News + Impact - MIT EAPS

Sensing the world around us

June 26, 2023

Categories: Climate, Events + Outreach, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors

An aerial view of Mauna Loa showing the volcano in pinks, yellows and purples.

New seismic imaging technique gives fresh look at Earth’s mantle

June 21, 2023

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Research, Students + Postdocs

A helicopter drops water on a vast, smokey forest fire

Q&A: Are far-reaching fires the new normal?

June 9, 2023

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

Brent Minchew smiles at the camera in front of an expanse of snow and ice.

Brent Minchew promoted to Associate Professor

June 8, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty + Senior Researchers

Greg Fournier, Fatima Husain, and Mick Follows stand together in front of a poster session.

Fatima Husain named 2023 Graduate Woman of Excellence

June 7, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

2023 EAPS Community and Student Awards

June 5, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community

Commencement 2023 – Meet the EAPS Senior Class

June 05, 2023

Categories: Community, Students + Postdocs

Illustration has a black, rocky background, a large river forks off. A large greenfin darter is overlayed on the large river. The 3 forks each have smaller greenfin darters, each with a unique colorful glow.

River erosion can shape fish evolution, study suggests

May 25, 2023

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

MIT team wins weather forecasting competition second year in a row

May 18, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Students + Postdocs

3 cartoony green microbes ride a raft made of shell on a blue ocean. One microbe has a telescope to look ahead. A sign in the water says they are heading towards to the “Ocean.”

Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles

May 11, 2023

Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Research

3 Questions: New Faculty Interview with Gaia Stucky de Quay

May 3, 2023

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

Becca Mastrola sits on a rock formation and smiles at the camera.

Unlocking Age-Old Secrets Set in Stone

May 2, 2023

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Alumni say Whiteman Fellowship Gave Them the Freedom to Explore

May 2, 2023

Categories: Alumni

Kate Zernike and Nancy Hopkins sit at a table addressing an audience in a classroom. A blackboard appears behind them.

The measuring tape heard round the world

May 01, 2023

Categories: Community, Events + Outreach

Several MIT students sitting at a narrow table collaborate in a classroom. Two have open laptops and there are snacks on the table.

Exploring new sides of climate and sustainability research

April 21, 2023

Categories: Students + Postdocs

Aerial view of MIT campus building entrance with Boston skyline in the distance.

3 Questions: New MIT major and its role in fighting climate change

April 20, 2023

Categories: Climate, Community

The meteorite is dark black and shiny, with a rough texture. A chip of the meteorite is next to it, and a cube says “1 CM” on it.

A message to meteorite hunters: Put down your magnets!

April 20, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets, Research

Aerial view shows a nuclear power plant, surrounded by lush green areas and water, with mountains in distance.

Study: Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

April 10, 2023

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

Outstanding at AGU 2022

April 10, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

Greg Fournier stands in the woods, and there is a stream in background. There are fallen leaves and branches, and it is a cloudy day in early Spring.

Searching across deep time to understand “ecogenesis”

April 7, 2023

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