Topic
Earth and atmospheric sciences
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Four 2019 40 Under 40 award winners are from Lincoln Laboratory
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association recognizes innovation and leadership in science and technology.
June 19, 2019 -
An escape route for carbon
Study shows minerals sequester carbon for thousands of years, which may explain oxygen’s abundance in the atmosphere.
June 12, 2019 -
Norman Phillips, former meteorology department head, dies at 95
A theoretical meteorology pioneer, Phillips showed that numerical models could predict weather and developed the first general circulation model of Earth’s climate.
May 16, 2019 -
Tropical Pacific is major player in global ocean heat transport
Region dominates the transfer of heat from the equator to the poles in both hemispheres, challenging the "great conveyor belt" model.
May 14, 2019 -
Ocean activity is key controller of summer monsoons
Results may help researchers interpret ancient monsoon variations, predict future activity in the face of climate change.
May 7, 2019 -
North Atlantic Ocean productivity has dropped 10 percent during Industrial era
Phytoplankton decline coincides with warming temperatures over the last 150 years.
May 6, 2019 -
MIT podcast breaks down the facts on climate change
TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) podcast demystifies the science, technology, and policy surrounding climate change in 10-minute bites.
May 2, 2019 -
Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans
Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth’s first life forms.
April 12, 2019 -
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages, study finds
Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years.
March 14, 2019 -
Taking the world by storm
Jordan Benjamin, a double major in physics and atmospheric science, studies the weather inside and out of the classroom.
March 9, 2019 -
3 Questions: Josh Moss on tackling urban pollution
PhD student Josh Moss uses computer modeling and physical experiments to examine the key transformations that emissions undergo in the atmosphere.
February 22, 2019 -
Climate change makes summer weather stormier yet more stagnant
Study finds rising temperatures feed more energy to thunderstorms, less to general circulation.
February 18, 2019 -
3Q: Machine learning and climate modeling
As machine learning expands into climate modeling, EAPS Associate Professor Paul O’Gorman answers what that looks like and why it's important now.
February 13, 2019 -
New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria
Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.
February 7, 2019 -
Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century
Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.
February 4, 2019 -
Eruption spurs creation of real-time air pollution network
Low-cost sensors on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano provide an educational resource and give insight into air quality across Big Island.
January 30, 2019 -
3Q: On the significance of Ultima Thule
New Horizons Mission Team members Alissa Earle and Richard Binzel discuss the revelations the icy world provides about the formation of our solar system.
January 23, 2019 -
3Q: Judah Cohen on improving seasonal weather forecasting
Machine learning could help improve the accuracy of long-term forecasts, MIT climatologist argues.
January 22, 2019 -
In China, a link between happiness and air quality
Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds.
January 21, 2019 -
MIT adds computational Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences to its PhD offerings
New EAPS thesis field is the most recent to join the computational science and engineering doctoral program within the Center for Computational Engineering.
January 9, 2019