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Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | June 9, 2017
MIT-NASA Study Evaluates Efficiency of Oceans as Heat Sink, Atmospheric Gases Sponge
New MIT-NASA research using models of Atlantic circulation finds that the ocean absorbs atmospheric gases more easily than heat energy, and the slowing circulation that results, reduces its ability to absorb both. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | June 8, 2017
Congratulations to the EAPS Class of 2017 Marine Scientists
Degrees awarded during the 2016/2017 academic year are conferred in September, February and June. -
Featured Stories, MIT Sea Grant, News | May 30, 2017
VIDEO: Blue carbon and coastal adaptation
Aquatic Ecologist Julie Simpson discusses her pioneering work with MIT’s Sea Grant College Program. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | May 30, 2017
An Ocean of Curiosity
MIT oceanographers explore Earth’s seas with the Boston community for the 2017 Cambridge Science Festival at the MIT Museum. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | May 26, 2017
Conch Shells Spill the Secret to Their Toughness
Three-tiered structure of these impact-resistant shells could inspire better helmets, body armor. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | May 23, 2017
Happy 100th Birthday to the Father of Chaos
Today, May 23rd, Edward N. Lorenz, longtime professor of meteorology at MIT, would have turned 100. Widely recognized as the father of the modern theory of chaos, he profoundly altered the way we view the natural world. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | May 22, 2017
2017 EAPS Student Awards
A roll-call of this year's Excellence in Teaching, Crosby, and Goetze Award recipients presented at the May 19th Student Recognition Dinner. -
Featured Stories, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | May 15, 2017
Varied Increases in Extreme Rainfall with Global Warming
Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News, WHOI - Oceanus | May 12, 2017
Blue Holes and Hurricanes
Geological marvels are gold mines for climate history -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | April 27, 2017
3Q: Refocusing Climate Research in a New Era
A new perspective from climate researchers argues that there are three key questions that should frame future climate research. -
Center for Global Change Science, Featured Stories, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT, MIT News, News | April 26, 2017
Correcting the Records
Climate data analyst Thomas Karl describes global temperature and precipitation measurement and interpretation in the 16th Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News, WHOI - Oceanus | April 20, 2017
The Amazing Acquired Phototroph!
Stealing parts from their prey, these hunters turn into farmers -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | April 19, 2017
High-Speed Images Capture Archer Fish’s Rocket-Like Launch
Insights into the hydrodynamics of the move may improve underwater vehicle design. -
Featured Stories, News, WHOI - Oceanus | April 13, 2017
The Hotspot for Marine Life
Pioneer observatory investigates the continental shelfbreak -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | April 12, 2017
Kerry Emanuel Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kerry A. Emanuel, the EAPS Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Co-Director of the Lorenz Center, joins the ranks of some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, as well as civic, business, and philanthropic leaders in the academy. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | April 11, 2017
Environmentalist and Explorer
Senior Elizabeth Rider uses atmospheric chemistry research to create international connections. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News, WHOI | April 6, 2017
Institute Announces New Open Access Policy for All MIT Authors
Optional license allows students, researchers, and staff to make scholarly articles freely available. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News, WHOI News | April 3, 2017
Don Anderson Selected for Prestigious Ketchum Award for Coastal Research
Senior Scientist Don Anderson will receive WHOI's prestigious 2017 Bostwick H. Ketchum Award, which honors an internationally recognized scientist who demonstrates an innovative approach to coastal research, leadership in the scientific community, and who forges a link between coastal research and societal issues. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News, WHOI | March 31, 2017
Embrace Who You Are: One Latina Scientist’s Brave Journey in STEM
MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Gabi Serrato Marks profiles her colleague, Gabriela Farfan, about her dream of becoming a mineralogist and her experiences with culture and identity along the way. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News, WHOI | March 30, 2017
Institute Award for the Love of Marine Chemistry
MIT-WHOI student Lauren Kipp to receive a Graduate Teaching Award