Molly Chase | Climate and Sustainability ConsortiumWith the support of each other and MIT faculty, students in the MCSC’s Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program are making their impact on real-world climate challenges.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeNew modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations.
“As a species and as a society we really want to understand the planet that we live on and our place in it,” says Professor Michael Follows. Since 1968, the MIT-WHOI Joint Program has provided research and educational opportunities for PhD students seeking to explore the marine world.
Jennifer Chu | MIT NewsHealth benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.
Paige Colley | EAPS NewsCecil and Ida Green Professor of Oceanography Raffaele Ferrari has been named the 2022 Harald Sverdrup Lecture Recipient by the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Paige Colley | EAPS NewsThe lectureship recognizes outstanding mid-career scientists who have made “significant contributions to the understanding of atmospheric and ocean fluid dynamics, the circulation of the middle atmosphere, or the dynamics of climate”.
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Frozen
Alice Dragoon, MIT Technology ReviewGrad student Joanna Millstein is tackling big questions about glacier dynamics that will help us understand how changing—and in some cases disappearing—ice sheets will affect the planet.
EAPSWith over 200 published papers, multiple books, and countless media appearances, Emanuel’s 41 years at MIT have been marked by influential research into hurricane formation and climate change outreach.
Paige ColleyEd Boyle to step down as director; Mick Follows will take over the directorship in July.
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A passion for science and music
Paige Colley | EAPS NewsFieldwork campfire jam sessions and geology lessons helped inspire senior Zoe Levitt to pursue songwriting full time.
Paige Colley | EAPS NewsEach year, graduating seniors majoring in EAPS present a thesis in completion of their Bachelor of Science Degree. This year we had a class of seven students specializing in areas across the Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences. We asked them about their research, experience in EAPS, and advice for incoming students interested in the geosciences.
EAPS NewsFor a showcase of the breadth and depth of areas we study, read on to learn about our students who earned degrees during the 2021-2022 academic year, and their thesis topics.
Molly Chase | Climate and Sustainability ConsortiumTwenty winning projects, including one led by Earth, Atmopsheric and Planetary Science (EAPS) Prinicpal Research Engineer Chris Hill, will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.
May132022
Babbin and Fournier Promoted
Paige Colley | EAPS NewsThe Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of Andrew Babbin to Associate Professor and granted tenure to Greg Fournier, effective 1 July 2022.
Paige Colley | School of ScienceTo better inform local policy in the face of changing weather extremes, MIT researchers seek to advance the modeling of long-term weather risks.
Paige Colley | School of ScienceTo put global climate modeling at the fingertips of local decision-makers, some scientists think it’s time to rethink the system from scratch.
MIT News OfficeFaculty leaders highlight innovations that can close longstanding knowledge gaps and reimagine how the world responds to the climate crisis.
EAPS NewsMIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take.
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Paige Colley | EAPS NewsThe Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of Tim Cronin to Associate Professor Without Tenure effective July 1, 2022.
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Shaking up earthquake research at MIT
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsGeophysicists Camilla Cattania and William Frank team up to explore the tectonics and fault mechanics behind earthquakes, and their associated hazards.
January122022
Three with MIT ties win 2022 Churchill Scholarships
Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished FellowshipsSeniors David Darrow and Tara Venkatadri and HST student James Diao will pursue master’s programs at Cambridge University.
Amy Phung: Automating exploration
Elise Hugus/WHOIFor Phung, virtual reality and robotics are a natural pairing that will accelerate exploration and facilitate human connection, opening up the door to profound new ways of problem-solving.
Predicting building emissions across the US
Andrew Logan | MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Each region of the United States has unique characteristics that will cause building emissions to vary widely across the entire nation. An MIT team sought to understand — and respond to — these regional variations.
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Taking on the stormy seas
Michaela Jarvis | MIT News Office Themistoklis Sapsis tackles engineering problems associated with the unpredictable ocean environment and its effects on ships and other structures.
Study: Compact neural networks as natural simulators of chaotic dynamics
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsMIT researchers demonstrate that neural networks can efficiently “learn” to become chaotic — to extrapolate beyond training data and mimic non-linear systems, with applications for modeling or correcting for chaotic behaviors in engineered systems.
President L. Rafael Reif’s charge to the Class of 2021
MIT News Office“Through immense effort, self-discipline, creativity and compassion, you found a way to rise to the demands of this historic challenge… together,” Reif told graduates.