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.

Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
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.

Helen Hill | EAPS • mit
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.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 20, 2017 ~9 min

Climate@MIT | MIT News

New online publication reports on climate science research at the Institute.

Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT • mit
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.

Lauren Hinkel | Oceans at MIT • mit
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.

Helen Hill | EAPS • mit
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.

Helen Hill | EAPS • mit
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.

Cassie Martin | EAPS • mit
Oct. 26, 2015 ~4 min

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