Workshop explores intertwined future of food production, water, and climate | MIT News

Choices by consumers and farmers can help limit global warming, but climate change may also curtail those choices in the future.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
May 11, 2018 ~6 min

A forum on the future of the Nile River | MIT News

International workshop proposes future directions for long-standing conflict.

Stephanie M. McPherson | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
May 4, 2018 ~9 min


What will we eat in the year 2050? | MIT News

Climate Changed Symposium combines art and science to envision the global food system under climate change.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
April 30, 2018 ~5 min

A microbial approach to agriculture | MIT News

A new special subject, Agricultural Microbial Ecology, takes students to Israel.

Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Feb. 14, 2018 ~7 min

Intensive agriculture influences U.S. regional summer climate, study finds | MIT News

An increase in corn and soybean production in the Midwest may have led to cooler, wetter summers there.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 13, 2018 ~7 min

Drug manufacturing that’s out of this world | MIT News

Continuous-flow chemistry device used for drug production could find use in long-duration space missions.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 5, 2018 ~9 min

Revealing an imperfect actor in plant biotechnology | MIT News

Whitehead Institute researchers detect the chemical mistakes of a common herbicide-resistance enzyme, then successfully re-engineer it for enhanced precision.

Nicole Davis | Whitehead Institute • mit
Nov. 29, 2017 ~6 min

MIT researchers release evaluation of solar pumps for irrigation and salt mining in India | MIT News

Study of solar pump technology use in India assesses technical performance and explores innovative business cases to increase user adoption.

Department of Urban Studies and Planning • mit
Nov. 13, 2017 ~8 min


Sensors applied to plant leaves warn of water shortage | MIT News

Electronic circuits reveal when a plant begins to experience drought conditions.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 8, 2017 ~6 min

Research for global needs, present and future | MIT News

New Research Reception gives alumni and the community an inside look at research and initiatives in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Nov. 7, 2017 ~12 min

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