News + Impact - MIT EAPS

Map of a cyclone track.

Eos: Slow atmospheric circulations shape storm tracks and wave-breaking patterns

March 11, 2026

Categories: Climate, In the Media, Research

Ocean flood with floating dust.

Understanding how “marine snow” acts as a carbon sink

March 9, 2026

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs

Three photos show: gigantic plume rising from ground; a vast valley on fire; and a satellite view of a giant plume arising from the ocean.

Study reveals climatic fingerprints of wildfires and volcanic eruptions

February 23, 2026

Categories: Climate, Research, Students + Postdocs

Overheated person with fan.

New research may help scientists predict when a humid heat wave will break

January 5, 2026

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research, Students + Postdocs

An image taken by the Cassini spacecraft of the geysers on Enceladus.

NASA selects project investigating ocean worlds and organic molecules in the search for life beyond Earth

December 3, 2025

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets

John Marshall honored with postdoctoral mentoring award

November 14, 2025

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

When scientists reconstruct ancient climates from ice cores, how do they create an accurate timeline?

November 07, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Stephanie Dutkiewicz in front of computer display

Research Insight: the role of marine microbial diversity and dynamics in climate models

September 1, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments

Ryan Woosley in an orange suit and on a large stretch of snow in Antarctica.

3 Questions: Ryan Woosley on changes in ocean acidity and carbon

September 1, 2025

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet

Boston skyline with decorative background.

Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction

August 26, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Research

Scientific American: A Thought Experiment Reveals the Fingerprints of Climate Change Came Early

July 4, 2025

Categories: Health of the Planet, In the Media

Satellite view of the Atlantic Ocean and neighboring continents with colored swirls superimposed over the ocean indicating distribution of Synechococcus phytoplankton.

NASA StoryMap: MIT Darwin Project ecosystem model explores biogeography of microbial environments

July 2, 2025

Categories: In the Media, Life + Environments, Research

Anthony Wong stands at a research poster while explaining it to another person.

3Q’s: Investigating environmental impacts of alternative fuel usage

June 3, 2025

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research, Students + Postdocs

Photo of the sun peeking through orange smoggy air over a hillside, with Los Angeles in the background.

Study: Climate change may make it harder to reduce smog in some regions

May 22, 2025

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research, Students + Postdocs

A microscopic image of SAR11, a type of pelagibacterales, which look like worms.

New Study Illuminates Invisible Architects of the Ocean’s Carbon Cycle

May 22, 2025

Categories: Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs

Woman and children walk over sandbag embankment in Bangladesh.

Hundred-year storm tides will occur every few decades in Bangladesh, scientists report

April 11, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Natural Hazards, Research

Decoding the mystery of water on Mars with Gaia Stucky de Quay – MIT Alumni Forum

March 7, 2025

Categories: Events + Outreach, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets

An image from the ozone layer in September 2024 is in front of smaller images showing the evolution of the ozone layer from 1979-2018.

Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs

March 5, 2025

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research, Students + Postdocs

Andrew Babbin sits inside with Boston skyline in background.

Seeking climate connections among the oceans’ smallest organisms

February 6, 2025

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Profile

On left, a rural setting with grass and greenery. On right, brown flood water shows excessive flooding.

New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

November 25, 2024

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research, Students + Postdocs