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Materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have a rigid, cage-like structure that lends itself to a variety of applications, from gas storage to drug delivery.
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April 4, 2023

Scientists use computational modeling to design “ultrastable” materials

These highly stable metal-organic frameworks could be useful for applications such as capturing greenhouse gases.

Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build greenspaces on pitched roofs in Paris to decrease temperatures, improve quality of life, and boost climate resilience. Pictured is a rendering of an ongoin...

MIT News Office

April 4, 2023

Greening roofs to boost climate resilience

Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build green spaces on pitched roofs in Paris, to decrease temperatures while improving quality of life.

By "inhaling" carbon dioxide, concrete can act as a carbon sink through the process of carbon uptake.
Image: Yiwei Lyu and Hessam AzariJafari / MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

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March 31, 2023

3 Questions: Leveraging carbon uptake to lower concrete’s carbon footprint

MIT CSHub Deputy Director Hessam AzariJafari is conducting vital research to investigate the impacts of concrete's carbonation across its life cycle.

Introducing additives to concrete manufacturing processes could reduce the sizeable carbon footprint of the material without altering its bulk mechanical properties, an MIT study shows.
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MIT News Office

March 28, 2023

New additives could turn concrete into an effective carbon sink

MIT engineers discover new carbonation pathways for creating more environmentally friendly concrete.

Students hike up Mauna Loa Forest to observe climate change’s impact on native Hawaiian plants.
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MIT News Office

March 28, 2023

Fieldwork class examines signs of climate change in Hawaii

MIT students research effects of climate change on forests and sulfur dioxide emissions as a model for planet-wide events.

Assistant professor civil and environmental engineering Michael Howland aims to get more electricity out of renewable energy systems — and to prepare young scientists and engineers with the training and tools they need to tackl...

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March 24, 2023

Michael Howland gives wind energy a lift

The MIT assistant professor works to get more electricity out of renewable energy systems.

Smoke from the North Complex fire in summer 2020 settled over San Francisco, turning the daytime sky a dark orange.
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MIT News Office

March 23, 2023

MIT Center for Real Estate advances climate and sustainable real estate research agenda

Projects, publications, and academia-industry networks produce pathways for the real estate industry to address the climate crisis.

The Climate Action Through Education (CATE) program is rolling out in pilot form this year in more than a dozen Massachusetts high schools, and eventually in high schools across the United States.
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MIT News Office

March 22, 2023

An education in climate change

A multidisciplinary climate change curriculum for high schools, developed at MIT, aims to engage and mobilize teachers and students.

MIT News Office

March 22, 2023

Helping the cause of environmental resilience

Assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Haruko Wainwright believes environmental monitoring can empower citizens to make informed decisions about their energy and environment.