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Earth and its atmosphere from space.

Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone

August 2, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research, