Environment
Channel | updated January 25, 2013
Focused on the air we breathe, the water we drink and beyond. From emissions research to water chemistry, many research units at MIT have a focus on the Earth and its environment. Read more
Cumulus, cirrus, stratus: what clouds say about climate ...
Cumulus, cirrus, stratus: what clouds say about climate change
What happens when particles in the atmosphere, especially manufactured ones, interact with water vapor and temperature to form clouds in a changing climate?
Engineering a Cooler Earth: Panel Discussion
Engineering a Cooler Earth: Panel Discussion
Recorded 11/19/12
LGO Webinar: Aaron Fyke, Energy Cache
LGO Webinar: Aaron Fyke, Energy Cache
Amidst a perfect storm battering funding for renewable energy companies, Aaron Fyke, LGO ’02, was able to model a grid-level energy storage system that would satisfy risk-averse customers by leveraging the cheapest, densest materials and a proven technology. The company Fyke founded, ...
Technology Water Supply, Desalination and Energy
Technology Water Supply, Desalination and Energy
Recorded 12/15/11
The World's Chemistry in Our Hands: Global Environmental ...
The World's Chemistry in Our Hands: Global Environmental Challenges Past ...
Professor Susan SolomonEllen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Science at MITDean of Science's Colloquium: “The World’s Chemistry in Our Hands: Global Environmental Challenges Past and Future”September 13, 2012 Humans ...
Climate
Climate
With Ronald PrinnAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
Process and Report of the ERC
Process and Report of the ERC
With Dara EntekhabiAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
Provost's Welcome and Introduction to the ERC
Provost's Welcome and Introduction to the ERC
L. Rafael Reif discusses the Environmental Research Council (ERC)
Basic Research with Real-World Impact
Basic Research with Real-World Impact
With Dara EntekhabiAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
Community and Communication: Open Panel Discussion
Community and Communication: Open Panel Discussion
From left to right: John Lienhard, John Sterman, Ernest Moniz, Ronald Prinn, L. Rafael Reif, Dara Entekhabi, James Yoder, Sallie "Penny" Chisholm, James Wescoat, John MarshallAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, ...
Contamination Mitigation
Contamination Mitigation
With Dara EntekhabiAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
Ecological Resilience
Ecological Resilience
With Sallie "Penny" ChisholmAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at ...
Industry: Synthetic Chemicals and Materials in the ...
Industry: Synthetic Chemicals and Materials in the Environment: Do We Need ...
With Philip GschwendAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong ...
Life Sciences: The Human Body: Superhighway of ...
Life Sciences: The Human Body: Superhighway of Environmental Gene Flow
With Eric AlmAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental ...
Social Policy: Can Adaptation Save Us from Climate Change?
Social Policy: Can Adaptation Save Us from Climate Change?
With Michael GreenstoneAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong ...
Sustainable Societies
Sustainable Societies
With John StermanAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
Technology: Water Supply, Desalination and Energy
Technology: Water Supply, Desalination and Energy
With John LienhardAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental ...
Water
Water
With James WescoatAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...
Sarah Garlick: "Wild Stone: Climbing the unclimbed, from ...
Sarah Garlick: "Wild Stone: Climbing the unclimbed, from the Arctic to ...
JAN 31, 2012 Sarah Garlick: "Wild Stone: Climbing the unclimbed, from the Arctic to Arabia," With professional photography, audio clips, and short videos, Garlick tells stories from her latest two expeditions: a journey to the granite big walls of South Greenland, and ...
