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A photo of ocean water with ice pack

Q&A: Jonathan Lauderdale on how ocean carbon sequestration changes under different glacial conditions

October 23, 2026

Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Research

Swirling clouds of a well-defined cyclonic storm seen from space.

MIT researchers are mapping extreme weather risks — and building tools to act on them

September 18, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

Sai Ravela, Anamitra Saha, and Jayanta Basu sit at a table with markers, drawing symbols onto a large piece of paper lined with a grid.

Playing against climate risk

August 31, 2026

Categories: Climate, Community, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Natural Hazards

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Gage Coon: An Earth scientist exploring the power of microbes

August 28, 2026

Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Natural Resources, Profile, Students + Postdocs

As cities grow around weather stations, does the hot pavement skew our measurements of global warming?

June 10, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Has Earth’s climate ever changed as fast as it has today?

May 20, 2026

Categories: Climate, Research

Oceans and climate: Raffaele Ferrari on Climate Reveal podcast

April 20, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, In the Media, Life + Environments

Jennifer Morris stands at a podium and is pointing to the audience during the 48th MIT Global Change Forum while moderating a panel.

Key points from the 48th MIT Global Change Forum

April 6, 2026

Categories: Climate, Events + Outreach, Health of the Planet

Carl Wunsch honored with Frontiers of Knowledge Award

April 2, 2026

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers

A smartphone screen showing a World Meteorological Organization state of global climate warming graph.

3 Questions with Vincent Cooper: Refining climate warming projections by studying the past

March 20, 2026

Categories: Climate, Research, Students + Postdocs

A woman with two dogs step into a pond to cool off.

Adam Schlosser in the Boston Globe: How might climate change affect Cambridge and Somerville?

March 19, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, In the Media

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

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

What makes the climate of Venus so hot?

February 03, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets

Two presenters at the front of a crowded room giving a lecture.

CS3 students and postdocs present lecture series on climate science and policy

January 26, 2026

Categories: Climate, Community, 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

Post-COP30, more aggressive policies needed to cap global warming at 1.5 C

December 17, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet

Two urban landscapes showing improved air quality when industry uses renewable energy sources.

When companies “go green,” air quality impacts can vary dramatically

December 8, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet, Research

When we remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, how long does it stay locked away?

December 4, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research

Abigail Bodner: Modeling where the ocean and atmosphere communicate

December 2, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Profile