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In radio clip, Ed Butler explores these issues with MIT Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Elfatih Eltahir, a climatologist in the MIT Center for Global Change Science; and journalist and author Francesca de Chatel.
Photo: Arabian desert (Source: Alim Mohammed)
A new study indicates that solving the problem of wind and solar’s intermittency has thus far required the use of more fossil fuels, including the installation of several “fast-ramping” natural gas plants. Center for Energy and Environment Policy Research (CEEPR) Director Christopher Knittel comments.
Photo: Big Bend Power Station and Manatee Viewing Center Parking Lot - Solar vs Coal & Natural Gas. Source: Walter)
Climate deniers often cite uncertainty in climate models and other scientific evidence. Researchers challenge this argument in a new essay published in Science, suggesting climate scientists should place more emphasis on the risks of inaction. Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly comments.
Previous studies have suggested that when CO2 is stored underground, it may degrade layers of rock above it and leak back into the atmosphere. However, a new study indicates that such concerns may be exaggerated. Joint Program associate and carbon capture expert Howard Herzog comments.
John Fernández ’85, MIT professor and recently-named director of the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI): “I have always been most excited by creating an environment where there are no boundaries between disciplines.
John Fernández ’85 is not interested in overleaping boundaries so much as erasing them. The MIT professor, who was recently named director of the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI), started out as a child who loved math and art, and saw no reason to keep them separate.
Linking emissions trading systems in developed and developing countries could yield environmental, economic benefits
Climate change is a global problem — but its solution relies on national, regional, and local policy actions.
Faster electricity market reform is needed to harness more wind and speed up a shift from coal, two experts tell chinadialogue
China has roughly one third of global installed wind energy capacity, while the US has 17%. Yet China uses less wind-powered electricity than the US. What is going wrong?