Source: MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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China could face deadly heat waves due to climate change

  2024-03-28 (or before) in MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The North China Plain, a region that holds one of the biggest concentrations of people on Earth, could be pushing against the boundaries of habitability by the latter part of this century due to global warming, an MIT study shows.

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A mineral produced by plate tectonics has a global cooling effect, study finds

  2023-12-01 (or before) in MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Plate tectonics can trigger ice ages through the production of the carbon-trapping mineral smectite, according to a new MIT study.

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Deadly heat waves could hit South Asia this century

  2022-03-17 (or before) in MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In South Asia, new MIT research suggests that by the end of this century climate change could lead to summer heat waves with levels of heat and humidity that exceed what humans can survive without protection.

  Tagged under: Global Warming | India | Heatwaves | Climate Change | Wet Bulb Temperature

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MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy

  2021-09-13 (or before) in MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For the first time, a large high-temperature superconducting electromagnet was ramped to a field strength of 20 tesla, the most powerful magnetic field of its kind ever created. The demonstration helps resolve the greatest uncertainty in the quest to build the first fusion power plant that can produce more energy than it consumes, according to project leaders at MIT and startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS).

  Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Nuclear Fusion

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Breaching a “carbon threshold” could lead to mass extinction

  2019-07-28 (or before) in MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Today’s carbon dioxide emissions may trigger a reflex in the carbon cycle with devastating consequences, according to a new MIT study.

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Extinction

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