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MIT Sea Grant, News | March 14, 2017
Rapid Response Plan for Management and Control of the Chinese Mitten Crab
The Sea Grant Programs in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine worked with local, state, regional and federal stakeholders to mitigate the further introduction and spread of the Chinese mitten crab in the northeastern United States and Canada. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News | March 10, 2017
Exploring Ancient Ocean Acidification in the Rock Record
Scientists studying Earth's ancient oceans use a new method to measure ocean acidification and its effect on extinction events. -
MIT, News | March 10, 2017
A Love Affair with a Marine Microbe — Prochlorococcus
Science Magazine profiles MIT's Penny Chisholm and how she overcame both scientific and cultural hurdles, to reveal an oceanic bacterium's secrets. -
MIT, MIT News, News | March 9, 2017
MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings
MIT ranked within the top 5 for 19 of 46 subject areas. -
MIT, MIT News, News | March 6, 2017
School of Science Welcomes Five New Professors This Spring
Andrew Babbin, a marine biogeochemist working on the nitrogen cycle, joins the EAPS faculty. -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | March 6, 2017
Underwater Mountains Help Ocean Water Rise from Abyss
Turbulence from seafloor topography may explain longstanding question about ocean circulation. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News | February 23, 2017
Climate@MIT
A new online publication from MIT reports on exciting climate science research at MIT. We focus on climate as a fundamental science, but occasionally comment on climate action and policy at MIT and climate research occurring elsewhere. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News | February 20, 2017
PAOC Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to Michael Follows and David McGee for their recent promotions, recognizing their achievements and contributions to the department. -
MITgcm News, News | February 15, 2017
Shelf Slip
This month we spotlight work by researchers at Imperial College, London, UK, who have been using MITgcm to study the circulation on the Shetland Shelf system. -
MIT, News | February 8, 2017
Happy Birthday to the Father of Modern Dynamical Meteorology
In honor of his 100th birthday, MIT remembers Jules Gregory Charney, a leader in numerical weather prediction, and a former MIT professor and director of the Atmospheric and Ocean Dynamics Project. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News | February 7, 2017
Aerocene Soars at the 47th World Economic Forum Meeting
Climate-conscious sculptures influence world perspectives in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland -
Featured Stories, MIT, News | February 6, 2017
Faculty Promotions
The Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of Michael Follows to Full Professor and David McGee to Associate Professor (effective July 2017.) -
Featured Stories, MIT, News | February 1, 2017
Transparent, Gel-based Robots Can Catch and Release Live Fish
Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection. -
MIT Sea Grant, News | January 31, 2017
MIT Sea Grant announces three newly funded projects studying ocean acidification
MIT Sea Grant has selected three research projects for funding from our annual request for proposals. The projects focus on developing new ocean acidification sensor technology and using modeling techniques to consolidate historical data to inform futu... -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | January 31, 2017
How the smallest, most abundant bacteria inspired a children’s book series
Institute Professor Penny Chisholm teams up with author and illustrator Molly Bang to write environmental children’s book series. -
MIT Sea Grant, News | January 31, 2017
MIT Sea Grant is excited to announce the opening of the Katádysi Art Gallery
The new gallery will be a destination for students, faculty, and the community, to experience the unique interplay of art and science in the context of MIT Sea Grant research and outreach programs. -
Featured Stories, MIT, News | January 31, 2017
Atmospheres, Oceans and Planetary Studies on Display at AGU
Over the week of December 12th, members of MIT’s PAOC attended the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 49th annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco. -
MIT, MIT Sea Grant, News | January 30, 2017
MIT Sea Grant 2017 Winter Newsletter
Includes research and marine advisory highlights, fellowships and student awards, a new gallery opening and work from MIT Sea Grant's partners. -
Featured Stories, MIT News, News | January 30, 2017
Explained: Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide isn’t the only one that matters, and the gases vary widely in potency and duration. By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office When hearing the words “greenhouse gas,” most people think immediately of carbon dioxide. This is indeed the greenhouse gas that is currently producing the greatest impact on the Earth’s rapidly changing … Continue reading Explained: Greenhouse gases -
Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | January 30, 2017
Solomon is 2017 National Academy of Sciences Medalist
Susan Solomon, the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will receive the 2017 National Academy of Sciences, Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship.
