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.
Meg Rosenburg | MIT Video ProductionsDepartment of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences honors trailblazing professors Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz with a tribute to their lives and legacies.
Lauren HinkelInteractions among microorganisms account for nitrite accumulation just below the sunlit zone, with implications for oceanic carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Large concentrations of sulfites and bisulfites in shallow lakes may have set the stage for Earth’s first biological molecules.
EAPS NewsKerry Emanuel has been chosen by the Board of Directors and staff of The National Center for Science Education to receive the 2018 Friend of the Planet award.
EAPS NewsBorn 100 years ago, MIT professors Jule Charney and Ed Lorenz profoundly shaped the field of meteorology during their lifetimes. Charney laid the groundwork for numerical weather prediction and saw it transform nearly every aspect of the field, while Lorenz changed our conception of weather from deterministic phenomena to chaos.
IDSSThis competitive fellowship brings together Technical University of Munich researchers and outstanding international scientists to explore innovative, high-risk topics in their scientific research areas, with the goal of making a long-term impact.
Meg Rosenberg | MIT Video Productions, Lauren Hinkel and John MarshallMIT professors Jule Charney and Ed Lorenz profoundly shaped the field of meteorology during their lifetimes. Charney laid the groundwork for numerical weather prediction, while Lorenz changed our conception of weather from deterministic phenomena to chaos.
New Worlds, New Discoveries
EAPS NewsDrs. Gillon and de Wit speak about their discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star just 39 light years from Earth.
February202017
Climate science and policy: Now more than ever!
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeAs new administration takes office, Joint Program IAP courses explore what’s at stake.
Faculty Promotions
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsThe Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of Michael Follows to Full Professor and David McGee to Associate Professor (effective July 2017.)
February12017
Water Scarcity, Air Pollution and Climate Change
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeSeveral MIT PAOC and Joint Program research affiliates share findings at the American Geophysical Union’s 2016 Fall Meeting
Witze Receives 2016 AGU Journalism Award
AGUAlexandra Witze XII BS '92 received the 2016 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony.
November212016
Climate Change: Ethics in Action
Lauren HinkelAt forum, MIT community tackles tough ethical questions of climate change and motivations for effective action
AGU Should Sever Its Ties with ExxonMobil
Michael E. Mann, Naomi Oreskes, and Kerry A. EmanuelAGU and its funders should be held to the same standards of evidence-based scrutiny that it expects of the scientists who publish in its own journals.