News + Impact - MIT EAPS

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

What makes the climate of Venus so hot?

February 3, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets

Sara Seager stands with Markus Rex and Wolfgang Busch, holding their NOMIS Awards.

Sara Seager honored with 2025 NOMIS Award

December 19, 2025

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

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

When we remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, how long does it stay locked away?

December 4, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research

An image taken by the Cassini spacecraft of the geysers on Enceladus.

NASA selects project investigating ocean worlds and organic molecules in the search for life beyond Earth

December 3, 2025

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets