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Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions

June 7, 2022 | News | Stephanie Martinovich

MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines. Alongside climate change, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health. Tiny particles known as particulate matter or PM2.5 (named for […]

Students take the lead in 2018 TREX program

February 12, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Assistant Professor Ben Kocar led a group of students to Hawaii this Independent Activities Period (IAP) to conduct environmental research as part of CEE’s Traveling Research Environmental eXperiences (TREX) program. The students were tasked with executing […]

TREX 2018 Day 16: Last Day of TREX

February 3, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ‘19 On the last day of TREX 2018, we spent most of the day on a plane since we left Hawaii the night before, kept flying from Hawaii to San Fransisco, then San Francisco […]

TREX 2018 Day 16: Epilogue

February 2, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ’20 Our last day in Hawaii was interesting. We began the day by canoeing in the Pacific Ocean. Afterward, we toured a coffee plantation in Kona. And we ended the day with dinner […]

TREX 2018 Day 15: Last Day in Hawaii

February 2, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ‘19 Two weeks in Hawaii went by so fast. Today, our plan was to pack everything up, canoe in the ocean, and enjoy the last day in Hawaii. We packed everything up in the […]

TREX 2018 Day 16: Goodbye Hawai’i!

February 2, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 Well, our trip to Hawai’i has come to an end. I write to you now from the San Francisco airport on our way back to Boston! Thursday was our last day on […]

TREX 2018 Day 16: Hawaii to MIT

February 2, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Suchan Vivatsethachai `20 Today was the last day of our TREX trip in Hawaii. We had been here for 2 weeks, but we did so many things that it felt like we had been there […]

TREX 2018 Day 15: Last Day in the National Park

February 1, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Suchan Vivatsethachai `20 In the morning, we planned to do lava hike at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We had planned to do this hike last week, but did not have a chance to because we […]

TREX 2018 Day 15: Say goodbye to both sun and moon

February 1, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ‘19 Today, I woke up at little early… 2:30 AM to be exact. The reason I woke up this early was because of the “super blue blood moon.” This was such a rare […]

TREX 2018 Day 15: Sensors and Green Sand

February 1, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ’20 I know that I stated in a previous blog that the work part of TREX was over. Well, I was not entirely correct. There was still some work to do today, though […]

TREX 2018 Day 15: Green with Envy

February 1, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 Wednesday was our last full day in Hawaii! We definitely made the most of it. In the morning, our TA Ben asked if anyone was ready to leave after breakfast to head […]

TREX 2018 Day 14: a Beach, a Mountain and a Sunset

January 31, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ‘19 Today was the first no-work day for all of the TREXers. Our plan was to move from Puhana beach to a hotel in Kona and to go to Mauna Kea— the biggest mountain […]

TREX 2018 Day 14: The Real Tallest

January 31, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Suchan Vivatsethachai `20 After the public talk, we moved to the Kona side, and while we were moving, we also stopped for a one day trip to the peak of Mauna Kea volcano. I would […]

TREX 2018 Day 14: A Trip up Mauna Kea

January 31, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ‘19 After presenting our research to the public at the Kona Science Café last night, we are officially done with our work for the trip! However, we are still learning and doing exciting […]

TREX 2018 Day 14: Mauna Kea

January 31, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 As our days in Hawaii dwindle down, we’re all hoping to get as much out of these last few moments as possible. Today was absolutely an once-in-a-lifetime experience that we will all […]