3 Questions: Josh Moss on tackling urban pollution

PhD student Josh Moss uses computer modeling and physical experiments to examine the key transformations that emissions undergo in the atmosphere.

Taylor De Leon | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Feb. 22, 2019 ~7 min

Climate change makes summer weather stormier yet more stagnant

Study finds rising temperatures feed more energy to thunderstorms, less to general circulation.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 18, 2019 ~6 min


3Q: Machine learning and climate modeling

As machine learning expands into climate modeling, EAPS Associate Professor Paul O’Gorman answers what that looks like and why it's important now.

Kelsey Tsipis | EAPS • mit
Feb. 13, 2019 ~8 min

New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria

Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 7, 2019 ~7 min

Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century

Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 4, 2019 ~8 min

Eruption spurs creation of real-time air pollution network

Low-cost sensors on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano provide an educational resource and give insight into air quality across Big Island.

Carolyn Schmitt | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Jan. 30, 2019 ~12 min

In China, a link between happiness and air quality

Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
Jan. 21, 2019 ~6 min

MIT adds computational Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences to its PhD offerings

New EAPS thesis field is the most recent to join the computational science and engineering doctoral program within the Center for Computational Engineering.

Lauren Hinkel | EAPS • mit
Jan. 9, 2019 ~4 min


A “pacemaker” for North African climate

Study shows the Sahara swung between lush and desert conditions every 20,000 years, in sync with monsoon activity.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 2, 2019 ~7 min

Oil and water: Studying pressing environmental dilemmas in the Middle East

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 ~8 min

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