The climate is moving to greater and greater extremes — acting now can reduce risks

MIT TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Science Ron Prinn pens an op-ed for The Hill laying out our current climate risks and how the U.S. is performing with respect to its climate targets. View all spotlights

How we know it’s happening

Prof. Kerry Emanuel speaks with Ozak Esu and James Lawler of Climate Now about how we know humans are causing climate change. View all spotlights

Julia Wilcots and Rohini Shivamoggi recognized by MIT for their leadership in DEI

Wilcots and Shivamoggi have gone above and beyond to empower and mentor fellow students and researchers within MIT and EAPS on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). View all spotlights

Ozone-depleting chemicals may spend less time in the atmosphere than previously thought

News results point to unexpected, illegal production of several CFCs in recent years. View all spotlights

Quantifying Parameter and Structural Uncertainty in Climate Modeling

Robustly predicting Earth’s climate is one of the most complex challenges facing the scientific community today. By leveraging recent advances in the computational and data sciences, researchers at CliMA are developing new methods for calibrating climate models and quantifying their uncertainties. View all spotlights

Wunsch awarded Prince Albert I Medal 2021

Carl Wunsch, the EAPS Professor Emeritus of Physical Oceanography, has been awarded the 2021 Prince Albert I Medal, recognizing "his groundbreaking contributions to the development of modern physical oceanography." View all spotlights

Saving the radome

Student-led efforts preserve iconic campus landmark for future generations of education and research. View all spotlights

MIT Climate Clock from D-Lab: Water, Climate Change, and Health

Eight months ago, in September 2020, artists Andrew Boyd and Gan Golan unveiled the first U.S.-based Climate Clock at “the Metronome,” a public art wall in New York City, on the south side of Union Square. View all spotlights

Deep diving into seawater

Mallory Ringham uses optical sensor to assess oceans’ chemical changes View all spotlights

Climate futures

CliMA collaboration aims to reinvent Earth system modeling. View all spotlights

The big picture

MIT experts outline issues, offer hope for climate action View all spotlights

Degrading Pernicious Plastics and Predicting Using Past Climates

In this MIT Better World (Sustainability) breakout session, hosted by the MIT School of Science in March 2021, David McGee and Jeremiah Johnson, professors in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and the Department of Chemistry, respectively, present aspects of their research programs that impact the prediction of precipitation and the creation of useful, but less harmful, materials of the future. View all spotlights

Protecting the world’s vanishing coral reefs

Goreau—whose family’s story is told in the new documentary Coral Ghosts—has borne witness for seven decades to the steady global decline of coral reefs, which have degraded into fields of rubble and algae. View all spotlights