Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateAssociate Professor David McGee recounts his time with Wally Broecker, a climate science giant who passed away in February.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimatePostdoc Maike Sonnewald adapted a method that identifies areas of the global ocean with similar physics, revealing global dynamical regimes.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimatePAOC members illustrated the sweeter side of ocean modeling at the MIT Museum's 2019 Nautical Day.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateCarl Wunsch and Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli recount their time with Walter Munk, one of the most respected oceanographers of the 21st century, who passed away this month at the age of 101.
Jessica Dabrowski | EAPS NewsMIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Jessica Dabrowski uses naturally-occurring radioactive isotopes to study climate change in the Arctic.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateEAPS Assistant Professor Brent Minchew has flown presidents and foreign dignitaries on Marine One. Today, he leads Glaciers at MIT, where he searches for clues on how ice sheets evolve and respond to changing climate.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateAs machine learning expands into climate modeling, EAPS Professor Paul O’Gorman answers what that looks like and why now.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateAli Ramadhan recently launched “Project Lovelace,” a website that helps scientists hone their programming skills with interactive problem sets.
Republic of Rwanda Ministry of EducationIn collaboration with MIT, Rwanda launches first African Air Quality and Climate Laboratory equipped to measure more than 50 gases that degrade the ozone layer and affect climate change.
School of ScienceProfessors Raffaele Ferrari and John Marshall, along with colleagues from Caltech, NASA's JPL, and the Naval Postgraduate School, envision a revolution in climate modeling using data assimilation and machine learning.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateThe recently renovated library, named for late MIT Professor Jule Charney, now offers a welcoming space for students to interact both socially and academically.
Oceanus MagazineSurface melting across Greenland’s mile-thick ice sheet has ramped up dramatically in the early 21st century, showing no signs of abating, according to new research published Dec. 5, 2018, in the journal Nature.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateMaryam Rashed Alshehhi, a visiting assistant professor from the United Arab Emirates, examines the Gulf region's most pressing environmental dilemmas.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateThis December, PAOC members will present a wide range of research at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the largest Earth and space science meeting in the world.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateAn update on efforts led by Prof. Carl Wunsch to build a foundational framework for understanding the behavior of the entire ocean.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate Studies show cloud variability during El Niño events could help better predict long-term climate change.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News OfficeToxin will accumulate in the environment, particularly in remote regions, as countries delay implementing emissions controls.
New Worlds, New Discoveries
EAPS NewsDrs. Gillon and de Wit speak about their discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star just 39 light years from Earth.
February202017
Climate science and policy: Now more than ever!
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeAs new administration takes office, Joint Program IAP courses explore what’s at stake.
Faculty Promotions
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsThe Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of Michael Follows to Full Professor and David McGee to Associate Professor (effective July 2017.)
February12017
Water Scarcity, Air Pollution and Climate Change
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeSeveral MIT PAOC and Joint Program research affiliates share findings at the American Geophysical Union’s 2016 Fall Meeting
Witze Receives 2016 AGU Journalism Award
AGUAlexandra Witze XII BS '92 received the 2016 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony.
November212016
Climate Change: Ethics in Action
Lauren HinkelAt forum, MIT community tackles tough ethical questions of climate change and motivations for effective action
AGU Should Sever Its Ties with ExxonMobil
Michael E. Mann, Naomi Oreskes, and Kerry A. EmanuelAGU and its funders should be held to the same standards of evidence-based scrutiny that it expects of the scientists who publish in its own journals.