Four professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members.
Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members.
MIT scientists show how a better understanding of ocean heat uptake can improve long-term climate predictions.
Daylong event to celebrate the life and work of EAPS professor emeritus Theodore “Ted” Madden
MIT researchers calculate river networks’ movement across a landscape.
John Marshall wins the 2014 Sverdrup Gold Medal of the American Meteorological Society
Researchers find models must account for volcanic eruptions to accurately predict climate change.
MIT researchers unveil the output of the highest-ever resolution run of a global ocean model.
A new map of the solar system’s asteroids shows more diversity than previously thought.
Results show a rupture of the San Andreas Fault could generate three times more shaking in Los Angeles than surrounding regions.
12.340x focuses on teaching students academic rigor, not rhetoric.
Edward Boyle of EAPS has been awarded the 2014 Urey Medal from the European Association of Geochemistry.
Researchers find immense heating at high pressures helps spread intermediate-depth quakes.
Method will help scientists determine the mass of exoplanets that are not measurable in any other way.
EAPS professor Timothy L. Grove has been named a Goldschmidt Medalist by the Geochemical Society for his contributions to Earth and planetary research.
Created by OEIT's ARTEMiS group, the Plate Tectonics interactive visualization challenges students to interpret a 3-D globe of tectonic data, providing animations of the opening and closing of ocean basins and the splitting of Pangaea.