Underground magma pulse triggered end-Permian extinction
Study ties specific interval during an extended period of volcanism to Earth’s most severe mass extinction.
Understanding tropical rainfall
Study finds ocean circulation, coupled with trade wind changes, efficiently limits shifting of tropical rainfall patterns.
Study: Indian monsoons have strengthened over past 15 years
A 50-year dry spell has reversed, with more rain to come.
Susan Solomon awarded the Royal Society's Bakerian Medal
Professor of atmospheric chemistry honored for her contributions to atmospheric science.
Climate change to deplete some US water basins, reduce irrigated crop yields
By 2050, the Southwest will produce significantly less cotton and forage, researchers report.
Iberdrola and MIT Energy Initiative announce $10.3 million collaboration
Funding will establish MIT professorship and support low-carbon energy and climate initiatives.
Measuring biological dust in the wind
A technique developed in the Cziczo Lab may be the most accurate way of identifying biological aerosols from mineral dust in the atmosphere and analyzing their contribution to cloud formation and climate change.
MIT Technology and Policy Program’s Best Thesis for 2017 maps out a clean energy future for India
Award-winning paper by Arun Singh shows how one of the world’s fastest-growing economies can expand its energy consumption while limiting emissions.
Tackling air pollution in China
Combining climate policy and vehicle emissions standards could pack a one-two punch.
![“The observations are telling us there will be increases [in extreme rainfall] at almost all latitudes, but if you want to know what’s going to happen at the scale of a continent or smaller, it’s a much more difficult question,” Paul O’Gorman says.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201705/mit-extreme-rain.jpg?itok=3RZFd0k3)
Varied increases in extreme rainfall with global warming
Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows.
3Q: Refocusing climate research in a new era
Associate Professor Paul O'Gorman describes three questions climate scientists recently suggested should frame the future of climate research.
Correcting the records
Climate data analyst Thomas Karl describes global temperature and precipitation measurement and interpretation in the 16th Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture.
Nile faces greater variability
Climate change could lead to overall increase in river flow, but more droughts and floods, study shows.