Climate

CEE Visiting scientist Dr. Judah Cohen and Professor of Biology Ernest Fraenkel win subseasonal climate forecast rodeo competition

March 15, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

scientist Dr. Judah Cohen collaborated with Professor of Biological Engineering Ernest Fraenkel, two Stanford University PhD students and a Microsoft researcher in a Subseasonal Climate Forecast Rodeo Competition and won first place in 3 out of […]

Sarah Fletcher receives 2019 American Water Works Association Academic Achievement award for Best Doctoral Thesis

March 8, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

Postdoctoral associate Sarah Fletcher received the 2019 American Water Works Association Academic Achievement award for Best Doctoral Thesis on “Learning and flexibility for water supply infrastructure planning under diverse uncertainties.” The award recognizes contributions within the […]

Research from Professor Elfatih Eltahir featured in Science Magazine

February 16, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Research from Professor Elfatih Eltahir and former postdoc Ross Alter was featured in Science Magazine. The news article about the CEE study, entitled “The United States’s Corn Belt is making its own weather,” discusses how agriculture had a […]

Research from Professor Elfatih Eltahir shows intensive agriculture has impact on summer climate in Midwest United States

February 13, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Research from Professor Elfatih Eltahir and former postdoc Ross Alter shows that intensive agriculture has an impact on summer climate in the Midwestern United States. Eltahir and Alter demonstrated that there was a significant empirical association […]

CEE New Research Reception provides update on department initiatives and research

November 7, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]The CEE New Research Reception, held on October 26, brought together CEE alumni, friends and community members to hear about updates on the department and new research initiatives. The event featured research presentations from Professor Oral […]

New research from Professor Elfatih Eltahir shows Nile River to experience greater variability

May 1, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

A new study from Breene M. Kerr Professor of Hydrology and Climate Elfatih Eltahir and postdoc Mohamed Siam shows that the flow of the Nile River will experience greater variability, including more droughts and floods, as […]

From fieldwork to the big screen

April 25, 2017 | News | ceemit

[fusion_text]“How can we reduce the environmental damage that agriculture so often causes and support the livelihood of farmers, all while continuing to feed the growing world population?” This question was central to the winning entry at […]

Research by Dara Entekhabi sheds light on likely increase of precipitation in California

January 3, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]New research by Bacardi Stockholm Water Foundations Professor Dara Entekhabi and a team of researchers found that extreme precipitation is expected to increase in California due to Earth’s warming climate. The researchers studied large-scale atmospheric features […]

Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment Short Course

June 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

From June 13 to 17, 2016, the CEE department and the MIT Professional Education program will be offering a new short course, Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment. The instructors include Professors Robert S. Langer, Martin Polz, […]

Joining efforts to build a more sustainable future

March 17, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Sixth Annual CEE Research Speed Dating showcases research to promote collaboration Approaching a global challenge from the bottom up often results in transformative large-scale impact. Such is the theme that […]

3Q: Elfatih Eltahir on what malaria and Dengue can tell us about Zika

February 23, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

School of Engineering Environmental management approaches may be key in combating mosquito-borne infectious diseases. Like many engineers at MIT, Elfatih A. B. Eltahir builds models. But his models, numerically heavy and integrating satellite, atmospheric, and field […]

Hackathon for Climate

January 26, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Do you have ideas for what the world should do about climate change? Join us for the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) and Climate Co-Lab 2016 IAP Hackathon for Climate event on Jan. 29 from 9 am-5pm in […]

MIT Water Summit discusses water management in a changing environment

December 7, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

From Nov. 13-14, an MIT Water Club team hosted their annual Water Summit, which resulted in a vibrant discussion of how realities like a changing climate, population growth, rapid development, and pervasive urbanization provide an unprecedented […]

Colette Heald awarded AGU James Macelwane Medal

July 29, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences will be honored at an awards ceremony in December. Colette Heald, the Mitsui Career Development Associate Professor […]

Jochem Marotzke to Deliver the 15th Annual Henry W. Kendall Lecture

April 10, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Recent Global Temperature Trends: What do they tell us about anthropogenic climate change? By Jochem Marotzke Max-Planck Institut Für Meteorologie Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Wong Auditorium, in the Tang Center, E51-115 (map) Sponsored […]