Mary Lide Parker | Schmidt Ocean InstituteBiogeochemical oceanographer Andrew Babbin and members of his group are leading a three-week research cruise aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor. They are studying the nitrogen cycle in one of the largest natural marine oxygen deficient zones in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean.
EAPS NewsThree MIT graduate students studying atmospheric science recently participated in a NOVA outreach event to engage the public on hurricanes and climate change.
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsThe Simons Foundation extends its support for microbial oceanography with the establishment of the Simons Foundation Collaboration on Ocean Computational Biogeochemical.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeNew method enables faster, more accurate simulation of aerosol-cloud interaction
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeChien Wang one of six new U.S. scientists to join French climate research initiative
EAPS NewsEAPS Associate Professor of Paleoclimatology, David McGee, has been awarded the Excellence In Mentoring Award by the office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming.
Helen HillEAPS Congratulations - Daniel Cziczo has been awarded tenure. Cziczo holds positions with PAOC in EAPS, and Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeCombining art and science to envision the global food system under climate change
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office A 4 percent reduction per year in carbon dioxide emissions should net $339 billion in health savings in 2030, researchers estimate.
EAPS NewsFollowing in the footsteps of Captain Jack Sparrow, Andrew Babbin leads spring break fieldwork in the Caribbean as part of EAPS first field oceanography class.
Ed Boyle awarded EAG Urey Medal
EAPS NewsEAPS congratulations to Edward Boyle, Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Director of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program for 2014 Urey Medal
Storing carbon in the Arctic
Jennifer Chu/MIT NewsMIT Darwin Group Research shows that carbon storage in Arctic Ocean is more complex than we knew.
October172013
Sara Seager Macarthur Award
EAPS NewsSara Seager, Class of 1941 Professor, and Chair in the EAPS Program in Planetary Science has been awarded a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship. PAOC congratulations on this highly deserved prestigious honor.
July82013
Bigger storms ahead
Jennifer Chu for MIT NewsWith global warming, a study by Kerry Emanuel finds, tropical cyclones may become more frequent and intense
May312013
Oceans Ahoy!
EAPS NewsRead all about oceanography in EAPS, meet atmospheric chemistry graduate student Sarvesh Garimella, review member news and more in the Spring issue of EAPSpeaks
May202013
2013 EAPS Student Awards
Shaenna Berlin, Allison Wing, Tim Cronin, Katherine French, Laura Meredith and Malte Jansen PAOC's award winners
May92013
Dust in the Clouds
Jennifer Chu, MIT News OfficeA new study by atmospheric chemist Dan Cziczo and collaborators find cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles.
May72013
Cleaner energy, warmer climate?
Vicki Ekstrom, MIT Energy Initiative/Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT researchers explore the possible consequences of expanding biofuels.
May32013
Pace of climate zone shifts quickens as climate warms
Nature Climate ChangeAccording to a new study co-authored by Susan Solomon, as the planet warms, not only do Earth's climate zones keep shifting, they actually shift at an accelerating pace giving species inhabiting each zone less time to adapt.
May22013
Animal Trackers
Jennifer Chu, MIT News OfficePrincipal Research Scientist Sai Ravela on how a combination of crowdsourcing and computer vision could identify individuals within endangered populations.
Atmospheric Chemistry @ MIT
In a project led by Colette Heald, MIT's atmospheric chemists launch a new cross-campus website. ..
April182013
Darwin Goes Bicoastal
New York TimesAt San Francisco's new Exploratorium Museum, the Darwin Project-based interactive plankton table is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
April102013
NASA selects MIT-led TESS project for 2017 mission
MIT News Office$200 million project will launch telescopes to perform full-sky search for transiting exoplanets. “The selection of TESS has just accelerated our chances of finding life on another planet within the next decade,” team member PAOC's Sara Seager says.
Irreversible Does Not Mean Unavoidable
Damon Matthews and Susan Solomon emphasise that CO2 emissions cuts implemented today would affect the rate of future global warming immediately.
Demystifying the Cretaceous Hothouse
Genevieve Wanucha for Oceans at MITFor any climate scientist who enjoys stretching the limits of current theory by imagining ancient worlds, the ever warm polar regions of the mid-Cretaceous have long presented a paradox.
The Secret Lives of Researchers: Head in the Clouds
Sarvesh Garimella via The TechMy name is Sarvesh Garimella, and I have chosen to lead the mysterious life of a researcher. Sarvesh on why those lights stay on through the night in the Green Building.
February252013
Boston Grapples With The Threat Of Storms And Rising Water
NPRSince the drubbing that Superstorm Sandy gave the Northeast in November, there's a new sense of urgency in U.S. coastal cities. Kerry Emanuel explains why so much water "wants to get into the city"