In a first, four different technologies will monitor changes in the upper atmosphere, locally and across the continent, as the sun’s radiation dips.
Brian Mernoff of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics offers best practices to get the most out of your eclipse experience.
The new approach “nudges” existing climate simulations closer to future reality.
The MIT seniors will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University.
PhD student Fatima Husain investigates the co-evolution of life and Earth and works to communicate science to the public.
Geophysicist William Frank discusses how a recent earthquake in Japan relates to an earthquake swarm in the region.
Using New York as a test case, the model predicts flooding at the level experienced during Hurricane Sandy will occur roughly every 30 years by the end of this century.
A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.
An accordion-textured clay called smectite efficiently traps organic carbon and could help buffer global warming over millions of years.
MIT scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability.
After a summer of weather extremes, where does the world stand in its goal to stem rising temps?
The color changes reflect significant shifts in essential marine ecosystems.
A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth.
As Canada’s wildfires continue to be felt downwind, MIT experts weigh in on what to expect in the coming months, with wildfire season underway.
The new findings could explain biodiversity hotspots in tectonically quiet regions.