Ocean vital signs
MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take.
Department
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Improving predictions of sea level rise for the next century
Brent Minchew leads two proposals to better understand glacial physics and predict sea-level rise as part of MIT's Climate Grand Challenges competition.
MIT graduate engineering, business, science programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2022-23
Graduate engineering, economics, and various science programs are No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.
Setting carbon management in stone
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions
Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a planet? Nope, just a star
Among thousands of known exoplanets, MIT astronomers flag three that are actually stars.
Microbes and minerals may have set off Earth’s oxygenation
Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere
2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Kamrin, Lang, McGee, and Shoulders are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
Study: Ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously thought
Changes to a key ice flow equation could refine estimates of sea level rise.
Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion
If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.
Richard Binzel: Eyes on the skies and a passion for planetary science
Over more than three decades at MIT, Binzel developed key insights into the solar system and played a role in multiple NASA missions.
Advancing public understanding of sea-level rise
A Museum of Science, Boston exhibit benefits from oceanographer Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli’s work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project.
3 Questions: Kuheli Dutt reflects on diversity in science
Assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the MIT School of Science answers three questions about the work ahead.
Shaking up earthquake research at MIT
Geophysicists Camilla Cattania and William Frank team up to explore the tectonics and fault mechanics behind earthquakes, and their associated hazards.
OSIRIS-REx mission carrying MIT student experiment wins Space Foundation award
John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr. Award for Space Exploration honors project team’s success harvesting a sample from asteroid Bennu.