For the final assignment, students were required to seek out recent research on a topic in environmental science of personal interest. Students must present what they learned to the class for 40 minutes and produce a written report of about 7-10 pages. The below are example papers by MIT students. All work is the courtesy of students named and are used with permission.

Marion Dumas: Sorption of Organic Matter by Clay (PDF)

Geologic Carbon Sequestration

Christopher Ling: Biomass Fuel and Reforestation (PDF)

Holly Owens: Forests as a Sink for CO₂ (PDF)

Anon.: Hydrogen Fuel cells and the Reduction of CO₂ Emissions (PDF)

Ocean Fertilization

Oceanic Sequestration of CO₂