Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.
The scientists’ wide-scale acoustic mapping technique could help track vulnerable keystone species.
A new approach for identifying significant differences in gene use between closely-related species provides insights into human evolution.
With a minor in literature and environmental sustainability, the biology alumna considers perspectives from Charles Darwin to Annie Dillard.
C16 Biosciences, founded by MIT alumni, has developed a microbial oil to replace palm oil, whose production reaps environmental devastation.
MIT students research effects of climate change on forests and sulfur dioxide emissions as a model for planet-wide events.
Using sand and rock, MIT senior Aviva Intveld tells stories of ancient climates.
Prochlorococcus, the world’s most abundant photosynthetic organism, reveals a gene-transfer mechanism that may be key to its abundance and diversity.
Associate Professor Otto Cordero is looking for the fundamental constraints that shape microbial ecosystems.
New analysis takes account of natural fluctuations and predictability to assess which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disruptions.
With only a little information, researchers can predict the circumstances under which an ecosystem will be stable or unstable.
In a long-studied population of wandering albatrosses, females are less likely to stick with a shy mate.
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes four new faculty members engaged in research and teaching that address climate risks and other environmental issues.
Researchers reveal how an algae-eating bacterium solves an environmental engineering challenge.
MIT anthropologist discusses her new book on ruderal ecologies, her environmental justice class — and how societies can expand their "imagination for how to live otherwise."