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Exploring Diverse Interests, Passions in the Climate and Sustainability Realms

With the support of each other and MIT faculty, students in the MCSC’s Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program are making their impact on real-world climate challenges.

24 Apr 2023

Komatsu Announces Switch to HVO as Factory-Fill Fuel

Komatsu Ltd. (President and CEO: Hiroyuki Ogawa) and its wholly owned subsidiary Komatsu Europe International N.V. (hereafter “Komatsu”) are pleased to announce the company’s decision to switch to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as factory-fill fuel for Komatsu equipment produced in Europe.

From Komatsu Europe International N.V. 24 Apr 2023

Novel Methods to Enhance Mangrove Forest Preservation

Mangrove forests are an important part of tropical and subtropical coastal zones because they offer a variety of goods and ecosystem services that are crucial to ecology. However, they are also threatened, disappearing, and degraded across the globe.

21 Apr 2023

Shifting Climate Zones Pose a Major Threat to Terrestrial Ecosystems

Research published in Regional Environmental Change has shown that as climate zones shift toward hotter and drier conditions, ecological diversity will decline, posing a major threat to terrestrial ecosystems with far-reaching social and ecological impacts.

21 Apr 2023

Jefferson Lab Recognized With Gold-Level GreenBuy Award

Finding ways to purchase sustainable products for the work of science has yielded another golden award. The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has been recognized with a gold-level GreenBuy Award for its purchase of environmentally friendly products in fiscal year 2022.

21 Apr 2023

Novel Technique Detects an Alarming Volume of Methane Emissions from Wildfires

UC Riverside researchers have recently utilized a novel detection technique to uncover an alarming volume of methane emissions from wildfires, a potent greenhouse gas.

20 Apr 2023

Novel Biodegradable Material Helps Purify Urban Air

The University of Cordoba has created a biodegradable material made with nanocellulose and photocatalytic particles to effectively decontaminate urban air.

20 Apr 2023

Heat Waves May Impede India's Progress Toward Its Sustainable Development Goals

Heatwaves in India are increasing in frequency, intensity and lethality, burdening public health, agriculture, and other socio-economic and cultural systems.

20 Apr 2023

Argonne Scientists Analyze Circular Pathways to Reduce, Reuse or Recycle Plastics

Our society has a love affair with plastic. To take our relationship to the next level — happily ever after in a waste-free future — the path is circular.

20 Apr 2023

Groundbreaking Study Charts Australia’s Path to Net Zero

Australia will need to triple the National Electricity Market’s power capacity by 2030 to be on track for net zero by 2050 – requiring a rapid rollout of wind and solar power, transmission, storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps as we replace our coal fleet.

19 Apr 2023

Delta Demonstrates How its Smart Green Solutions are 'Realizing an Intelligent, Sustainable and Connecting World' at Hannover Messe 2023

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, today launched its new brand value proposition, 'Realizing an Intelligent, Sustainable and Connecting World', at Hannover Messe 2023.

From Delta Electronics (Netherlands) BV 19 Apr 2023

68% of Carbon Contributions Come From Single-Use Surgical Items

The carbon footprint of products used in the five most common surgical operations performed in the National Health Service (NHS) in England has been analyzed, revealing that 68% of the carbon contributions are attributed to single-use items, including single-use gowns, patient drapes, and instrument table drapes

19 Apr 2023