Bubbling with passion for environmental engineering
A witness to “a montage of environmental changes” in her native China, grad student Ruby Fu now studies the fate of methane bubbles in the ocean.
A witness to “a montage of environmental changes” in her native China, grad student Ruby Fu now studies the fate of methane bubbles in the ocean.
Model could help engineers design erosion-prevention strategies in marshes, wetlands, aquatic forests.
Cycling of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is more intense than thought, and emissions are increasing.
Draining lakes are unlikely to increase the Greenland ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise.
New research indicates marine plankton are not only more diverse than previously thought, but also profoundly affected by their environment.
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously.
Region of world’s strongest “internal waves” is analyzed in detail; work could help refine climate models.
MIT researchers explain mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago.
Grants of up to $200,000 will fund environmental partnerships over the next two years.
Ice-tethered devices are helping researchers collect more data on the Arctic Ocean.
Instrument identifies methane’s origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows.
Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays.
New research from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveals a hidden deep-ocean carbon cycle.
New study examines role of acoustic-gravity waves as ocean transport, early warning of tsunamis.