A healthy wind
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.
Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.
The MIT professor combines geophysics and geology to understand what’s happening beneath the crust.
Refining current opacity models will be key to unearthing details of exoplanet properties — and signs of life — in data from the powerful new telescope.
MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines.
New findings may help explain how Earth’s crust forms, the location of ore deposits, and why some volcanoes are more explosive than others.
MIT Haystack Observatory identifies long-duration atmospheric waves launched by the recent Tonga eruption.
Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere
Changes to a key ice flow equation could refine estimates of sea level rise.
If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.
Geophysicists Camilla Cattania and William Frank team up to explore the tectonics and fault mechanics behind earthquakes, and their associated hazards.
Arlene Fiore uses satellite data paired with ground observations to refine our understanding of ozone smog and interactions with meteorology and climate.
The 3D maps may help researchers track and predict the ocean’s response to climate change.
Report led by MIT scientists details a suite of privately-funded missions to hunt for life on Earth's sibling planet.
New results show North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in frequency over the last 150 years.