Emily Dahl | MIT Energy InitiativeAsegun Henry, Paul Barton, and Matěj Peč will lead research supported by MITEI’s Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
TILclimate Podcast | MIT Environmental Solutions InitiativeThis season, we’ve talked about alternative energy sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide -- but what if there was a way to continue using fossil fuels for energy without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere?
Mallory Ringham | Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionI'm a rising fifth year MIT-WHOI Joint Program student in the Chemical Oceanography Program and I'm currently living near family in Syracuse, New York. I spent the first few weeks of the quarantine working from my hastily-assembled basement lab.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionShelf sediments, freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to North Pole, study co-authored by MIT and MIT-WHOI researchers finds.
Kate S. Petersen, Lauren Hinkel, Jennifer Fentress | EAPS NewsMIT and EAPS members, affiiates and alumni are recognized for original research and publication, innovative contributions to astronomical techniques or instrumentation, significant contributions to education and public outreach, and service to astronomy and to the Society.
Kyle R. Frischkorn | Nature CommunicationsOxygen production and consumption influences the chemistry of the planet, as well as its climate. One process is often overlooked when considering oxygen budgets, but appears to be "pervasive across marine microbial systems."
Jennifer Chu | MIT News OfficeStudy finds Earth’s oceans contain just the right amount of iron; adding more may not improve their ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
Helen Hill | MIT Darwin ProjectIn a new paper, MIT-CBIOMES investigator Stephanie Dutkiewicz and collaborators use the Darwin ecosystem model to develop theories seeking to explain and predict phytoplankton biogeography.
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsThe prize is given for the best PhD thesis done the preceding year within the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMicroorganisms play important roles in the health and protection of coral reefs, yet exploring these connections can be difficult due to the lack of unspoiled reef systems throughout the global ocean.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionResearchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) successfully conceived and tested a portable device, DISCO, that performed the first in situ measurements of a highly reactive type of oxygen, known as superoxide, which may play an integral role in the health of coral reefs.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeOn December 3 and 4, Boston University convened a workshop exploring how synthetic biology—the engineering of genetic “circuits” in living cells and organisms to enable them to perform specified tasks—can help address climate change.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT Joint Program researchers to present latest findings at AGU Fall Meeting
Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet
PBSA new PBS documentary explores how scientists, including Susan Solomon, worked together to prevent an environmental catastrophe.
April12019
Who’s Who? Who’s New?
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsThis April, EAPS welcomes two new members to the department, postdoctoral associates Xiaozhou Ruan and Justin Jacquot.
The climate optimist
Amanda Schaffer | MIT Technology ReviewSusan Solomon is profiled in Tech Review for her work on how CFCs caused the Antarctic ozone hole—and how we can make progress on addressing climate change.
A Universal Law for the ‘Blood of the Earth’
Joshua Sokol | Quanta MagazineThe EAPS Rothman group shows how simple physical principles can be used to describe how rivers grow everywhere from Florida to Mars.
November192018
Roger Summons on 'Proof' podcast
An interview with Prof. Summons on gas chromatography–mass spectrometry on "Proof, America’s Test Kitchen" podcast.
October312018
The Search Continues
Nicole Estvanik Taylor | MIT SpectrumMIT Spectrum on PAOC member Julien de Wit joining the TRAPPIST team.
October172018
How Hurricane Michael Became a 'Worst-Case Scenario'
Robinson Meyer | The AtlanticProfessor Kerry Emanuel speaks on Hurricane Michael's climate-addled rapid intensification with The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and more.
Emanuel selected to the 2018 Class of AGU Fellows
Eric Davidson and Mary Anne Holmes | EOSThe elected Fellows are AGU members whose visionary leadership and scientific excellence have fundamentally advanced research in their respective fields.
From Simple Separations to Complex Questions
Fatima Husain | Summons LabGirls from the Circle Program in Groton, NH talk about STEM, geologic timescales, astrobiology, chromatography and pursuing STEM careers with Summons Lab member Fatima Husain.
July272018
NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Starts Science Operations
TESSNASA’s TESS has started its search for planets around nearby stars, beginning science operations on July 25, 2018. Sara Seager is the Deputy Science Director of the MIT-led NASA Explorer-class mission.
Australian Climate Policy Ignoring Billions in Potential Health Savings, Experts Say
Anna Salleh | Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports that "Australia is missing out on billions in short-term health savings that could come with tougher greenhouse emission targets, experts say." Noelle Selin comments that the health savings could offset climate polices.
June182018
Charting the Future of Decarbonization
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT Joint Program workshop explores economic and environmental impacts of scaling up low-carbon energy.
Carl Wunsch and the Rise of Modern Oceanography
Michael White | ForecastCarl Wunsch speaks with Forecast about his experience in oceanography, the history of the field and how major science questions are conceptualized and addressed.
May292018
A Proposed Global Metric to Aid Mercury Pollution Policy
Noelle E. Selin | ScienceNoelle Selin writes about how a global-scale metric to assess the impact of mercury emissions policies would help parties assess progress toward their goals to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury in the journal Science.