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PostMarch 31, 2025

For plants, urban heat islands don’t mimic global warming

Meghan Blumstein studied red oak genotypes across New England, concentrating on trees that were within reach in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then collaborated with people doing research at the Harvard Forest, a research forest in rural central Massachusetts.

PostFebruary 20, 2025

3 Questions: Exploring the limits of carbon sequestration

Rincon de la Vieja, an active volcano in Costa Rica, experiences elevated levels of carbon dioxide due to its volcanic activity, where CO2 naturally seeps from cracks in the volcano's foundation, creating a unique environment for studying the effects of how plants might respond to rising global CO2 levels.

PostNovember 26, 2024

Is there enough land on Earth to fight climate change and feed the world?

A study led by MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy researchers shows that there is enough land to support efforts to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius while addressing competing needs for long-term food security and ecosystem health.

PostNovember 21, 2024

Advancing urban tree monitoring with AI-powered digital twins

MIT Assistant Professor Sara Beery contributed to the new Tree D-fusion system, which can generate a simulation-ready 3D model of a real tree from images such as those found on Google Street View. The system leverages a tree shape generated using species- and environment-specific data to create realistic, lifelike tree models.

PostOctober 31, 2024

Oregon inks agreement with developers to enter entire state forest into car...

PostOctober 29, 2024

Banking on Oregon forests: putting forests into carbon markets to address c...

PostOctober 25, 2024

Banking on Oregon Forests: Carbon markets could offer middle road in divide...

PostOctober 23, 2024

Banking on Oregon forests: Despite challenges, carbon markets see big poten...

PostOctober 22, 2024

Banking on Oregon forests: In fight against climate change, financial marke...

PostAugust 28, 2024

Plan for Elliott State Forest would put its 83,000 acres into fighting clim...

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