Lauren HinkelInteractions among microorganisms account for nitrite accumulation just below the sunlit zone, with implications for oceanic carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Large concentrations of sulfites and bisulfites in shallow lakes may have set the stage for Earth’s first biological molecules.
EAPS NewsKerry Emanuel has been chosen by the Board of Directors and staff of The National Center for Science Education to receive the 2018 Friend of the Planet award.
EAPS NewsBorn 100 years ago, MIT professors Jule Charney and Ed Lorenz profoundly shaped the field of meteorology during their lifetimes. Charney laid the groundwork for numerical weather prediction and saw it transform nearly every aspect of the field, while Lorenz changed our conception of weather from deterministic phenomena to chaos.
IDSSThis competitive fellowship brings together Technical University of Munich researchers and outstanding international scientists to explore innovative, high-risk topics in their scientific research areas, with the goal of making a long-term impact.
Meg Rosenberg | MIT Video Productions, Lauren Hinkel and John MarshallMIT professors Jule Charney and Ed Lorenz profoundly shaped the field of meteorology during their lifetimes. Charney laid the groundwork for numerical weather prediction, while Lorenz changed our conception of weather from deterministic phenomena to chaos.
MIT Sea GrantThe two-year chair opens the way for promising, non-tenured professors to undertake marine-related research that will further innovative uses of the ocean's resources.
Lauren HinkelLook out for the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate (PAOC) sharing their work at this year’s Ocean Sciences conference taking place February 11-16 in Portland, Oregon.
Lauren HinkelMIT atmospheric scientists and trailblazers Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz gave us numerical weather prediction and chaos theory, highlighting the value of basic research.
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsCongratulations to graduate students Daniel Gilford and Clara Maurel who have been awarded an Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) for their presentations at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union held in New Orleans in December.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits PAOC
MIT NewsYesterday, Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, toured the laboratory of Prof. Ronald Prinn, who leads the Rwanda-MIT climate-change observatory in the works.
April142014
An Arctic ozone hole? Not quite
Audrey Resutek/JPSPGCMIT researchers find that the extremes in Antarctic ozone holes have not been matched in the Arctic.
April82014
Little-Studied Man-Made Gases have Big Warming Potential
Audrey Resutek for JPSPGCA new study from AGAGE investigators suggests, without additional limits, synthetic green house gases introduced to replace ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons could result in increased warming.
March302014
Highlights from MIT Water Night 2014
Oceans at MITOceans at MIT attended MIT Water Night 2014 to report on some of the (salty water!) highlights, including nano-technological desalination of seawater, innovative wetland conservation, and ocean carbon cycle research.
March282014
Of The River and Time
Britta Voss, MIT/WHOI Oceanus MagazineThe Fraser River in western Canada runs deep with clues to Earth's mountains and climate
March102014
3D Maps Reveal a Lead-Laced Ocean
David Malakoff for Science NOW (reposted with permission)About 1000 meters down in a remote part of the Atlantic Ocean sits an unusual legacy of humanity’s love affair with the automobile. It’s a huge mass of seawater infused with traces of the toxic metal lead, a pollutant once widely emitted by cars burning leaded gasoline.
February242014
Study: Volcanoes contribute to recent warming ‘hiatus’
Alli Gold Roberts for MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeResearchers find models must account for volcanic eruptions to accurately predict climate change.
February212014
The Dark and Stormy Side of Science-Policy Mixology
Daniel Rothenberg, Daniel Gilford, Michael Davidson, and Arthur Yip for the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeIAP course explored the science, economics, and policy of climate change.
January282014
PAOC's Noelle Selin appointed to the Global Young Academy
Helen Hill for EAPS NewsFaculty Award: PAOC congratulations to Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and Atmospheric Chemistry Noelle Selin for her appointment to the Global Young Academy
Promotions for PAOC researchers
Helen Hill for EAPS NewsCongratulations to Patrick Heimbach and Adam Schlosser, both recently promoted to the rank of Senior Research Scientist.
January92014
Weather: What is a polar vortex?
Vince Agard/The TechPAOC grad student Vince Agard explains what exactly a polar vortex is in MIT's The Tech
Ed Boyle awarded EAG Urey Medal
EAPS NewsEAPS congratulations to Edward Boyle, Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Director of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program for 2014 Urey Medal
Storing carbon in the Arctic
Jennifer Chu/MIT NewsMIT Darwin Group Research shows that carbon storage in Arctic Ocean is more complex than we knew.
October172013
Sara Seager Macarthur Award
EAPS NewsSara Seager, Class of 1941 Professor, and Chair in the EAPS Program in Planetary Science has been awarded a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship. PAOC congratulations on this highly deserved prestigious honor.
July82013
Bigger storms ahead
Jennifer Chu for MIT NewsWith global warming, a study by Kerry Emanuel finds, tropical cyclones may become more frequent and intense
May312013
Oceans Ahoy!
EAPS NewsRead all about oceanography in EAPS, meet atmospheric chemistry graduate student Sarvesh Garimella, review member news and more in the Spring issue of EAPSpeaks
May202013
2013 EAPS Student Awards
Shaenna Berlin, Allison Wing, Tim Cronin, Katherine French, Laura Meredith and Malte Jansen PAOC's award winners
May92013
Dust in the Clouds
Jennifer Chu, MIT News OfficeA new study by atmospheric chemist Dan Cziczo and collaborators find cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles.