News + Impact - MIT EAPS

Post-COP30, more aggressive policies needed to cap global warming at 1.5 C

December 17, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet

Two urban landscapes showing improved air quality when industry uses renewable energy sources.

When companies “go green,” air quality impacts can vary dramatically

December 8, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Health and Climate: Noelle Selin on Climate Reveal podcast

November 24, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, In the Media

Boston skyline with decorative background.

Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction

August 26, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Research

Photo of the sun peeking through orange smoggy air over a hillside, with Los Angeles in the background.

Study: Climate change may make it harder to reduce smog in some regions

May 22, 2025

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research, Students + Postdocs

Noelle Selin elected to 2024 class of AAAS Fellows

March 27, 2025

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Industrial smokestack emitting smoke into a blue sky.

Study finds mercury pollution from human activities is declining

October 08, 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 + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

February 12, 2024

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers

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 + Senior Researchers, 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 09, 2023

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Wind turbines on the top of a hill.

A healthy wind

December 2, 2022

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, 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, Faculty + Senior Researchers, 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