Climate Science

67 resources

MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Computational Thinking
Prof. Alan Edelman
This is an introductory course on computational thinking. We use the Julia programming language to approach...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Software Design and Engineering Algorithms and Data Structures
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Energy Economics
Prof. Paul Joskow
This course explores the theoretical and empirical perspectives on individual and industrial demand for energy,...
Social Sciences Economics Policy and Administration
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Sustainable Real Estate
Prof. Siqi Zheng Siqi Zheng
The course provides a systematic framework to understand the most challenging issues in sustainability in the real...
Art, Design & Architecture Real Estate Science & Math
advanced
MIT OCW
free
U-Lab: Leading Profound Innovation for a More Sustainable World
Dr. Claus Otto Scharmer
15.975 U-Lab: Leading Profound Innovation for a More Sustainable World is an interactive and experiential class...
Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Strategy & Innovation
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Sustainable Energy
Prof. Michael Golay
This class assesses current and potential future energy systems, covering resources, extraction, conversion, and...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Social Sciences Policy and Administration
intermediate
MIT OCW
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Desalination and Water Purification
Prof. John Lienhard
Water supply is a problem of worldwide concern: more than 1 billion people do not have reliable access to clean...
Science & Math Earth Science Energy, Climate & Sustainability
advanced
MIT OCW
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Design for Sustainability
Dr. Eric Adams
The course considers the growing popularity of sustainability and its implications for the practice of engineering,...
Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Environmental Design
advanced
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Environmental Policy and Economics
Dr. Hunt Allcott
This course explores the proper role of government in the regulation of the environment. It will help students...
Social Sciences Economics Policy and Administration
intermediate
MIT OCW
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The Physics of Energy
Prof. Robert Jaffe
This course is designed to give you the scientific understanding you need to answer questions like: How much energy...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Science & Math Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
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Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit
Dr. Christopher Rabe
The Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit was created by MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative as part of a larger...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Science & Math
beginner
MIT OCW
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Green Supply Chain Management
Dr. Edgar Blanco
The half-semester graduate course in Green Supply Chain Management will focus on the fundamental strategies, tools...
Business & Management Supply Chain Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
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Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy
Prof. Henry Jacoby
This class introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change,...
Social Sciences Economics Policy and Administration
advanced
MIT OCW
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Climate, Environment, and Sustainability Infusion Fellowship (CESIF)
Dr. Christopher Rabe
The MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative’s Climate, Environment, and Sustainability Infusion Fellowship (CESIF)...
Education & Teaching Pedagogy and Curriculum Science & Math
beginner
MIT OCW
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Designing and Sustaining Technology Innovation for Global Health Practice
Prof. Jeffrey Blander
Innovation in global health practice requires leaders who are trained to think and act like entrepreneurs. Whether...
Business & Management Strategy & Innovation Science & Math
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Systems Perspectives on Industrial Ecology
Dr. Frank Field
This course examines quantitative techniques for life cycle analysis of the impacts of materials extraction,...
Social Sciences Economics Science & Math
advanced
MIT OCW
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The Roosevelt Project
The Roosevelt Project Team
This project looks to combine the legacies of these three titans of American history, including Theodore Roosevelt,...
Social Sciences Economics Policy and Administration
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Weather and Climate Laboratory
Prof. Talia Tamarin-Brodsky
This course engages students in projects involving rotating tank laboratory experiments, analysis of data on the...
Science & Math Earth Science Energy, Climate & Sustainability
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Professional Seminar in Sustainability
Sarah Slaughter
Sustainability challenges organizations to address the implications – and responses – in their own operations and...
Business & Management Entrepreneurship Operations
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment
Prof. Pericles (Chris) Zegras
This course is aimed at the aspiring planning practitioner, policy-maker, or industry decision-maker with an...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
MIT Climate Portal
Laur Hesse Fisher
To inform and empower the public on the complex issue of climate change, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Science & Math
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Planning for Sustainable Development
Prof. David Laws
This course explores policy and planning for sustainable development. It critically examines concept of...
