Bendta Schroeder | School of Science This spring, the MIT School of Science welcomes three new professors including geophysicist Brent Minchew to the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research shows the Clean Air Act was likely responsible for a dramatic decline in atmospheric organic aerosol.
By Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT Joint Program workshop highlights pathways toward sustainable water resources
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsA review article involving Stephanie Dutkiewicz and Oliver Jahn suggests the diatoms have more diverse roles in carbon cycling than previously understood.
Angela Ellis | EAPS Development OfficeThis academic year, thanks entirely to the generosity of past and present alumni and friends, we are proud to be supporting 18 graduate students on EAPS fellowships.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT study projects potential impact of climate change on large power transformers in U.S. Northeast.
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsThis year, the Lorenz Center invited Susan Solomon to give the 7th annual John Carlson Lecture at the New England Aquarium on October 26th, 2017. Professor Solomon talked about past environmental challenges that were successfully overcome and how climate change, as perhaps “the mother” of all environmental challenges, compares.
Lauren HinkelBefore the start of the semester, fourteen incoming first year students joined researchers and students from MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) for a five-day exploration of extreme weather and climate.
Helen Hill for EAPS News and the University of BristolExpert analysis of fossil organic molecules by researchers in the Summons Lab provides palaeontologists with important new insight into how animal soft tissues fossilize and the importance of fats, or lipids, in that process.
Lauren HinkelNear the beginning of each academic year, members of PAOC attend a weekend retreat for science, recreation, and relaxation, generously subsidized by the Houghton Fund.
University of BristolNew study in Nature Communications finds little growth in India's methane emissions. EAPS Professor Ronald Prinn, a co-author of the study, stresses the need for countries to accurately and transparently quantify their greenhouse gas emissions.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Observations and modeling suggest TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets may have held onto water, billions of years after their formation.
May72013
Cleaner energy, warmer climate?
Vicki Ekstrom, MIT Energy Initiative/Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT researchers explore the possible consequences of expanding biofuels.
May32013
Pace of climate zone shifts quickens as climate warms
Nature Climate ChangeAccording to a new study co-authored by Susan Solomon, as the planet warms, not only do Earth's climate zones keep shifting, they actually shift at an accelerating pace giving species inhabiting each zone less time to adapt.
May22013
Animal Trackers
Jennifer Chu, MIT News OfficePrincipal Research Scientist Sai Ravela on how a combination of crowdsourcing and computer vision could identify individuals within endangered populations.
Atmospheric Chemistry @ MIT
In a project led by Colette Heald, MIT's atmospheric chemists launch a new cross-campus website. ..
April182013
Darwin Goes Bicoastal
New York TimesAt San Francisco's new Exploratorium Museum, the Darwin Project-based interactive plankton table is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
April102013
NASA selects MIT-led TESS project for 2017 mission
MIT News Office$200 million project will launch telescopes to perform full-sky search for transiting exoplanets. “The selection of TESS has just accelerated our chances of finding life on another planet within the next decade,” team member PAOC's Sara Seager says.
Irreversible Does Not Mean Unavoidable
Damon Matthews and Susan Solomon emphasise that CO2 emissions cuts implemented today would affect the rate of future global warming immediately.
Demystifying the Cretaceous Hothouse
Genevieve Wanucha for Oceans at MITFor any climate scientist who enjoys stretching the limits of current theory by imagining ancient worlds, the ever warm polar regions of the mid-Cretaceous have long presented a paradox.
The Secret Lives of Researchers: Head in the Clouds
Sarvesh Garimella via The TechMy name is Sarvesh Garimella, and I have chosen to lead the mysterious life of a researcher. Sarvesh on why those lights stay on through the night in the Green Building.
February252013
Boston Grapples With The Threat Of Storms And Rising Water
NPRSince the drubbing that Superstorm Sandy gave the Northeast in November, there's a new sense of urgency in U.S. coastal cities. Kerry Emanuel explains why so much water "wants to get into the city"
February252013
Highlights of Southern Ocean Workshop
Oceans at MITOn January 28, 2013, the two-day Southern Ocean Workshop at MIT kicked off bright and early to accommodate the presentations of 32 leaders in oceanographic research.
Students witness science policy in action
Alli Gold for the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeNoelle Selin and mercury policy conference attendees host panel discussion
Changing with the Climate
Vicki Ekstrom, MIT Energy Initiative/Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT researchers, Massachusetts officials highlight strategies to adapt to climate change.
Class of 2012 Goes to AGU
Deepa Rao '12 (XII)For Deepa Rao '12 (XII) AGU was an incredible week of reconnecting with friends, advisors, professors, and fellow researchers
Faculty Award
Susan Solomon wins the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for establishing the links between atmosphere, climate and human activity