Studies investigate marine heatwaves, shifting ocean currents

Extreme warming events impact fisheries and economies; understanding processes beneath ocean surface is crucial for assessment and management View all spotlights

MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative will stimulate environmental microbiology research

Project supported by the Simons Foundation aims to reinvigorate environmental science by leaning on Parsons Laboratory's past as a leader in the space. View all spotlights

David McGee named EAPS Associate Department Head for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

The new position, and the first of its kind, will lead the department in best practices, awareness, and implementation. View all spotlights

Lava oceans may not explain the brightness of some hot super-Earths

By making their own lava and cooled glass, scientists find these materials likely aren’t responsible for the unexpected glow of some exoplanets. View all spotlights

Two research projects receive funding to advance technologies that avoid carbon emissions

Asegun Henry, Paul Barton, and Matěj Peč will lead research supported by MITEI’s Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage View all spotlights

TIL about carbon capture

This season, we’ve talked about alternative energy sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide -- but what if there was a way to continue using fossil fuels for energy without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere? View all spotlights

Working from home: Mallory Ringham

I'm a rising fifth year MIT-WHOI Joint Program student in the Chemical Oceanography Program and I'm currently living near family in Syracuse, New York. I spent the first few weeks of the quarantine working from my hastily-assembled basement lab. View all spotlights

CliMA 0.1: A first milestone in the next generation of climate models

Machine learning, climate modeling project makes computational strides. View all spotlights

12.307: Weather and Climate Lab

In a virtual classroom, EAPS professors bring fluid dynamics to life. View all spotlights

Study: Reflecting sunlight to cool the planet will cause other global changes

Solar geoengineering proposals will weaken extratropical storm tracks in both hemispheres, scientists find. View all spotlights

Lab shutdowns enable speedier investigation of coral disease

Microbiologists make big strides studying Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease from home View all spotlights

Towable sensor free-falls to measure vertical slices of ocean conditions

Instrument may help scientists assess the ocean’s response to climate change. View all spotlights