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A fourth-generation civil engineer, graduate student Katerina Boukin researches the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, including flash floods.

Climate modeling shows that this summer’s devastating European heat wave may indeed be a harbinger of the future for that region.

Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics, and other products.

Deeply respected advisor, educator, mentor, and former department head was a founding member of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and committed to helping others rise out of poverty.

MIT spinoff Takachar converts agricultural waste into clean-burning fuel, and wins Earthshot Prize.

New position paper calls for getting stakeholders involved in wind power projects from the start.

In MIT’s Experiential Ethics summer course, students grapple with real-world ethical decision making, often while interning in the very fields they’re studying.

Founded by MIT chemical engineers and winner of an XPRIZE Carbon Removal milestone award, Verdox is working to move the needle on climate change.

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes four new faculty members engaged in research and teaching that address climate risks and other environmental issues.