![Two graphs side by side showing model predictions of extreme rainfall near Denver, Colorado. The one on the left shows square, poor resolution data. The one on the right is higher resolution.](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/downscaling-EAPS-web-image-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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![Two graphs side by side showing model predictions of extreme rainfall near Denver, Colorado. The one on the left shows square, poor resolution data. The one on the right is higher resolution.](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/downscaling-EAPS-web-image-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate
January 24, 2024![A map of a section of Japan, including the Noto Peninsula, showing two pieces of information: one, the intensity of the January 1st earthquake getting smaller further away from the epicenter found off the coast of the Peninsula, and two, the slip amplitude, which has two intense clusters near the epicenter of 6 meters.](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Japan-Earthquake-map-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
Q&A: What sets the recent Japan earthquake apart from others?
January 24, 2024![A helicopter drops water on a vast, smokey forest fire](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MIT_Wildfires-01-scaled-575x0-c-default.jpg)
Q&A: Are far-reaching fires the new normal?
June 9, 2023![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/OGorman-Paul-banner-1-580x0-c-default.jpg)
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Looking forward to forecast the risks of a changing climate
April 15, 2022![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/eddies_0-1-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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Nanograins make for a seismic shift
November 22, 2021![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Gonave_microplate_notext-1-aspect-ratio-3-2-575x0-c-default.jpg)
3 Questions: Understanding the Haiti earthquakes
October 6, 2021![](https://eaps.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MSD_Workshop_WEB-1-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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