News + Impact - MIT EAPS

Industrial smokestack emitting smoke into a blue sky.

Study finds mercury pollution from human activities is declining

October 8, 2024

Categories: Health of the Planet

portrait of Noelle Selin

Selin to lead new MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

August 5, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community, Faculty, Health of the Planet, Life + Environments

Graphic depicting the idea of a more sustainable world.

Upgrading computational tools for sustainable development

July 16, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Health of the Planet

Cargo ship in ocean.

Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel

July 11, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

February 12, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Research

Inaugural Fast Forward Faculty Fund grants aim to spur new work on climate change and deepen collaboration at MIT

November 1, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Photo of a power plant with two smokestacks in a desert area on a partly cloudy day.

Improving US air quality, equitably

September 27, 2023

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

A helicopter drops water on a vast, smokey forest fire

Q&A: Are far-reaching fires the new normal?

June 9, 2023

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Health of the Planet, Natural Hazards, Research

Aerial view shows a nuclear power plant, surrounded by lush green areas and water, with mountains in distance.

Study: Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

April 10, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

Photo of a row of smokestacks. Two are belching smoke into a cloudy blue sky.

Improving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously

February 23, 2023

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

Wind turbines on the top of a hill.

A healthy wind

December 2, 2022

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

Photo of pedestrians at a tree-lined intersection, all seen through a polluted haze in Anyang City, China

Coordinating climate and air-quality policies to improve public health

October 26, 2022

Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Research

Computing our climate future

April 13, 2022

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research

MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition

April 11, 2022

Categories: Events + Outreach, Research

MIT makes strides on climate action plan

November 12, 2021

Categories: Climate, Events + Outreach

MIT collaborates with Biogen on three-year, $7 million initiative to address climate, health, and equity

November 3, 2021

Categories: Research

Study: Global cancer risk from burning organic matter comes from unregulated chemicals

September 22, 2021

Categories: Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Research

MIT appoints members of new faculty committee to drive climate action plan

September 17, 2021

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Smarter regulation of global shipping emissions could improve air quality and health outcomes

August 12, 2021

Categories: Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Research

Jagoutz, Ono, and Selin Promoted to Full Professor

February 8, 2021

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty