Health of the Planet – Page 2 – MIT Spectrum

Designing with (Not Just for) Communities

MIT D-Lab supports practical solutions to local problems

Surfacing Solutions

Bilge Yildiz is in search of materials for a sustainable energy future

Image: NASA

Year Two: MIT’s Climate Action Plan

Report outlines MIT’s progress, next steps in the fight against climate change

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

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?

Watch and Discover

Videos delve into MIT’s global impact and vision in Campaign priority areas

An Artful Solution for Capturing Pollution

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: M. Scott Brauer

Energizer

An engineer/MBA applies new carbon capture technology to the fossil fuel industry