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Vintage-inspired collage shows Earth’s ozone layer, in yellow, hit by sun rays. Mod-style stars represent ozone and some are being destroyed by the sun rays.

Scientists find ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole

June 29, 2026

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

Fossil wall of various species.

What happens when environmental change outpaces life’s ability to adapt?

June 24, 2026

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

Perrin Davidson stands, posing, against an indoor angled pillar.

Characterizing Earth’s damping mechanisms

June 24, 2026

Categories: Health of the Planet, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Profile, Students + Postdocs

A portrait of Susan Solomon

Susan Solomon named 2026 Tang Prize laureate

June 15, 2026

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet

An air pollution meter being overrun with wildfire smoke.

3 Questions: Evaluating hourly air pollution forecasts in a time of more frequent wildfires

May 12, 2026

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

Earth’s atmosphere.

A regulatory loophole could delay ozone recovery by years

April 16, 2026

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

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 06, 2026

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

Earth, with layers of atmosphere. Molecules float in the layers.

A complicated future for a methane-cleansing molecule

March 24, 2026

Categories: Health of the Planet, 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

Health and Climate: Noelle Selin on Climate Reveal podcast

November 24, 2025

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

Solar panel arrays in a field.

MITEI Future Energy Systems Center funds new projects to advance the energy transition

September 17, 2025

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

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

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

July 04, 2025

Categories: Health of the Planet, In the Media

Antarctica as seen from space, with coloring depicting ozone recovery.

Tracing persistent ozone-depleting emissions to their source

July 3, 2025

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

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

The U.S. research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer photographed from a drone at Thwaites Glacier ice front in February 2019.

Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier” with Brent Minchew

March 21, 2025

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

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

Side-by-side portraits of Yanchong (Karen) Zheng and Sai Ravela.

Sai Ravela earns J-WAFS grant for solutions-oriented sustainability project in India

January 13, 2025

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