Social Sciences Urban Studies Science & Math
advanced
MIT OCW
free
S-Lab: Laboratory for Sustainable Business
Prof. John Sterman
How can we translate real-world challenges into future business opportunities? How can individuals, organizations,...
Business & Management Entrepreneurship Operations
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Tropical Meteorology
Prof. Kerry Emanuel
This course describes the large-scale circulation systems of the tropical atmosphere and analyses the dynamics of...
Science & Math Earth Science Physics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability
Prof. Dennis McLaughlin
This course provides a review of physical, chemical, ecological, and economic principles used to examine...
Science & Math Biology Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
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Prototypes to Products
Mr. Andrew Heafitz
For students and teams who have started a sustainable-development project in D-Lab (EC.701J or EC.720J), Product...
Business & Management Systems Thinking Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Climate Science, Risk & Solutions: A Climate Primer
Prof. Kerry Emanuel
The goal of the Climate Primer website is to summarize the most important lines of evidence for human-caused climate...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Science & Math Earth Science
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Food in American History
Anya Zilberstein
This course will explore food in modern American history as a story of industrialization and globalization....
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Science & Math Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
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Modeling and Assessment for Policy
Prof. Noelle Selin
IDS.410J Modeling and Assessment for Policy explores how scientific information and quantitative models can be used...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Computer Science Data Science
advanced
MIT OCW
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Regional Energy-Environmental Economic Modeling
Prof. Karen R. Polenske
This subject is on regional energy-environmental modeling rather than on general energy-environmental policies, but...
Social Sciences Economics Policy and Administration
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics
Prof. Raffaele Ferrari
This undergraduate class is designed to introduce students to the physics that govern the circulation of the ocean...
Science & Math Earth Science Energy, Climate & Sustainability
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations
Prof. R. Alan Plumb
In this course, we will look at many important aspects of the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean, from length...
Science & Math Earth Science Energy, Climate & Sustainability
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Sustainable Economic Development
Prof. Karl Seidman
This course explores the application of environmental and economic development planning, policy and management...
Economics Policy and Administration Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Radiative Transfer
Prof. Gang Chen
This course investigates the principles of thermal radiation and their applications to engineering heat and photon...
Physics Energy Climate Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Water, Climate Change, and Health
Susan Murcott
D-Lab: Water, Climate Change, and Health is a project-based, experiential, and transdisciplinary course. Together...
Public Health Earth Science Health & Medicine
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Climate Physics and Chemistry
Carl Wunsch
This course introduces students to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and...
Earth Science Climate Science Science & Math
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Global Warming Science
Prof. Kerry Emanuel
This course provides students with a scientific foundation of anthropogenic climate change and an introduction to...
Science & Math Earth Science Energy, Climate & Sustainability
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab I: Development
Amy J. Smith
D-Lab Development addresses issues of technological improvements at the micro level for developing countries—in...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate Science Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Sustainable Design and Technology Research Workshop
Prof. Leon Glicksman
This workshop investigates the current state of sustainability in regards to architecture, from the level of the...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate Science Art, Design & Architecture
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Brave New Planet
Prof. Eric Lander
Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us. In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking...
Energy Philosophy Climate Science
beginner
MIT OCW
free
CS3 Lecture Series: Fundamentals of Climate Science and Policy
MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
IAP 2026 provides members of the MIT community with a unique opportunity to participate in a wide variety of...
Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Climate Science
beginner
MIT OCW
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Atmospheric Chemistry
Prof. Jesse Kroll
This course provides a detailed overview of the chemical transformations that control the abundances of key trace...
Climate Science Earth Science Energy
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Thermodynamics and Climate Change
Dr. Peter Godart
In this course you will learn the three laws of thermodynamics, explore concepts like entropy and enthalpy, and...
Climate Science Physics Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Nuclear Engineering: Science, Systems and Society
Dr. Marina Dang
In this exploratory seminar, first-year undergraduate students learn the basic physics of nuclear energy and...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Communication Energy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Teaching with Sustainability
Dr. Elizabeth Potter-Nelson
Solving the interconnected complex problems that pervade our social, environmental, economic, and health systems...
