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Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

February 12, 2024

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

TIL Climate Podcast: Don’t throw away your refrigerator

October 19, 2023

Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Research

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

How forests can cut carbon, restore ecosystems, and create jobs

July 27, 2023

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

The North Sea via satellite. The dark blue water has swirls of teal, and Germany peeks out from the bottom right.

Study: The ocean’s color is changing as a consequence of climate change

July 12, 2023

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

A map shows a large red splotch with blurry yellow border, the ozone hole, on top of the South Pole, on decorative background.

Study: Smoke particles from wildfires can erode the ozone layer

March 8, 2023

Categories: Climate, 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

In the dark ocean, a cartoon illustration shows a green oval microbe Prochlorococcus eating a dead purple microbe that looks like a Cheeto. A few other microbes appear in background.

Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds

November 3, 2022

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

Purple and teal video still details the eddies, mapped using contour lines and color, of the North Pacific Ocean, around a tiny Hawaii, in black.

Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes

October 3, 2022

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

Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions

June 07, 2022

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research

Ocean vital signs

April 5, 2022

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

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions

March 17, 2022

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research

Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion

March 1, 2022

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research

Understanding air pollution from space

January 9, 2022

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

Scientists project increased risk to water supplies in South Africa this century

November 5, 2021

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

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

November 3, 2021

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