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

Novel tool sheds light on coral reef erosion

"UTube" wave abrasion simulator could aid coastal planning in low-lying Marshall Islands View all spotlights

Can financial disclosure of climate risk accelerate climate action?

MIT panel discussion explores best practices View all spotlights

A rapidly changing Arctic

Shelf sediments, freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to North Pole, study co-authored by MIT and MIT-WHOI researchers finds. View all spotlights

First descent: thoughts, feelings and memories from my dive in Alvin

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Staring into the vortex

MIT and EAPS members, affiiates and alumni are recognized for original research and publication, innovative contributions to astronomical techniques or instrumentation, significant contributions to education and public outreach, and service to astronomy and to the Society. View all spotlights