When it rains, it pours
Study estimates rate of intensification of extreme tropical rainfall with global warming.
The economic cost of increased temperatures
Study: Warming episodes hurt poor countries and limit long-term growth.
A climate window in the Southern Ocean
An updated circulation model reveals the Southern Ocean as a powerful influence on climate change.
Wind, war and weathermen
How a Swedish bon vivant let MIT introduce modern meteorology to America — just in time to help the Allies win World War II.
When the butterfly effect took flight
Half a century ago, Edward Lorenz SM '43, ScD '48, overthrew the idea of the clockwork universe with his ground-breaking research on chaos. Now MIT professors are working to establish a climate research center in his name.
Study sees changing intensity of storms from warming
Hemispheres will respond to climate change differently, with weaker summer storms in the North, study suggests.
More hurricanes in greener seas?
Research suggests ocean color is linked to formation, movement of tropical cyclones
The aerosols conundrum
Research shows that aerosols not only cool, but also heat the planet — a finding that may cloud the validity of climate-change models.
3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
An MIT oceanographer discusses why ‘we have never had a spill like this’ — and what that means for cleanup efforts.
Weather in a Tank
A curriculum built around a rotating-tank experiment could improve weather and climate education