Earth and atmospheric sciences

Perspective view of Gabilan Mesa, California, showing evenly spaced ridges and valleys. The scene, which is approximately 2 km wide, combines aerial photographs from the National Agriculture Imagery Program with laser altimetry from the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM).

What makes a rolling landscape roll?

New study explains evenly spaced ridges and valleys; could help identify signs of life on other planets.

July 22, 2009

Greenhouse gases made visible

Fed by MIT data, display shows extent of human-caused emissions

June 22, 2009

MIT research is moon-bound

June 19, 2009

Planet found in tilted orbit around distant star

Odd discovery may help refine theories about how planets, solar systems form

June 17, 2009

MIT President Susan Hockfield shakes hands with MIT alum Buzz Aldrin ScD '63.

In space, past is prologue

Giant Leaps celebrates Apollo, looks to future missions.

June 12, 2009

A picture of Mt. Lassen, an arc volcano in northern California.

MIT team solves longstanding volcanic mystery

June 5, 2009

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences awards

June 3, 2009

Ronald Prinn, director of MIT's Center for Global Change Science, and his group have revised their model that shows how much hotter the Earth's climate will get in this century without substantial policy change. Standing with the group's "roulette wheel" are, from left to right, Mort Webster, professor in the Engineering Systems Division; Adam Schlosser, principal research scientist at the Center ...

Climate change odds much worse than thought

New analysis shows warming could be double previous estimates

May 19, 2009

The first Sustainability Summit filled the house for a series of talks, panel discussions and breakout sessions and capped off four days of Earth Week activities on campus.

Summit explores global sustainability

New MIT student group hosts premier event

April 28, 2009

Eight from MIT elected to AAAS

April 20, 2009

Bras to deliver Killian Award lecture on March 30

March 25, 2009

Near miss, but no threat

Asteroid in close pass was smaller than thought, astronomer shows

March 16, 2009

New greenhouse gas identified

Early detection may permit 'nipping it in the bud'

March 11, 2009

Illustration from 'Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life.'

Children's book illuminates photosynthesis

March 10, 2009

Evidence of early sponges was found in these sediments in Oman, a Marinoan age (about 635 million yearÂ old) rock unit of calcium carbonate deposited on rocks of glacial origin. The oldest sponge steroids detected in sedimentary rocks underlie this cap carbonate, and so pre-date the end of the global Marinoan glaciations.

Signs point to sponges as earliest animal life

'Chemical fossils' provide evidence for first multicelled creatures

February 4, 2009

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