Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice

Atmospheric rivers can melt fragile new sea ice. When these storms arrive in waves, the sea ice doesn’t have a chance to recover.

Pengfei Zhang, Assistant Research Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State • conversation
Feb. 6, 2023 ~7 min

The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots of sustainable biofuel

Airlines are promising net-zero emissions by 2050. To get there, they’re experimenting with used cooking oil, ag waste and corn ethanol in their fuel tanks. But that alone won’t be enough.

Steve Davis, Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine • conversation
Feb. 6, 2023 ~9 min


Making computer science research more accessible in India

Passionate about creating educational opportunities in India, PhD student Siddhartha Jayanti recently explored multiprocessor speed limits, in a paper written in the Indian language Telugu.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Jan. 30, 2023 ~8 min

Primates colonised the Arctic during a period of ancient global warming -- their fate offers a lesson as climate change speeds up

Close relatives of primates adapted to life in the High Arctic 52 million years ago – this may offer insight into future changes in the Arctic.

Jason Gilchrist, Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Jan. 30, 2023 ~8 min

Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities

Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics - where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients – can get the vitamins and minerals they

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 26, 2023 ~3 min

Grassroots AIDS activists fought for and won affordable HIV treatments around the world – but PEPFAR didn't change governments and pharma

The US PEPFAR initiative has brought HIV medication to millions of people globally. Behind this progress are the activists that pressured politicians and companies to put patients over patents.

Dan Royles, Associate Professor of History, Florida International University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2023 ~10 min

Cornwall space launch: why the environmental cost of rocket launches is large even when they fail

The UK space launch failed but it succeeded in releasing hazardous pollutants to multiple layers of the atmosphere.

Eloise Marais, Associate Professor in Physical Geography, UCL • conversation
Jan. 20, 2023 ~6 min

Harvard-led analysis finds ExxonMobil internal research accurately predicted climate change

In the study, scientists showed how the multinational energy giant worked to cloud the issue.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
Jan. 12, 2023 ~9 min


China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation -- should the US be worried?

In 2014, Chinese researchers published more papers than any other country for the first time. In 2019, China overtook the U.S. as the No. 1 publisher of the most influential papers.

Caroline Wagner, Milton & Roslyn Wolf Chair in International Affairs, The Ohio State University • conversation
Jan. 10, 2023 ~9 min

New MIT internships expand research opportunities in Africa

University placements through MISTI aim to help grow the African research ecosystem.

Kristen Wilcox | Office of the Associate Provost for International Activities • mit
Jan. 5, 2023 ~6 min

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