Content tagged "environment"
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Posted by Kendra Pierre-Louis S.M., Science Writing, 2016
Topics: climate change, environment, pollution, refugees, Smeltertown, TexasGeographies of Nowhere: Smeltertown and the Rising Wave of Environmental Refugees
We don’t often think of modern American communities as places that disappear. But lead pollution erased the tiny TX community of Smeltertown from the map.
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Posted by Lily Bui S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2016
Topics: data, environment, government, sensors, smart cities, technology, urban planningSense and the City: Representations of Air Quality Data in the “Smart City”
Examining representations of air quality data intended for governmental to grassroots audiences, and how these representations may prove to be problematic in attempts to reconcile their myriad forms and meanings across contexts and constituencies.
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Posted by Lily Bui S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2016
Loss, Mourning, and Climate Change
What might mourning loss due to climate change reveal about the deeper relationship between human and non-human life in the environment?
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Posted by Amar Boghani S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2013
Topics: Cambridge, Central Square, cities, environment, location, Massachusetts, mediaThe City Expressed: Everyday Media Production and the Urban Environment
Our interactions with the city are increasingly mediated through a complex array of technologies, including location-aware mobile devices and a vast number of online platforms.
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Posted by Amanda R. Martinez S.M., Science Writing, 2010
Topics: ecosystems, environment, oceans, plastics, pollution, science, trashThe Unfinished Miracle: How Plastics Came to be Lost at Sea
The problem of plastic marine pollution is not due to the nature of the material itself, but rather lies in the ways we have chosen to use it.
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Posted by Morgan Sherburne S.M., Science Writing, 2010
Topics: Deborah Fitzgerald, economics, environment, food, gentrification, Julie Guthman, organic food, organicsDistant Harvest: The Production and Price of Organic Food
If we eventually switch over to a more sustainable way of growing our food, we could, says MIT agricultural historian Deborah Fitzgerald, experience the gentrification of our food system.
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
Help for landowners who could be victimized by natural gas drilling
“Landman Report Card will help landowners in any state navigate the government and corporate databases.”
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
Landman Report Card highlighted in Good Clean Tech, PC Magazine
“MIT is working on a suite of software applications that helps aggregate all the necessary information about land deals, along with input from citizens in the affected areas, in a clear, user-friendly format.”
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Posted by Lissa Harris S.M., Science Writing, 2008
Topics: climate change, economics, environment, finance, politics, pollution, regulationAir Trade: Promises — and Pitfalls — in the Coming Carbon Market
The market designs that have been proposed, along with reasons why the carbon market is likely to fail to live up to its greatest promise.
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Posted by Debora Lui S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2008
Topics: Chinatown, cities, environment, Henri Lefebvre, location, spacial analysis, tourismNeon Signs, Underground Tunnels and Chinese American Identity: The Many Dimension of Visual Chinatown
What is Chinatown? Is it an imaginary construct, a real location, or a community?