Sustainable aviation research is focused on reducing the environmental impacts resulting from air transportation. In this section, you will find news and publications from MIT researchers focused on both the impacts of aviation emissions as well as potential measures to reduce these emissions.
Research
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Marginal climate and air quality costs of aviation emissions
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Authors: Carla Grobler, Philip J Wolfe, Kingshuk Dasadhikari, Irene C Dedoussi, Florian Allroggen, Raymond L. Speth, Sebastian D Eastham, Akshat Agarwal, Mark D Staples, Jayant Sabnis, and Steven R. H. Barrett
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Bioenergy and its use to mitigate the climate impact of aviation
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Author: Mark Douglas Staples
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Impact of biofuels on contrail warming
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Authors: Fabio Caiazzo, Akshat Agarwal, Raymond L. Speth, Steven R. H. Barrett
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Reducing the air quality and CO2 climate impacts of taxi and takeoff operations at airports
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Authors: Akshay Ashok, Hamsa Balakrishnan, Steven R.H. Barrett
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A stochastic techno-economic comparison of alternative jet fuel production pathways
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Author: Cassandra Vivian Rosen
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The co-pollutant cost of carbon emissions: an analysis of the US electric power generation sector
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Authors: Irene C Dedoussi, Florian Allroggen, Robert Flanagan, Tyler Hansen, Brandon Taylor, Steven R. H. Barrett and James K. Boyce
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