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Noelle Selin named as TEPCO Professor

July 1, 2026

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

A portrait of Raymond Pierrehumbert next to an image of the atmosphere of Jupiter.

Q&A with Professor of the Practice Raymond Pierrehumbert: The geology of planetary atmospheres

June 29, 2026

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments, Planets

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

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

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

June 10, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Side-by-side portraits of Matej Pec and Richard Teague.

Matěj Peč and Richard Teague promoted

June 9, 2026

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

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

Kristin Bergmann receives Earll M. Murman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

May 6, 2026

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Ben Weiss elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 23, 2026

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Oceans and climate: Raffaele Ferrari on Climate Reveal podcast

April 20, 2026

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

Earth’s atmosphere.

A regulatory loophole could delay ozone recovery by years

April 16, 2026

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

Carl Wunsch honored with Frontiers of Knowledge Award

April 2, 2026

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

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

CNN: New data shows asteroid 2024 YR4 will narrowly miss the moon

March 12, 2026

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

An asteroid speeds towards the moon.

3 Questions: Fortifying our planetary defenses

March 12, 2026

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets

Richard Teague named Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer for 2026 AAS meeting

March 11, 2026

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

Ocean flood with floating dust.

Understanding how “marine snow” acts as a carbon sink

March 9, 2026

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs

X-ray view of carbonate minerals deposited within a basalt core.

X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacity

March 6, 2026

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Resources, Research, Students + Postdocs

Roadway buckled by earthquake damage.

New study unveils the mechanism behind “boomerang” earthquakes

February 18, 2026

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Hazards, Research, Students + Postdocs

Lyle Nelson named Kerr-McGee Career Development Professor

February 17, 2026

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments