Chaos and climate: Celebrating two pioneers of modern meteorology | MIT News
Trailblazing scientists Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz gave us numerical weather prediction and chaos theory, highlighting the value of basic research.
Feb. 14, 2018 • ~10 min
Texas’ odds of Harvey-scale rainfall to increase by end of century | MIT News
Study finds state’s annual risk of extreme rainfall will rise from 1 to 18 percent.
Nov. 13, 2017 • ~7 min
A brief history of environmental successes | MIT News
Susan Solomon's John H. Carlson Lecture examines past environmental challenges in the context of today's fight against climate change.
Nov. 9, 2017 • ~11 min
Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction | MIT News
By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch mass extermination of species in future millennia.
Sept. 20, 2017 • ~9 min
Climate@MIT | MIT News
New online publication reports on climate science research at the Institute.
Feb. 27, 2017 • ~2 min
Big ice, big science | MIT News
Richard Alley delivers 2016 Carlson Lecture on the physics of glaciers and how ice sheets capture a history of the world’s climate.
Nov. 14, 2016 • ~9 min
MIT on Climate = Science + Action | MIT News
MIT will host a daylong symposium to address the nexus of science and action on climate change.
Jan. 22, 2016 • ~3 min
Daniel Rothman awarded math prize for work on Earth's carbon cycle | MIT News
Professor of geophysics and co-director of the Lorenz Center at MIT honored with the 2016 American Mathematical Society Levi L. Conant Prize.
Nov. 30, 2015 • ~4 min
Cloud watching: Bjorn Stevens delivers 2015 John Carlson Lecture on clouds and climate change | MIT News
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology describes how atmospheric water contributes to climate change.
Oct. 26, 2015 • ~4 min
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