The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability helps policymakers, investors, and development practitioners understand the links between global food trade and food security. It officially launched at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.

A study by MIT researchers shows how a common fertilizer ingredient could enable new ways to increase plants’ resilience to UV stress and enhance seedling growth.

In a recent interview, Dr. Noman Bashir of MIT’s Climate and Sustainability Consortium noted that the use of generative AI should be “very judicious, not a blind application of AI for all applications.”

Geothermal is one of the few mature energy technologies that can offer firm power without producing climate-warming greenhouse gases. Although geothermal provides a tiny fraction of the world’s energy today, new technologies are swiftly expanding where and how we can harness the Earth’s heat.

A new MIT startup — Nth Cycle — uses electro-extraction to recover metals like lithium and cobalt from waste, aiming to boost domestic supply for batteries, motors, and other key technologies.

Power lines may not look as high-tech and inspiring as a wind turbine or a solar field. But as MIT’s Joshua Hodge explains, these lines — and the rest of the sprawling “machine” that is the transmission system — are critical for harnessing clean, cheap, reliable power.

How do we respond to intertwined challenges facing people and the planet? MIT’s newly launched Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3) aims to tackle these issues holistically.

MIT researchers discovered that rivers shape channels in coral reefs, like natural doors. These let ocean water and nutrients flow in and out, helping reefs stay healthy for millions of years.

Gallium nitride (GaN) is a material that could make electronics faster and more energy-efficient. It’s usually expensive and hard to use, but MIT researchers have found a cheaper way to add tiny GaN parts onto regular silicon chips.

MIT’s first vice president for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang, invented a way to pull water from air. Now, she’s using those problem-solving skills to accelerate research and development toward transformational climate change solutions.

As former MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative director John Fernandez steps down as head of the ESI, its research and education components will become part of the Climate Project and other entities.

One key factor in determining where microparticles are likely to accumulate is the presence of biofilms — thin, sticky layers of biopolymers shed by microorganisms that can build up on surfaces, including sandy riverbeds and seashores.

Founded by two former regulars at the MITERS makerspace, Guardian Ag has built huge, rugged drones to more safely and sustainably apply fertilizers and pesticides on farms.

MIT researchers have developed a sodium–air fuel cell that stores three times more energy by weight than lithium-ion batteries. This breakthrough could electrify planes, trains, and ships.

MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has launched the Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies, or LMNT (pronounced “element”), to accelerate the discovery and selection of materials for key components in future fusion power plants. news.mit.edu/2025/new-fac...

Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff turned out on May 6, for a community gathering hosted by Evelyn Wang, vice president for energy and climate, to learn about the Climate Project at MIT, make connections, and exchange ideas.

Congratulations to our very own Jesse Kroll — co-director of the MIT Climate Project's Preserving the Atmosphere, Land and Oceans Mission — on the 2025 Capers and Marion McDonald Award. 🎉

As an MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow, Karina Atkins is launching a @chicagotribune.com series on the growing challenges farmers face in stewarding land amid climate change. This piece explores fewer opportunities for farmers — and would-be farmers — to own their land.

Imagine a world without MIT. We'd be missing a lot. www.youtube.com/watc...

Former US Army Helicopter pilot David Brown is getting his MBA from MIT Sloan while co-founding Helix Carbon to replacing fossil fuels as a carbon feedstock and erase the carbon footprint of tough-to-decarbonize industries. See a day in his life. news.mit.edu/2025/da...

Pavements form the backbone of our built environment. In this MIT News 3Q interview, MIT postdoc Haoran Li describes how the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub is enabling accessible, fast, and robust pavement decision-making while making the most of limited data. news.mit.edu/2025/3q...

MIT professor Thomas Peacock's research aims to better understand the impact of deep-sea mining. “The question," he says, " is can it be less impactful to mine from the ocean, rather than from land?” news.mit.edu/2025/ex...

Green agriculture news from MIT: Lemna, a genus of small aquatic plants otherwise known as duckweed. MIT spinout Fyto helps farmers grow the plant using wastewater; the Lemna can then be used on farms as a high-protein cattle feed or fertilizer supplement.

How can India decarbonize its coal-dependent electric power system? A detailed MIT analysis identifies some promising options but also raises unexpected concerns. news.mit.edu/2025/ho...

Since its founding, #MIT has been key to helping American #science and #innovation lead the world. Discoveries that begin here generate jobs and power the economy — and what we create today builds a better tomorrow for all of us. youtu.be/r7R8ewU1Wqc?...

On Thursday, Jan. 16, faculty member @cwolfram.bsky.social will present at a seminar as part of the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and is open to everyone interested in research on the economics of climate change.