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Around 90 MIT students were asked to calculate the carbon footprint of their flight to their MISTI destination and to compare the results to other common daily activities.
Photo courtesy of Neosha Narayanan.

MIT News Office

June 26, 2023

MIT climate and sustainability interns consider aviation emissions and climate change

Over 600 students embark on MISTI experiences across 25 countries, with 20% of placements dedicated to climate and sustainability.

During the MIT Energy Initiative’s panel on energy innovation for a net-zero future, Senior Research Scientist Anuradha Annaswamy (center) and other speakers addressed areas where new or improved technologies or systems are neede...

MIT News Office

June 23, 2023

Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future

Critical needs for curbing greenhouse gases include non-fossil fuel aviation, buildings, electric grids, industrial processes, and the potential of fusion power.

Left to right: Fabian Velasquez, Rafael Olivera-Cintron, Katherine Mohr, and Michael Lu test their solar-powered sensor in a sunny spot on the MIT campus.
Photo: Gretchen Ertl

MIT News Office

June 23, 2023

MIT engineering students take on the heat of Miami

A collaboration between MIT and Miami-Dade County has students working with city planning officials to understand why people wait patiently for a bus — and why they bail.

C16 Biosciences offers brands and consumers a palm oil alternative made using an oil-producing yeast to ferment sugars in a process similar to brewing beer.
Image: Courtesy of C16-Biosciences

MIT News Office

June 22, 2023

A clean alternative to one of the world’s most common ingredients

C16 Biosciences, founded by MIT alumni, has developed a microbial oil to replace palm oil, whose production reaps environmental devastation.

MIT engineers have synthesized a superabsorbent material that can soak up a record amount of moisture from the air, even in desert-like conditions. Pictured are the hydrogel discs swollen in water.
Image: Gustav Graebe...

MIT News Office

June 15, 2023

This salty gel could harvest water from desert air

A new material developed by MIT engineers exhibits “record-breaking” vapor absorption.

Sean Anklam (left), Marcela Angel, and a team from Corpoamazonia in the mountains outside Mocoa, Colombia, make their way to deploy an unpioloted aerial vehicle on a test flight.
Photo: Adam Kersnowski

MIT News Office

June 15, 2023

Preparing Colombia’s cities for life amid changing forests

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Research Program Director Marcela Angel MCP ’18 has built an international program in natural climate solutions.

Arina Khotimsky ’23 graduated from MIT with a major in materials science and engineering, and minors in energy studies and in French.
Photo: Lisa Hickler

MIT News Office

June 12, 2023

Arina Khotimsky ’23 awarded 2023 Michel David-Weill Scholarship

The award will support a master’s degree in international relations, the next step in Khotimsky’s planned career in international energy negotiations or policy.

These images show a fast-propagating clear-zone; each image is taken eight hours apart.
Image: Olsen Research Group

MIT News Office

June 12, 2023

Advancing material innovation to address the polymer waste crisis

MIT researchers work to discover biodegradable polyesters, with support from the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, J-WAFS, and DIC Corp.

Students and faculty from MIT and NUM on their first meeting with GerHub, a mission-driven organization that seeks to find innovative and creative solutions to the most pressing issues in the ger areas of Mongolia.
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MIT News Office

June 12, 2023

Powering the future in Mongolia

Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.