Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsA pioneer in theoretical meteorology, Phillips demonstrated that numerical models could predict the weather and developed the first general circulation model of Earth’s climate.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateA recent study authored by Gael Forget demonstrates the overwhelming predominance of the tropical Pacific on global ocean heat transport.
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsEAPS graduate students Christina Hernandez, Gabriela Serrato Marks, and Maya Stokes honored for their leadership, contributions to the institute, and outstanding accomplishment.
Hannah Piecuch | Oceanus MagazineA conversation with Jessica Dabrowski, second-year graduate student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, who recently travelled to the Arctic to study the impact of climate change.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateThe MIT-Imperial Academic Exchange offers undergraduates like Matthew Cotton a chance to expand their cultural and scientific interests.
April92019
Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet
PBSA new PBS documentary explores how scientists, including Susan Solomon, worked together to prevent an environmental catastrophe.
TILclimateScientists predict that hurricanes will hit us harder in the future—but why? Kerry Emanuel breaks down the science in this episode of #TILclimate.
Brandon Milardo | EAPS NewsPAOC members forge new pathways in oceanic and atmospheric research.
April12019
Who’s Who? Who’s New?
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsThis April, EAPS welcomes two new members to the department, postdoctoral associates Xiaozhou Ruan and Justin Jacquot.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateIn honor of Women’s History Month, three prominent female scientists who made departmental history.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateIn his 20s, Janni Yuval sailed across the Pacific. Today, his research focuses on using data-driven approaches to build better, ‘smarter’ climate models.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateAssociate Professor David McGee recounts his time with Wally Broecker, a climate science giant who passed away in February.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimatePostdoc Maike Sonnewald adapted a method that identifies areas of the global ocean with similar physics, revealing global dynamical regimes.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimatePAOC members illustrated the sweeter side of ocean modeling at the MIT Museum's 2019 Nautical Day.
February272019
The climate optimist
Amanda Schaffer | MIT Technology ReviewSusan Solomon is profiled in Tech Review for her work on how CFCs caused the Antarctic ozone hole—and how we can make progress on addressing climate change.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateCarl Wunsch and Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli recount their time with Walter Munk, one of the most respected oceanographers of the 21st century, who passed away this month at the age of 101.
Jessica Dabrowski | EAPS NewsMIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Jessica Dabrowski uses naturally-occurring radioactive isotopes to study climate change in the Arctic.
Kelsey Tsipis | Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and ClimateEAPS Assistant Professor Brent Minchew has flown presidents and foreign dignitaries on Marine One. Today, he leads Glaciers at MIT, where he searches for clues on how ice sheets evolve and respond to changing climate.
A Universal Law for the ‘Blood of the Earth’
Joshua Sokol | Quanta MagazineThe EAPS Rothman group shows how simple physical principles can be used to describe how rivers grow everywhere from Florida to Mars.
November192018
Roger Summons on 'Proof' podcast
An interview with Prof. Summons on gas chromatography–mass spectrometry on "Proof, America’s Test Kitchen" podcast.
October312018
The Search Continues
Nicole Estvanik Taylor | MIT SpectrumMIT Spectrum on PAOC member Julien de Wit joining the TRAPPIST team.
October172018
How Hurricane Michael Became a 'Worst-Case Scenario'
Robinson Meyer | The AtlanticProfessor Kerry Emanuel speaks on Hurricane Michael's climate-addled rapid intensification with The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and more.
Emanuel selected to the 2018 Class of AGU Fellows
Eric Davidson and Mary Anne Holmes | EOSThe elected Fellows are AGU members whose visionary leadership and scientific excellence have fundamentally advanced research in their respective fields.
From Simple Separations to Complex Questions
Fatima Husain | Summons LabGirls from the Circle Program in Groton, NH talk about STEM, geologic timescales, astrobiology, chromatography and pursuing STEM careers with Summons Lab member Fatima Husain.
July272018
NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Starts Science Operations
TESSNASA’s TESS has started its search for planets around nearby stars, beginning science operations on July 25, 2018. Sara Seager is the Deputy Science Director of the MIT-led NASA Explorer-class mission.
Australian Climate Policy Ignoring Billions in Potential Health Savings, Experts Say
Anna Salleh | Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports that "Australia is missing out on billions in short-term health savings that could come with tougher greenhouse emission targets, experts say." Noelle Selin comments that the health savings could offset climate polices.
June182018
Charting the Future of Decarbonization
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT Joint Program workshop explores economic and environmental impacts of scaling up low-carbon energy.
Carl Wunsch and the Rise of Modern Oceanography
Michael White | ForecastCarl Wunsch speaks with Forecast about his experience in oceanography, the history of the field and how major science questions are conceptualized and addressed.
May292018
A Proposed Global Metric to Aid Mercury Pollution Policy
Noelle E. Selin | ScienceNoelle Selin writes about how a global-scale metric to assess the impact of mercury emissions policies would help parties assess progress toward their goals to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury in the journal Science.