Environment – MIT Spectrum

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

From the Vault

A Droneport in Venice

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

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

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

Continuum

Meet New Orleans’s First Chief Resilience Officer