Trailblazing scientists Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz gave us numerical weather prediction and chaos theory, highlighting the value of basic research.
February 14, 2018Study finds state’s annual risk of extreme rainfall will rise from 1 to 18 percent.
November 13, 2017Susan Solomon's John H. Carlson Lecture examines past environmental challenges in the context of today's fight against climate change.
November 9, 2017By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch mass extermination of species in future millennia.
September 20, 2017New online publication reports on climate science research at the Institute.
February 27, 2017Richard Alley delivers 2016 Carlson Lecture on the physics of glaciers and how ice sheets capture a history of the world’s climate.
November 14, 2016MIT will host a daylong symposium to address the nexus of science and action on climate change.
January 22, 2016Professor of geophysics and co-director of the Lorenz Center at MIT honored with the 2016 American Mathematical Society Levi L. Conant Prize.
November 30, 2015Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology describes how atmospheric water contributes to climate change.
October 26, 2015University of Colorado at Boulder professor presented “Big Cats, Panamá, and Armadillos: A Story of Climate and Life” at the New England Aquarium.
October 29, 2014Geologist and 2014 Crafoord Prize-winner will deliver the 4th annual John Carlson Lecture.
October 10, 2014A mathematical model reveals commonality within the diversity of leaf decay.
October 4, 2012