News + Impact - MIT EAPS

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 4, 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 05, 2025

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

A green hydrogen production pipeline.

New climate chemistry model finds “non-negligible” climate impacts of potential hydrogen fuel leakage

December 6, 2024

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research

What if it works? Podcast: Rising to the climate challenge

November 20, 2024

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Health of the Planet

Industrial smokestack emitting smoke into a blue sky.

Study finds mercury pollution from human activities is declining

October 8, 2024

Categories: Health of the Planet

portrait of Noelle Selin

Selin to lead new MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

August 5, 2024

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

Earth and its atmosphere from space.

Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone

August 2, 2024

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

Photo of the dimly lit interior of a large factory.

China-based emissions of three potent climate-warming greenhouse gases spiked in past decade

July 18, 2024

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

Graphic depicting the idea of a more sustainable world.

Upgrading computational tools for sustainable development

July 16, 2024

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

Cargo ship in ocean.

Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel

July 11, 2024

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

Student Spotlight: Emma Bulllock on researching extreme environments

April 19, 2024

Categories: Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Two men in hardhats and safety vests, seen from behind, inspect a forest of electrical pylons and wires on a cloudless day.

Atmospheric observations in China show rise in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas

March 28, 2024

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

Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

February 12, 2024

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

TIL Climate Podcast: Don’t throw away your refrigerator

October 19, 2023

Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Research

Photo of a power plant with two smokestacks in a desert area on a partly cloudy day.

Improving US air quality, equitably

September 27, 2023

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