The BBVA Foundation Awards Kerry Emanuel the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change

Emanuel’s research has provided fundamental contributions to understanding of tropical cyclones and how they are affected by climate change. View all spotlights

How Microbes Reflect the Health of Coral Reefs

Microorganisms play important roles in the health and protection of coral reefs, yet exploring these connections can be difficult due to the lack of unspoiled reef systems throughout the global ocean. View all spotlights

WHOI-Engineered DISCO Allows Scientists to Measure Highly Reactive Superoxide on Coral Reefs

Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) successfully conceived and tested a portable device, DISCO, that performed the first in situ measurements of a highly reactive type of oxygen, known as superoxide, which may play an integral role in the health of coral reefs. View all spotlights

Synthetic Biology: A New Tool to Tackle Climate Change?

On December 3 and 4, Boston University convened a workshop exploring how synthetic biology—the engineering of genetic “circuits” in living cells and organisms to enable them to perform specified tasks—can help address climate change. View all spotlights

Historical Climate Models Accurately Projected Global Warming

New research from MIT EAPS scientists explores the accuracy of models’ climate physics and their relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and temperature rise. View all spotlights

Whales May Owe Their Efficient Digestion to Millions of Tiny Microbes

MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Henry Holm coauthors study showing how whales are able to break down high-energy molecules in their food that other animals have difficulty with. View all spotlights

Red Sea ‘Hotspot’ Study Reveals Behaviors of Whale Sharks

MIT-WHOI JP graduate student Camrin D. Braun PhD '19 coauthors study tracks aggregation behaviors of whale sharks, an endangered species, in the Red Sea. View all spotlights

Relating Marine Picoplankton Cell Size and Metabolism

CBIOMES and EAPS postdoctoral fellow John Casey is a microbial oceanographer, who combines observations, experimental approaches, and computational methods to better understand the diversity of metabolic and physiological designs that influence biogeochemical cycles. View all spotlights

Oceanographic Instrument Development, a First Step to Exploring the Unexplored

MIT-WHOI graduate student Kalina Grabb describes what it's like to design and test the first submersible instrument able to measure superoxide within shallow water aquatic environments affecting coral reefs, algal blooms, and deep-sea processes. View all spotlights

Renewable Energy and Carbon Pricing Policies

State-level adoption saves money and lives. View all spotlights

A Focus on Fronts

Chris Follett, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Postdoctoral Fellow and CBIOMES member, is working closely with other project investigators as he seeks to unify data and models through biogeography. View all spotlights

Ring by Carbon Ring

A collaboration of current and former EAPS researchers reveals the genes and proteins controlling the chemical structure of paleoclimate biomarker (GDGT), enabling it to cyclize in response to temperature changes. View all spotlights