“Distance Unknown,” an exhibition by MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab, documents the often challenging journeys migrants undertake to gain economic opportunity and food security.

A climate scientist explains the forces behind the summer’s extreme downpours and dangerous heat waves, and why new locations will be at risk in the coming year.

Dissatisfied with security guarantees from the US, America’s junior allies want greater control over their own defenses.

Cement is responsible for more than 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Its emissions doubled over the past two decades, and demand is still rising fast.

International firms sharing production networks lobby together to secure favorable trade conditions.

A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.

John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.

The tropics are projected to face almost daily dangerous heat by 2100. And “extremely dangerous” heat that’s almost unheard of today will occur more often in several regions.

A new study estimates potential losses by 2050 amid low-carbon energy transition.

The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability — a project supported by Community Jameel — will study the implications of climate change on food security as they relate to trade.