be stored indefinitely and could be used to heat homes or power industries.