‘Rogue’ asteroids may be the norm
A new map of the solar system’s asteroids shows more diversity than previously thought.
Researchers use ocean waves to predict seismic shaking in Southern California
Results show a rupture of the San Andreas Fault could generate three times more shaking in Los Angeles than surrounding regions.
MITx course injects science into the global warming debate
12.340x focuses on teaching students academic rigor, not rhetoric.
Boyle awarded Urey Medal
Edward Boyle of EAPS has been awarded the 2014 Urey Medal from the European Association of Geochemistry.
Study faults a ‘runaway’ mechanism in intermediate-depth earthquakes
Researchers find immense heating at high pressures helps spread intermediate-depth quakes.
New technique measures mass of exoplanets
Method will help scientists determine the mass of exoplanets that are not measurable in any other way.
Grove awarded Geochemical Society's Goldschmidt Award
EAPS professor Timothy L. Grove has been named a Goldschmidt Medalist by the Geochemical Society for his contributions to Earth and planetary research.
As the world turns: Learning about plate tectonics through on-screen interactions
Created by OEIT's ARTEMiS group, the Plate Tectonics interactive visualization challenges students to interpret a 3-D globe of tectonic data, providing animations of the opening and closing of ocean basins and the splitting of Pangaea.
Storing carbon in the Arctic
While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, researchers find parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Asteroids' close encounters with Mars
Scientists find that Mars, not Earth, shakes up some near-Earth asteroids.
Theodore Madden, EAPS professor emeritus, dies at 88
A MIT faculty member for more than 40 years, Madden is remembered for his contributions to earth science research.
Making Martian clouds on Earth
Cloud-chamber experiments show that clouds on Mars form in much more humid conditions than clouds on Earth.
El Niño cycle has a big effect on a major greenhouse gas
Nitrous oxide emissions decrease during El Niño, increase during La Niña.
Inflatable antennae could give CubeSats greater reach
Design inflates with a powder that turns into gas.
Newly discovered flux in the Earth may solve missing-mantle mystery
Research points to large reservoirs of material deep in the mantle that may help to explain Earth’s origins.