Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global ChangeMIT Joint Program researchers to present latest findings at AGU Fall Meeting
Henri Drake | EAPS NewsNew research from MIT EAPS scientists explores the accuracy of models’ climate physics and their relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and temperature rise.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Henry Holm coauthors study showing how whales are able to break down high-energy molecules in their food that other animals have difficulty with.
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMIT-WHOI JP graduate student Camrin D. Braun PhD '19 coauthors study tracks aggregation behaviors of whale sharks, an endangered species, in the Red Sea.
Helen Hill | CBIOMESCBIOMES and EAPS postdoctoral fellow John Casey is a microbial oceanographer, who combines observations, experimental approaches, and computational methods to better understand the diversity of metabolic and physiological designs that influence biogeochemical cycles.
Kalina C. Grabb | WHOI Broader Impacts GroupMIT-WHOI graduate student Kalina Grabb describes what it's like to design and test the first submersible instrument able to measure superoxide within shallow water aquatic environments affecting coral reefs, algal blooms, and deep-sea processes.
Christopher Follett | CBIOMESChris Follett, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Postdoctoral Fellow and CBIOMES member, is working closely with other project investigators as he seeks to unify data and models through biogeography.
Fatima Husain | EAPS NewsA collaboration of current and former EAPS researchers reveals the genes and proteins controlling the chemical structure of paleoclimate biomarker (GDGT), enabling it to cyclize in response to temperature changes.
Fatima Husain | EAPS NewsEAPS Summons Lab examines lipids from Antarctic microbial communities to understand the evolution of complex life on Earth and life that existed during "snowball Earth."
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsThis year, from December 9-13th, roughly 24,000 members are set to attend and experience nearly 2,000 oral and poster sessions in San Francisco, CA.
American Meteorological SocietyEAPS scientists and MIT alumni add to AMS meteorological monograph tribute to the past century of innovation within our community and a source of inspiration for the scientists and researchers still to come.
Katherine Kornei | New York Times ScienceScientists assembled a 1,500-year history of big storm activity by retrieving sediment from the island country’s submarine caverns.
Helen Hill | MIT Darwin ProjectMembers of the MIT Darwin project hosted Benedetto Barone (U Hawaii) and Kate Evans (U Montana) for a week of face-to-face collaboration focused on advancing theory and modeling efforts geared towards exploring mesoscale and submesoscale marine ecological structure in the Subtropical North Pacific.
Susan Solomon | NatureThe unexpected discovery of a hole in the atmospheric ozone layer over the Antarctic revolutionized science — and helped to establish one of the most successful global environmental policies of the twentieth century.
Darius Collazo | MITOn Monday, June 10th, the EAPS department held a workshop on Atmospheric Dynamics and Transport in honor of Prof. Emertius R. Alan Plumb
David L. Chandler | MIT News OfficePanelists at MIT climate change symposium describe the state of knowledge in climate science and stress the urgent need for action.
Daisy M Cabán & Martín Velez Pardo | MITThis year’s annual PAOC retreat had students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff from MIT’s Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences escape to Jiminy Peak in Hancock, MA for a weekend event of science and socializing.
Lauren Hinkel | EAPS NewsThe Discovering EAPS (DEAPS) Pre-orientation Program (FPOP) Extreme Weather and Climate immerses 2019 first year students in the geosciences at all scales.
Olivia B. Waxman | TIME MagazineIn 1986 and ’87, Susan Solomon, Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies in MIT's EAPS, led expeditions to Antarctica to determine the cause of the ozone hole: CFCs.
Robin George Andrews | The New York Times ScienceLava from Kilauea in Hawaii flowed into the Pacific last year and pushed nutrients to the surface. The result was a banquet for light-loving microbes.
Abigail Eisenstadt | AGUA new study co-authored by EAPS graduate student Astrid Pacini finds that bacteria normally found near the sea floor was present in the air above the ocean surface, suggesting ocean currents and turmoil help make the bacteria airborne.
April272017
Exploring our Oceans: The Cross-talk between Marine Life and Climate Change
Harvard's SIT’N Listen PodcastHarvard's SIT'N Listen Podcast speaks with MIT and WHOI graduate students Gabriela Farfan and Hanny Rivera about how studying oceans and marine biodiversity can help us better understand and combat climate change.
April202017
March for Science on Saturday — get off sidelines, make a difference
Lauren HinkelNoelle Held, a PhD candidate in chemical oceanography at MIT and WHOI, discusses why she's proud to be part of a long history of American scientists and pioneers, and why it's important to continue supporting science, particularly this weekend.
April112017
Environmentalist and Explorer
Kate Telma | MIT News correspondentSenior Elizabeth Rider uses atmospheric chemistry research on aerosols with Prof. Dan Cziczo and Noelle Selin to create international connections.
April52017
ES&T’s Best Papers of 2016
Lauren HinkelSelin’s “Costs of IQ Loss from Leaded Aviation Gasoline Emissions” takes Top Paper in Environmental Policy for 2016.
March242017
How Climate Change Covered China in Smog
Lauren HinkelAir quality in Beijing has a lot to do with snowstorms in Siberia. Associate Professor Noelle Selin comments on how local weather can influence global air pollution in The Atlantic.
Standing Out in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Lauren HinkelPAOC postdoc Daniel D. B. Koll receives an award for his poster presented at the 49th Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Media Lab Sets Sights on Space
Margaret Evans | MIT Media Lab MIT Media Lab event, Beyond the Cradle, launches a new initiative to explore the final frontier.
Commercial Space: Can We Privatize Our Way to the Stars?
Rob Matheson | MIT News OfficeCan we privatize our way to the stars? Annual conference explores the rise and distant future of the private space industry. PAOC postdoc Julien de Wit contributes to Beyond the Cradle.
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