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A new MIT-led study in the journal Energy Economics is the first to explicitly explore emissions-reduction pathways for India’s hard-to-abate sectors.
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July 5, 2022

Getting the carbon out of India’s heavy industries

Study highlights pathways to cut emissions and lower climate and health risks.

Best known for his foundational contributions to the science of tropical cyclones, climate, and links between them, Kerry Emanuel has also been a prominent voice in public debates on climate change, and what we should do about it.
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June 29, 2022

Kerry Emanuel: A climate scientist and meteorologist in the eye of the storm

With over 200 published papers, multiple books, and countless media appearances, Emanuel’s 41 years at MIT have been marked by influential research into hurricane formation and climate change outreach.

Quaise Energy wants to repurpose coal and gas plants into deep geothermal wells by using X-rays to melt rock.
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June 28, 2022

Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feet

MIT spinout Quaise Energy is working to create geothermal wells made from the deepest holes in the world.

At MITEI’s 2022 Spring Symposium, the “Options for producing low-carbon hydrogen at scale” panel laid out existing and planned efforts to produce hydrogen at scale to help achieve a decarbonized energy system.
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June 27, 2022

Making hydrogen power a reality

Hydrogen fuel has long been seen as a potentially key component of a carbon-neutral future. At the 2022 MIT Energy Initiative Spring Symposium, industry experts describe efforts to produce it at scale.

Donald Sadoway is the John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
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June 23, 2022

Donald Sadoway wins European Inventor Award for liquid metal batteries

The MIT professor's work could enable long-term storage of renewable energy.

During a residency at DIII-D in San Diego, MIT PhD candidate Evan Leppink will explore a new way to drive current in a tokamak plasma using radiofrequency waves.
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June 15, 2022

Evan Leppink: Seeking a way to better stabilize the fusion environment

In a residency supported by the Department of Energy, the MIT PhD candidate will explore the high-field side of the DIII-D tokamak.

MIT PhD student Jungwoo Chun investigates how renewable energy infrastructure develops at a community level. He has found that organizations serving as intermediaries often help community-owned solar energy efforts become independen...

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June 12, 2022

Helping renewable energy projects succeed in local communities

PhD student Jungwoo Chun works toward a more sustainable future through research, teaching, and public service.

MIT researchers demonstrate that over 50 percent of the world’s population would still be exposed to PM2.5 concentrations that exceed new air quality guidelines due to large natural sources of particulate matter — dust, sea salt...

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June 7, 2022

Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions

MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines.

The Migration Summit sought to center the voices and experiences of those most directly impacted by displacement — both in narratives about the crisis and in the search for solutions.
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June 3, 2022

Migration Summit addresses education and workforce development in displacement

MIT Refugee Action Hub event convene learners, activists, and educators from around the world in storytelling and collaboration.

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