Higher mantle temperatures caused subducting tectonic plates to sink much further than they do today.

Simons Foundation supports enhanced computer infrastructure for MIT's Darwin Project, which focuses on marine microbes and microbial communities.

Study ties specific interval during an extended period of volcanism to Earth’s most severe mass extinction.

Study finds ocean circulation, coupled with trade wind changes, efficiently limits shifting of tropical rainfall patterns.

A 50-year dry spell has reversed, with more rain to come.

Professor of atmospheric chemistry honored for her contributions to atmospheric science.

A technique developed in the Cziczo Lab may be the most accurate way of identifying biological aerosols from mineral dust in the atmosphere and analyzing their contribution to cloud formation and climate change.

Climate change could damage the fragile zones, causing major carbon emissions.

A new MIT-led Simons Foundation collaboration aims to understand basic principles and laws of microbial ecosystems.

Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows.