Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office By making their own lava and cooled glass, scientists find these materials likely aren’t responsible for the unexpected glow of some exoplanets.
Emily Dahl | MIT Energy InitiativeAsegun Henry, Paul Barton, and Matěj Peč will lead research supported by MITEI’s Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
TILclimate Podcast | MIT Environmental Solutions InitiativeThis 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?
Mallory Ringham | Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionI'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.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionShelf sediments, freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to North Pole, study co-authored by MIT and MIT-WHOI researchers finds.
Kate S. Petersen, Lauren Hinkel, Jennifer Fentress | EAPS NewsMIT 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.
Kyle R. Frischkorn | Nature CommunicationsOxygen production and consumption influences the chemistry of the planet, as well as its climate. One process is often overlooked when considering oxygen budgets, but appears to be "pervasive across marine microbial systems."
Jennifer Chu | MIT News OfficeStudy finds Earth’s oceans contain just the right amount of iron; adding more may not improve their ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
Helen Hill | MIT Darwin ProjectIn a new paper, MIT-CBIOMES investigator Stephanie Dutkiewicz and collaborators use the Darwin ecosystem model to develop theories seeking to explain and predict phytoplankton biogeography.
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsThe prize is given for the best PhD thesis done the preceding year within the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMicroorganisms play important roles in the health and protection of coral reefs, yet exploring these connections can be difficult due to the lack of unspoiled reef systems throughout the global ocean.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionResearchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) successfully conceived and tested a portable device, DISCO, that performed the first in situ measurements of a highly reactive type of oxygen, known as superoxide, which may play an integral role in the health of coral reefs.
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeOn December 3 and 4, Boston University convened a workshop exploring how synthetic biology—the engineering of genetic “circuits” in living cells and organisms to enable them to perform specified tasks—can help address climate change.
January252018
Flood Risk Under an Uncertain Future Climate
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeJoint Program researcher assesses the threat and how Cambridge can prepare
January112018
Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate Change: Why Our Current Climate Is What It Is
Science for the Public Lecture SeriesDan Cziczo, Assoc. Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, speaks at the Science for the Public Lecture Series as an expert on the crucial role of clouds in the dynamics of climate. He explains the vital relationship between clouds and climate, and the present options for reducing atmospheric CO2.
Scientists Find Surprising Evidence of Rapid Changes in the Arctic
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMIT-WHOI graduate student Lauren Kipp and scientists have found surprising evidence of rapid climate change in the Arctic: In the middle of the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, they discovered that the levels of radium-228 have almost doubled over the last decade.
December292017
How We Know It Was Climate Change
Noah S. Diffenbaugh | New York Times Sunday ReviewNew York Times Sunday Review examines connections between climate change and extreme weather events, siting a paper from Kerry Emanuel showing that heavy rainfall during storms like Hurricane Harvey are becoming increasingly common.
EAPS Announces New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsThe recently launched Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences (EAPS) seeks to support exceptional early-career scientists with interests across the broad range of disciplines represented in the department.
November32017
“Mummies” Tummies to Reveal Digestive Evolution
Anthony King | Horizon MagazineDr. Ainara Sistiaga from the Summons Lab was recently interviewed by Horizon Magazine on the evolution of human diets.
Brokering International Climate Deals
ClimateXIn a new episode of ClimateX's Climate Conversations, Associate Professor Noelle Selin explains the complexities of international climate agreements, including the impact of social media, as well as the importance of integrating of government, policy and science when studying the environment.
Back to School 2017
EAPS NewsMIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences welcomes 28 new graduate students. Sixteen join the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate.
September12017
ClimateX: How Climate Puzzles of the Past Point us to the Future
MIT’s ClimateXPaleoclimatologist and EAPS Associate Professor David McGee speaks with ClimateX about tracking Earth's climate changes in the last half million years, our dependence upon climate stability and David’s role in Terrascope.
August42017
New dinosaur is the largest animal with countershading camouflage
Lauren HinkelResearch from Roger Summons and others examines an exceptionally preserved nodosaurid ankylosaur dinosaur, revealing significant clues on predator-prey dynamics of Cretaceous animals, Chris Burns writes for Slash Gear.
Curiosity and Climate Science
ClimateXIn a new video from ClimateX, MIT's Professor of Atmospheric Science Kerry Emanuel speaks about the origins of climate science and stresses the importance of climate science research, imploring talented students to get involved in what he considers to be an underpopulated field.
Monitoring and Mitigating Mercury
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Amanda Giang PhD '17 models a pollutant’s pathways and helps decision makers craft more effective mitigation policies.
June92017
Charting a Better Future for Africa
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeApplying models to help decision-makers advance food security and sustainable development in a climate-compromised continent
2017 EAPS Student Awards
EAPS Education OfficeA roll-call of this year's Excellence in Teaching, Crosby, and Goetze Award recipients presented at the May19th Student Recognition Dinner.
Who's Who? Who's New? in EAPS
Helen Hill | EAPS NewsA warm welcome to visiting scientist Wenlian Xiao, new Summons Lab Assistant Alexandra Bryan, and Babbin Group postdoc Einat Segev. Plus, congratulations to Xiaolei Liu of the Summons Group on his recent promotion from Postdoc to Research Scientist.