Earth and atmospheric sciences

One of the fossils found in rock from the White Sea of Russia.

Worm-like creatures lived at least 555 million years ago

May 10, 2000

Astronaut Janice Voss walks out of the crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center on the morning of the launch of STS-99, accompanied by Mamoru Mohri (left) of the Japanese space agency (NASDA) and Gerhard Thiele of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Alumna, Draper, faculty involved in shuttle radar mission

March 8, 2000

MIT researcher finds clues to formation of Indian Ocean

One rock establishes a role for continental crust

December 9, 1999

Team finds surprising volcanic clues to Indian Ocean formation

December 8, 1999

MIT receives $5 million in software from Schlumberger

New laboratory will expand MIT research of Earth's upper crust

November 2, 1999

Recent earthquakes unrelated

October 27, 1999

Ancient cooling may not have raised mountain crests

October 27, 1999

Ocean measurements allow predictions of hurricane intensity

October 27, 1999

MIT researcher uses simple ocean measurements to predict hurricane intensity

October 13, 1999

EAPS celebrates new Klein fellowship

September 29, 1999

Experts to debate climate change risks

September 29, 1999

A map of Turkey showing the North Anatolian fault and the successive earthquakes rupturing the fault starting from the east in 1939 and causing the recent Izmit quake. The city of Izmit is located under the first "9" in the "1999" legend.

Quake increases risk for temblor in Istanbul

September 25, 1999

MIT researchers monitoring earthquakes in Turkey say Istanbul could be next target

August 17, 1999

MIT researcher creates scale to assess Earth-asteroid close encounters

July 22, 1999

Scientists describe global distribution of cosmic rays in space

June 9, 1999

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Worm-like creatures lived at least 555 million years ago

Alumna, Draper, faculty involved in shuttle radar mission

MIT researcher finds clues to formation of Indian Ocean

Team finds surprising volcanic clues to Indian Ocean formation

MIT receives $5 million in software from Schlumberger

Recent earthquakes unrelated

Ancient cooling may not have raised mountain crests

Ocean measurements allow predictions of hurricane intensity

MIT researcher uses simple ocean measurements to predict hurricane intensity

EAPS celebrates new Klein fellowship

Experts to debate climate change risks

Quake increases risk for temblor in Istanbul

MIT researchers monitoring earthquakes in Turkey say Istanbul could be next target

MIT researcher creates scale to assess Earth-asteroid close encounters

Scientists describe global distribution of cosmic rays in space

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