Environment – MIT Spectrum

Fall 2017

A New Environment and Sustainability Minor

When it comes to the environment, MIT students aim not only for understanding but for action

A prototype of the Droneport was debuted in Venice at the 2016 Architecture Biennale. Click to see full-size. Photo: Nigel Young and the Norman Foster Foundation

Fall 2016

From the Vault

A Droneport in Venice

Fall 2016

Underworlds

MIT researchers and a robot named Luigi tap into the secrets of sewage

Hemond, third from left, with students, collecting sediment in Thoreau's bog. Photo: Courtesy of the researchers

Fall 2016

An Element of Caution

Could chemicals key to sustainable technologies pose unseen environmental risks?

corn field

A New Approach to Modeling Climate/Crop Interaction

A simulation of the Antarctic ozone hole, made from data taken on October 22, 2015. Image: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (edited by MIT News)

MIT Scientist: Montreal Protocol Helped Heal Ozone Layer

Photo: Ken Richardson

Spring 2016

Digital Ocean

Modeling the diverse world of phytoplankton opens up a predictive view of our own

Lucy Jones PhD '81 received the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for her groundbreaking research which brought together public officials and leaders in academia, industry and business to address earthquake risks and improve emergency preparedness. Image: Flickr/USInterior

Meet the Mother of Earthquake Preparedness

Upgrades to MIT's cogeneration plants will increase its power capacity while reducing emissions. Image: Flickr/Peter Eimon (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Campus Microgrids Provide Big Benefits

Birds With Backpacks Monitor London’s Air Quality