Understanding microbial competition for nitrogen
Interactions among microorganisms account for nitrite accumulation just below the sunlit zone, with implications for oceanic carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Interactions among microorganisms account for nitrite accumulation just below the sunlit zone, with implications for oceanic carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Made of silicone rubber, CSAIL’s “SoFi” could enable a closer study of aquatic life.
MIT anthropologist is researching how scientists understand waves.
Trailblazing scientists Jule Charney and Edward Lorenz gave us numerical weather prediction and chaos theory, highlighting the value of basic research.
Students put their AI software for underwater vehicles to the test on the Charles River.
New acoustic analysis could pinpoint impacts by meteorites or possibly plane debris.
Method may help predict hotspots of instability affecting climate, aircraft performance, and ocean circulation.
Alison Criscitiello PhD '14 seeks ice cores in inhospitable locations, sometimes camping on ice sheets and sleeping with a shotgun in case of bear attacks.
Grantees will spend the 2017-2018 academic year conducting research abroad.
Simons Foundation supports enhanced computer infrastructure for MIT's Darwin Project, which focuses on marine microbes and microbial communities.
Study finds ocean circulation, coupled with trade wind changes, efficiently limits shifting of tropical rainfall patterns.
Study finds large amounts of carbon dioxide, equivalent to yearly U.K. emissions, remain in surface waters.
Startup’s novel aluminum batteries increase the range of UUVs tenfold.
Insights into the hydrodynamics of the move may improve underwater vehicle design.
Turbulence from seafloor topography may explain longstanding question about ocean circulation.