Looking forward to forecast the risks of a changing climate

To better inform local policy in the face of changing weather extremes, MIT researchers seek to advance the modeling of long-term weather risks. View all spotlights

Computing our climate future

To put global climate modeling at the fingertips of local decision-makers, some scientists think it’s time to rethink the system from scratch. View all spotlights

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast climate-related risk

Faculty leaders highlight innovations that can close longstanding knowledge gaps and reimagine how the world responds to the climate crisis. View all spotlights

Ocean vital signs

MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take. View all spotlights

Setting carbon management in stone

When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock. View all spotlights

Microbes and minerals may have set off Earth’s oxygenation

Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere. View all spotlights

Tim Cronin promoted to Associate Professor

The Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of Tim Cronin to Associate Professor Without Tenure effective July 1, 2022. View all spotlights

Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion

If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years. View all spotlights

MIT Climate Grand Challenges: Ice Sheets and Sea-Level Prediction

Geophysicist Brent Minchew leads two proposals to better understand glacial physics and predict sea-level rise as part of MIT's effort to tackle complex, unsolved problems of climate change. View all spotlights

A systems level approach to biogeography

A new CBIOMES paper presents, for the first time, an interpretation of observed, strain-level, basin-scale biogeography using genome-scale modeling of cellular metabolism, physiology, and fitness. View all spotlights

Venice in Boston

A new Museum of Science exhibit on sea level rise features input from oceanographer Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli about her work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project. View all spotlights

Understanding air pollution from space

Arlene Fiore uses satellite data paired with ground observations to refine our understanding of ozone smog and interactions with meteorology and climate. View all spotlights

Predator interactions chiefly determine where Prochlorococcus thrive

New findings may help researchers hone predictions for where phytoplankton will migrate with climate change. View all spotlights

Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters

The 3D maps may help researchers track and predict the ocean’s response to climate change. View all spotlights

EAPS features at AGU's fall meeting 2021

Plenty of representatives from MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) will be in attendance. View all spotlights