Pedagogy and Curriculum Earth Science Adaptation and Resilience
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Seminar in Environmental Science
Prof. Daniel Rothman
Required for all Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences majors in the Environmental Science track, this course...
Policy and Administration Earth Science Climate and Energy Policy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Energy
Amy Banzaert
D-Lab: Energy offers a hands-on, project-based approach that engages students in understanding and addressing the...
Electrical Engineering Energy International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Urban Climate Adaptation
Prof. JoAnn Carmin
“Designing a dream city is easy. Rebuilding a living one takes imagination.”    -Jane Jacobs This...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies International Development
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Theoretical Environmental Analysis
Prof. Daniel Rothman
This course analyzes cooperative processes that shape the natural environment, now and in the geologic past. It...
Climate Science Biology Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Environmental History
Prof. Harriet Ritvo
Focusing primarily on the period since 1500, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and...
Humanities Climate Science History
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Science Activism: Gender, Race, and Power
Prof. Edmund Bertschinger
This subject examines the role scientists have played as activists in social movements in the U.S. following World...
Sociology Climate Science Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
International Politics and Climate Change
Prof. Nazli Choucri
This course examines the interconnections of international politics and climate change. Beginning with an analysis...
Environmental Engineering Political Science Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Libby Hsu
This course focuses on disseminating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) or water/environment innovations in...
Environmental Engineering International Development Public Health
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Climate Change Seminar
Prof. Alan Edelman
This course provides a broad overview of issues related to climate change, with an emphasis on those aspects most...
Systems Engineering Earth Science Climate Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab: Waste
Kate Mytty
This introductory course will provide you with a multidisciplinary approach to managing waste in low- and...
Climate Science Adaptation and Resilience Climate and Energy Policy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
D-Lab II: Design
Amy J. Smith
D-Lab: Design addresses problems faced by undeserved communities with a focus on design, experimentation, and...
Economics Engineering International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Paleoceanography
Prof. Edward Boyle
This class examines tools, data, and ideas related to past climate changes as seen in marine, ice core, and...
Earth Science Climate Science Science & Math
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Land, Water, Food, and Climate
Prof. Dennis McLaughlin
This reading seminar examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientific...
Energy Climate Science Earth Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Global Cityscope - Disaster Planning and Post-Disaster Rebuilding and Recovery
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This class is designed to expose you to the cycles of disasters, the roots of emergency planning in the U.S., how to...
Climate Science Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Changing Life: Reading the Intersections of Gender, Race, Biology, and Literature
Prof. Mary Baine Campbell
In this course, students will develop their abilities to expose ways that scientific knowledge has been shaped in...
Gender Studies Biology Earth Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
EarthDNA's Climate 101
Brandon Leshchinskiy
The Climate 101 presentation was developed by Brandon Leshchinskiy in collaboration with Professor Dava Newman, MIT...
Earth Science Climate Science Science & Math
beginner
MIT OCW
free
Climate Action Hands-On: Harnessing Science with Communities to Cut Carbon
David Damm-Luhr
This course explores how citizen science can support community actions to combat climate change. Participants will...
Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering Energy
beginner
MIT OCW
free
International Environmental Negotiation
Prof. William Moomaw
This seminar will explore the difficulties of getting agreement on global definitions of sustainability; in...
Political Science Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning - The Cardener River Corridor Workshop
Prof. Eran Ben-Joseph
This landscape and environmental planning workshop investigates and propose a framework for the enhancement,...
Environmental Engineering Urban Studies Architecture
advanced
MIT OCW
free
A Sustainable Transportation Plan for MIT
Frederick Salvucci
This seminar-style class will focus on evaluating and recommending alternative commuter and business-related...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate Science Policy and Administration
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Foshan China Workshop
Prof. Tunney Lee
This practicum focuses on applying the principles of sustainability to improve the quality of life and activity...
Urban Studies Economics Earth Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Comparative Security and Sustainability
Prof. Nazli Choucri
This course focuses on the complexities associated with security and sustainability of states in international...
Policy and Administration Political Science Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Oceans and Us
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course explores how people have understood and encountered the ocean, cross-culturally, as a site of danger,...
Anthropology Climate Science Earth Science
intermediate