Oil and water: Studying the Persian Gulf's most pressing environmental dilemmas

Visiting Assistant Professor Maryam Rashed Alshehhi models a region with freshwater shortages, oil spills, and frequent dust storms.

Kelsey Tsipis | EAPS • mit
Dec. 26, 2018 ~9 min

Modeling climate risk where it hits home

A new MIT-led study projects a dramatic increase in annual high-heat days in the U.S. Northeast by the century’s end.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Dec. 20, 2018 ~5 min


New threat to ozone recovery

Study finds chloroform emissions, on the rise in East Asia, could delay ozone recovery by up to eight years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 20, 2018 ~9 min

Surviving one of Earth’s most extreme environments

New research finds a unique component of cell membranes in an archaea species conveys protection against acidic surroundings.

Fatima Husain | EAPS • mit
Dec. 14, 2018 ~5 min

Laser-pointing system could help tiny satellites transmit data to Earth

Platform offers the precision that shoebox-sized CubeSats need to beam down hefty data packets.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 14, 2018 ~9 min

New climate model to be built from the ground up

Scientists and engineers will collaborate in a new Climate Modeling Alliance to advance climate modeling and prediction.

School of Science • mit
Dec. 12, 2018 ~7 min

Building the ultimate record of the ocean

Carl Wunsch continues to expand his foundational framework for understanding the behavior of worldwide oceans as a whole.

Kelsey Tsipis | EAPS • mit
Nov. 21, 2018 ~6 min

Study: Impact of mercury-controlling policies shrinks with every five-year delay

Toxin will accumulate in the environment, particularly in remote regions, as countries delay implementing emissions controls.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 1, 2018 ~8 min


Addressing the possibility of life on Mars

Mars expert John Grotzinger tells the story of exploration and the search for ancient life on the red planet at the annual Carlson Lecture.

Fatima Husain | EAPS • mit
Oct. 31, 2018 ~7 min

Simple, effective Earth-system modeling

A faster, cheaper modeling method could improve our understanding of long-term atmospheric chemistry and provide a powerful tool for risk assessment.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Oct. 24, 2018 ~6 min

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