To better inform local policy in the face of changing weather extremes, MIT researchers--including seven affiliated with the Joint Program--seek to advance the modeling of long-term weather risks (MIT School of Science)
News and Outreach: C. Adam Schlosser
To put global climate modeling at the fingertips of local decision-makers, some scientists think it’s time to rethink the system from scratch. Five Joint Program-affiliated researchers will help advance an MIT Climate Grand Challenges flagship project to do just that. (MIT School of Science)
Earth Day release underscores the program's mission to advance a sustainable, prosperous world
Joint Program researchers participating in three: Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge, Preparing for a new world of weather and climate extremes, and The Climate Resilience Early Warning System (MIT News) (Coverage: Boston Business Journal)
Key takeaways from the XLIV (44th) MIT Global Change Forum
MIT Joint Program research scientists are co-investigators on one-third of the selected projects, with a focus on decarbonizing complex industries and preparing for climate extremes. (MIT News)
The MIT Joint Program uses MGHPCC computing resources to make projections of future risks to the sustainability of energy, food, water and climate systems under different policy scenarios (MGHPCC)
Inaugural MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Journalism Fellows reflect on their experiences telling local climate stories (ESI)
Analysis led by MIT Joint Program Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser identifies the scope and severity of storm and flood risks to key U.S. petrochemical industry facilities in Texas and Louisiana (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
The parts of the planet being measured are our land and ocean surfaces: what we call global average surface temperatures. (Featuring guest expert C. Adam Schlosser, deputy director of the MIT Joint Program) (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)
Study underscores need for aggressive climate mitigation and adaptation policies to prevent future ‘Day Zero’ droughts in dry, populated regions around the world