Surface waves can trigger powerful sound waves that race through the deep ocean, study suggests.

New prediction tool gives 2-3 minute warning of incoming rogue waves.

Sponges may be source of molecular fossils that significantly predate Cambrian explosion.

Some tiny plankton may have big effect on ocean’s carbon storage.

Study finds human-made aerosols exert strong influence on the geography of precipitation.

Benefits from international regulations may double those of domestic policy.

Visiting Artist Tomás Saraceno and MIT scientists join forces to confront climate crisis at United Nations conference.

Researchers find geomagnetic field intensity is double the long-term historical average.

MIT researchers find that a similar principle predicts the growth of fractures and rivers.

Shape of a landscape determines the thickness of Earth’s life-sustaining “critical zone.”