PAOC Spotlights

Assessing changes and risks to the oceans, land and atmosphere

MIT Joint Program researchers to present latest findings at AGU Fall Meeting

Whales May Owe Their Efficient Digestion to Millions of Tiny Microbes

MIT-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.

Relating Marine Picoplankton Cell Size and Metabolism

CBIOMES 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 bioge...

Renewable Energy and Carbon Pricing Policies

State-level adoption saves money and lives.

Ring by Carbon Ring

A 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.

EAPS Features at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019

This 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.

In the Blue Holes of the Bahamas, Secrets of Hurricanes Past

Scientists assembled a 1,500-year history of big storm activity by retrieving sediment from the island country’s submarine caverns.

The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole

The 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.

Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted

Study finds even the tallest ice cliffs should support their own weight rather than collapsing catastrophically.

The 2019 PAOC Retreat: Jiminy Peak

This 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 week...

DEAPS: Understanding Extreme Weather and Climate, from Top to Bottom

The Discovering EAPS (DEAPS) Pre-orientation Program (FPOP) Extreme Weather and Climate immerses 2019 first year students in the geosciences at all scales.

Computing in Earth Science: a Non-linear Path

UROP student Sonia Reilly studies the math of machine learning to better predict natural disasters.

Bacteria Feeding on Arctic Algae Blooms can Seed Clouds

A 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.