News + Impact - MIT EAPS

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

J-WAFS awards grants to two MIT solutions-oriented projects around water and food in India

January 13, 2025

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Climate

What would happen if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapses? How likely is it?

January 2, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty

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

Ask MIT Climate: How much can a large volcanic eruption affect the climate?

November 5, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Natural Hazards, Research

Lyle Nelson at a desert field site.

3 Questions: Meet Lyle Nelson, EAPS newest faculty member

October 25, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community, Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments

portrait of Noelle Selin

Selin to lead new MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

August 5, 2024

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

Andrew Babbin named a mission director for the Climate Project at MIT

July 24, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community, Faculty

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, 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, Health of the Planet

Black spheres with the letter “C” on them, representing carbon molecules, float out of the water.

Study: Weaker ocean circulation could enhance CO2 buildup in the atmosphere

July 8, 2024

Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Research

Still from a video of David McGee giving a talk on stage, holding a microphone.

Watch: Messages About Our Climate Future from the Deep Past

July 1, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community, Events + Outreach, Faculty

Ask MIT Climate: What are the best- and worst-case scenarios for sea level rise?

June 12, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Natural Hazards, Research

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.

Making climate models relevant for local decision makers

June 10, 2024

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research

TIL Climate Podcast: Slow carbon, fast carbon

May 30, 2024

Categories: Climate, Natural Resources, Research

A glacier flows into a fjord in the southwest coast of Greenland.

Microscopic defects in ice influence how massive glaciers flow, study shows

May 30, 2024

Categories: Climate, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research

TIL Climate Podcast: Is it safe to store CO2 underground?

May 23, 2024

Categories: Climate, Natural Resources, Research

Climate Explained: The polar jet stream and polar vortex

May 21, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Research

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes

May 8, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Hazards, Research

Ask MIT Climate: How do we know how much CO2 was in the atmosphere hundreds of years ago?

April 23, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Research

New major crosses disciplines to address climate change

April 18, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community