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Featured Stories | May 15, 2017
Varied Increases in Extreme Rainfall with Global Warming
Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows. -
Featured Stories | May 14, 2017
Noelle Selin Awarded Tenure
Congratulations to Noelle Selin, EAPS and IDSS professor and PAOC member, for her promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure by the Executive Committee of the Corporation. -
Featured Stories | April 27, 2017
3Q: Refocusing Climate Research in a New Era
A new perspective from climate researchers argues that there are three key questions that should frame future climate research. -
Featured Stories | April 26, 2017
Leshner Leadership Fellow Noelle Selin Catalyzes Dialogue with Public, Policymakers
MIT researcher helps bring scientific evidence into public decision-making -
Featured Stories | April 26, 2017
Correcting the Records
Climate data analyst Thomas Karl describes global temperature and precipitation measurement and interpretation in the 16th Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture. -
Featured Stories | April 24, 2017
Nile Faces Greater Variability
Climate change could lead to overall increase in river flow, but more droughts and floods, study shows. -
Featured Stories | April 18, 2017
MIT Quarter Century Club Welcomes New Members for 2017
Class includes 99 new members from both the Cambridge campus and Lincoln Laboratory among them are Michael Follows, Lodovica Illari, and John Marshall. -
Featured Stories | April 12, 2017
Kerry Emanuel Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kerry A. Emanuel, the EAPS Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Co-Director of the Lorenz Center, joins the ranks of some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, as well as civic, business, and philanthropic leaders in the academy. -
Featured Stories | April 11, 2017
Environmentalist and Explorer
Senior Elizabeth Rider uses atmospheric chemistry research to create international connections. -
Featured Stories | March 28, 2017
The Future of Forests Under Climate Change
Study projects vast regional differences in forest productivity, migration and wildfire impacts -
Featured Stories | March 24, 2017
Storied Women of MIT: Pauline Morrow Austin
Storied Women of MIT is a series of 60-second historical profiles of MIT students, researchers, and staff that demonstrates the role of women at the Institute from its founding to today. -
Featured Stories | March 16, 2017
Climate Change to Worsen Drought, Diminish Corn Yields in Africa
Over the next century, southern Africa will see widespread decreases in maize production. -
Featured Stories | March 13, 2017
Preparing for Extremes: How Models Can Help Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change Uncertainties
The concern around climate change has scientists focusing their attention on regions around the world that are expected to be particularly hard hit. -
Featured Stories | March 6, 2017
Underwater Mountains Help Ocean Water Rise from Abyss
Turbulence from seafloor topography may explain longstanding question about ocean circulation. -
Featured Stories | March 6, 2017
Study Suggests Complex Life was Present on Earth 2.33 Billion Years Ago
New estimate predates earliest fossil evidence by 800 million years. -
Featured Stories | March 4, 2017
MIT Faculty Working on Climate Write to President Trump
The MIT faculty in the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate rebut Prof. Linzden’s letter urging the US administration to withdraw from the UN climate convention. -
Featured Stories | February 23, 2017
Climate@MIT
A new online publication from MIT reports on exciting climate science research at MIT. We focus on climate as a fundamental science, but occasionally comment on climate action and policy at MIT and climate research occurring elsewhere. -
Featured Stories | February 1, 2017
Zeroing in on the Chemistry of the Air
Jesse Kroll examines how pollutants change chemically as they waft around the globe. -
Featured Stories | January 30, 2017
Explained: Greenhouse Gases
Carbon dioxide isn’t the only one that matters, and the gases vary widely in potency and duration. -
Featured Stories | January 9, 2017
Short-lived Greenhouse Gases Cause Centuries of Sea-level Rise
Through warming effects, methane and other gases impact rising seas long after leaving the atmosphere. By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Even if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for centuries afterward, according to … Continue reading Short-lived Greenhouse Gases Cause Centuries of Sea-level Rise
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