News + Media: Earth Systems
![PhD student Katarina Boukin and Eva Then '21 were instrumental to the Porosity Hunt, capturing data around campus and synthesizing it for future use. Credits:Photo: Ken Strzepek IMG_9561 copy_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/IMG_9561%20copy_WEB.jpg?itok=8DO1Okor)
News Release
MIT Office of Sustainability | Oct 03, 2021
![his image reveals how much more arid the world is expected to be by the end of the 21st century (browner areas are drier). Image: Courtesy of Susan Solomon the-big-picture_03_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/the-big-picture_03_WEB.jpg?itok=sAgtjIXG)
Sep 26, 2021
Sep 26, 2021
![Image: Hurricane Teddy hits the United States (Source: Severe Weather Europe) MSD_Workshop_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/MSD_Workshop_WEB.jpg?itok=nXGh0Yok)
News Release
MIT News | Sep 24, 2021
![Photo: Whenever organic matter is burned, such as in a wildfire, a power plant, a car’s exhaust, or in daily cooking, the combustion releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — a class of pollutants that is known to cause lung cancer. (Source: MIT) MIT-PAH-Risk-01_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-PAH-Risk-01_WEB.jpg?itok=zRnwRysw)
Around Campus
MIT News | Sep 24, 2021
Sep 23, 2021
![MIT has appointed more than a dozen faculty to its new Climate Nucleus, a committee established by the Institute’s “Fast Forward” climate action plan. The committee will be co-chaired by professors Noelle Selin, left, and Anne White. Credits:Image: Selin photo by M. Scott Brauer; White photo by Susan Young MIT-Climate-Nucleus-01-press_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Climate-Nucleus-01-press_WEB.jpg?itok=OMeNtev5)
Around Campus
MIT Office of the Vice President for Research | Sep 17, 2021