Tropical Storm Debby stalls along the Carolinas, bringing days of heavy rain and flooding – a climate scientist explains why

With Debby’s storm track, much of the East Coast is forecast to get soaked. Climate change also plays a role in the downpours.

Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell • conversation
Aug. 7, 2024 • ~6 min

Tropical Storm Debby creeps along the Carolinas, bringing days of heavy rain and flooding – a climate scientist explains why

With Debby’s storm track, much of the East Coast is forecast to get soaked. Climate change also plays a role in the downpours.

Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell • conversation
Aug. 7, 2024 • ~6 min

Tropical Storm Debby loiters along the Carolinas, bringing days of heavy rain and flooding – a climate scientist explains why

With Debby’s storm track, much of the East Coast is forecast to get soaked. Climate change also plays a role in the downpours.

Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell • conversation
Aug. 7, 2024 • ~6 min

Ancient poppy seeds and willow wood offer clues to the Greenland ice sheet’s last meltdown and a glimpse into a warmer future

Our discovery of a tundra ecosystem, frozen under the center of Greenland’s ice sheet, holds a warning about the threat that climate change poses for the future.

Halley Mastro, Graduate Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment. Graduate Research Assistant in Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Vermont • conversation
Aug. 5, 2024 • ~10 min

MIT School of Science launches Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

New center taps Institute-wide expertise to improve understanding of, and responses to, sustainability challenges.

School of Science • mit
Aug. 5, 2024 • ~7 min

Researchers return to Arctic to test integrated sensor nodes

The nodes are intended to become part of a widespread sea-ice monitoring network.

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
July 31, 2024 • ~21 min

How a global pact could tackle extreme heat

The global call to action aims to protect the most vulnerable, protect workers, boost resilience and limit further warming to stave off an era of ‘global boiling’.

Rachel Kyte, Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, University of Oxford • conversation
July 30, 2024 • ~7 min

The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get

Record heat, storms and floods reveal new extremes made possible by climate change.

Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist, Met Office and Visiting Professor, Newcastle University • conversation
July 30, 2024 • ~7 min

Paris Olympics promote sustainability for good reason: Climate change is putting athletes and their sports at risk

The 2024 Summer Games are going all in on renewable energy, recycled materials and more to shrink their carbon footprint. They’re a test bed for how big events can do better for the environment.

Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan • conversation
July 24, 2024 • ~7 min

China-based emissions of three potent climate-warming greenhouse gases spiked in past decade

Two studies pinpoint their likely industrial sources and mitigation opportunities.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
July 18, 2024 • ~5 min

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