MIT Stories
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MIT, MIT EAPS | December 14, 2012
2012 AGU Alumni Reception
On December 3, members of EAPS old and new attended a reception during the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, at the San Francisco Intercontinental. -
MIT News | December 13, 2012
Aiming deep with the Marine Robotics Team
“This is a big deal, guys.”That is what Jackie Sly ’14 tells freshmen and sophomores she has helped recruit for the Marine Robotics Team (MRT), an Edgerton Center-sponsored team that focuses on applying engineering and design to solve real-world ... -
Featured Stories, MIT, WHOI | December 10, 2012
The DIMES Experiment: Searching for Clues to Climate in Southern Ocean Eddies
Related topics | Ocean Engineering | Oceans and Climate -
MIT, MIT EAPS | December 6, 2012
A New Branch of Math
Research in Taylor Perron and Dan Rothman's groups finds a common angle and tipping point of branching valley networks. -
MIT, MIT EAPS | December 4, 2012
Mick Follows receives marine microbial ecology award
Mick Follows among 16 investigators sharing up to $35 million over five years to pursue 'pioneering' marine microbial ecology research -
Featured Stories, MIT | December 2, 2012
Engineering Hurricane Barriers of the Future: Three Questions with MIT’s Chiang C. Mei
Related topics | Sea Level | Ocean Engineering -
MIT, MIT EAPS | November 29, 2012
Mercurial Fluid
News from Messenger: Water ice near Mercury's north pole. Zuber coauthors Science paper reporting ice and organic material may have been carried to the planet by passing comets. -
MIT News | November 27, 2012
3 Questions: World energy outlook
Fatih Birol, chief economist of the Paris-based International Energy Agency, is the lead author of an eye-catching new report projecting that the United States will become the world’s leading oil producer within a few decades. Birol, who also chairs ... -
Featured Stories, MIT, WHOI | November 26, 2012
Watching the Arctic Melt: Adventures in Polar Oceanography
Related topics | Ocean Engineering |Human Influences -
MIT News | November 21, 2012
Ocean currents play a role in predicting extent of Arctic sea ice
Each winter, wide swaths of the Arctic Ocean freeze to form sheets of sea ice that spread over millions of square miles. This ice acts as a massive sun visor for the Earth, reflecting solar radiation and shielding the planet from excessive warming. The... -
MIT, MIT EAPS | November 14, 2012
Alan Plumb Awarded AMS Charney Prize
Professor of Meteorology, R. Alan Plumb, receives the 2012 Jules G. Charney Award of the American Meteorological Society for "fundamental contributions to the understanding of geophysical fluid dynamics, stratospheric dynamics, chemical transport,... -
MIT, MIT EAPS | November 14, 2012
Of Rivers and Ripples: Reading Patterns in Landscapes
“Always choose the window seat.” That was the advice given by Taylor Perron, Cecil and Ida Green Assistant Professor of Geology, and the featured speaker at the October 15, 2012 School of Science breakfast at MIT’s Faculty Club. -
MIT Sea Grant | November 13, 2012
See NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) summary of its role in preparing for and responding to Hurricane Sandy
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Featured Stories, MIT | November 12, 2012
The Hidden Life of Ocean Microbes
Related topics | Microbial Ecology | Ecosystems -
Featured Stories, MIT | November 2, 2012
Saving Venice
Related topics | Sea Level | Ocean Engineering -
MIT, MIT EAPS | November 2, 2012
Sitting still or going hunting: Which works better?
Former Ferrari Group postdoc John Taylor (now a University Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, UK) worked with Roman Stocker (CEE) in this study showing if you’re a microbe floating ... -
MIT Sea Grant | November 1, 2012
The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem: A US-Canada Science Symposium: November 27-30, 2012
Save the date for this MIT Sea Grant cosponsored event in Maine The status of the American lobster over the last decade is a story of contrasts. While lobster numbers from the Gulf of Maine northward have climbed to historic highs, southern New Englan... -
MIT Sea Grant | October 31, 2012
Nominations open for Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization
Cambridge, MA, November 1, 2012 - The MIT Sea Grant College Program announces that nominations are now open for the Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization. All non-tenured MIT faculty members from any Institute department are eligible. Department h... -
MIT, MIT EAPS | October 31, 2012
Was Hurricane Sandy Caused by Climate Change?
Whenever there’s an extreme weather event, from a hurricane to a record drought, the question always arises: Is it climate change? Kerry Emanuel told NPR's Here & Now program that it’s hard to know for sure, but it is clear ... -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, MIT News, WHOI, WHOI News | October 29, 2012
Coral Reefs and Sinking Islands: Revisiting Darwin’s Other Theory
Related topics | Oceans and Climate
