Mary Lide Parker | Schmidt Ocean InstituteBiogeochemical oceanographer Andrew Babbin and members of his group are leading a three-week research cruise aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor. They are studying the nitrogen cycle in one of the largest natural marine oxygen deficient zones in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean.
EAPS NewsThree MIT graduate students studying atmospheric science recently participated in a NOVA outreach event to engage the public on hurricanes and climate change.
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsThe Simons Foundation extends its support for microbial oceanography with the establishment of the Simons Foundation Collaboration on Ocean Computational Biogeochemical.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeNew method enables faster, more accurate simulation of aerosol-cloud interaction
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeChien Wang one of six new U.S. scientists to join French climate research initiative
EAPS NewsEAPS Associate Professor of Paleoclimatology, David McGee, has been awarded the Excellence In Mentoring Award by the office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming.
Helen HillEAPS Congratulations - Daniel Cziczo has been awarded tenure. Cziczo holds positions with PAOC in EAPS, and Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeCombining art and science to envision the global food system under climate change
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office A 4 percent reduction per year in carbon dioxide emissions should net $339 billion in health savings in 2030, researchers estimate.
EAPS NewsFollowing in the footsteps of Captain Jack Sparrow, Andrew Babbin leads spring break fieldwork in the Caribbean as part of EAPS first field oceanography class.
Meg Rosenburg | MIT Video ProductionsDepartment of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences honors trailblazing professors Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz with a tribute to their lives and legacies.
November162015
Cracking the Problem of River Growth
Jennifer Chu/MIT NewsEAPS researchers Prof. Dan Rothman and postdoc Yossi Cohen find that a similar principle predicts the growth of fractures and rivers.
October212015
A Fair and Ambitious Pledge? Not quite
MIT News/Jennifer ChuStudy from Solomon groups finds pledges by top greenhouse gas emitters leaves little room for others; urges greater R&D.
Messing with the monsoon
Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Study from Research Scientist Chien Wang finds man made aerosols can alter rainfall in the world’s most populous region.
Can Rain Clean the Atmosphere?
MIT News/Jennifer ChuNew study from the Cziczo lab explains how rain droplets attract aerosols out of the atmosphere.
August172015
Better Estimates of Worldwide Mercury Pollution
MIT News/Jennifer ChuMIT News features new findings from the Selin Group that show Asia produces twice as much mercury emissions as previously thought.
Podcast: What's the science behind climate change?
Jay London/MIT Alumni AssociationMIT faculty members including EAPS own Dan Cziczo and Kerry Emanuel discuss the history and science behind Earth’s warming climate, and whether anything can be done to mitigate a rising global temperature.
April152015
An Ocean of Opportunity
MIT News/Jennifer ChuMIT News profiled EAPS Associate Professor Mick Follows, who uses tiny marine microbes to model climate change.
How global warming can worsen snowfalls
Carolyn Johnson, Boston GlobeThe Boston Globe asks PAOC's Paul O'Gormon about his research on climate change and extreme snowfalls
Volcanic cooling underestimated
NatureSince 2000, atmospheric particles from volcanic eruptions have cooled the Earth more than scientists had suspected.
October312014
Catching air
MIT News/Zach Wener-Fligner Jimmy Gasore is working on Africa’s first high-frequency climate observatory in his native Rwanda.
September292014
MIT's 2014 Energy and Climate Outlook
Audrey ResutekReport: Unless we change direction, the future world will be 3–5°C warmer, thirstier, still dependent on fossil fuels
Danger: Shifting Storms
Peter Dizikes/MIT Technology ReviewHurricanes are peaking farther from the equator, according to MIT's Kerry Emanuel.
August252014
Study: Cutting emissions pays for itself
Audrey Resutek | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Savings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies.