MIT Open Access Articles

Responsible or reckless? A critical review of the environmental and climate assessments of mineral supply chains

Calderon, Jordan Lee; Bazilian, Morgan; Sovacool, B; Greene, Suzanne (IOP Publishing, 2020-10-13)

This paper critically reviews and identifies gaps in the methodologies used to analyze the environmental impacts of mineral and metal global supply chains. Of specific focus are assessments of the extraction and production ...
Future phytoplankton diversity in a changing climate

Henson, Stephanie A; Cael, BB; Allen, Stephanie R; Dutkiewicz, Stephanie (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021)

The future response of marine ecosystem diversity to continued anthropogenic forcing is poorly constrained. Phytoplankton are a diverse set of organisms that form the base of the marine ecosystem. Currently, ocean ...
Impacts of climate change policies worldwide on the Russian economy

Makarov, Igor; Chen, Henry; Paltsev, Sergey (Informa UK Limited, 2020-11-25)

Because the Russian economy relies heavily on exports of fossil fuels, the primary source of human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it may be adversely impacted by Paris Agreement-based climate policies that target ...