News + Impact - MIT EAPS

A map of the Pacific Ocean showing cruise tracks overlaying a temperature gradient of the ocean.

Warming oceans may threaten key oxygen-producing microbe

September 9, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments, Research

Stephanie Dutkiewicz in front of computer display

Research Insight: the role of marine microbial diversity and dynamics in climate models

September 1, 2025

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

Boston skyline with decorative background.

Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction

August 26, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Research

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

How do we know what the Earth’s climate was like millions of years ago?

March 21, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers

TIL Climate Podcast: Hasn’t the climate changed before?

March 6, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers

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

Sai Ravela earns J-WAFS grant for solutions-oriented sustainability project in India

January 13, 2025

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

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

January 2, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers

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 + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers, 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 + Senior Researchers

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

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 + Senior Researchers

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

June 12, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, 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