News + Impact - MIT EAPS

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

Three photos show: gigantic plume rising from ground; a vast valley on fire; and a satellite view of a giant plume arising from the ocean.

Study reveals climatic fingerprints of wildfires and volcanic eruptions

February 23, 2026

Categories: Climate, 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

How the search for extraterrestrial life helps sustainability on Earth

February 11, 2026

Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs

A minimalist evolutionary tree in front of stylized cyanobacteria.

Some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphere

February 6, 2026

Categories: Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs

What makes the climate of Venus so hot?

February 03, 2026

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Planets

Images from experiments and graphs demonstrating simultaneous optical, mechanical, and acoustic measurements revealing brittle microcracking and crystal-plastic twinning in calcite generate distinguishable acoustic signals.

Eos: Visualizing and hearing the brittle–plastic transition

February 3, 2026

Categories: In the Media, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Hazards, Research

Group photo of MIT students and IAC-ULL PhD students together with researchers and teaching staff, following the joint scientific conference held at the University of La Laguna.

MIT holds fourth astronomy camp at the Teide Observatory

February 2, 2026

Categories: Community, In the Media, Planets, Students + Postdocs

Two presenters at the front of a crowded room giving a lecture.

CS3 students and postdocs present lecture series on climate science and policy

January 26, 2026

Categories: Climate, Community, Students + Postdocs

Jupiter’s North Pole showing multiple vortexes.

Polar weather on Jupiter and Saturn hints at the planets’ interior details

January 19, 2026

Categories: Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs

Overheated person with fan.

New research may help scientists predict when a humid heat wave will break

January 5, 2026

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research, Students + Postdocs

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

The ruins of Pompeii with a compositional analysis overlay.

Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology

December 9, 2025

Categories: Research

EAPS presentation schedule at AGU 2025

December 8, 2025

Categories: Community, Events + Outreach

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

Abigail Bodner: Modeling where the ocean and atmosphere communicate

December 2, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Profile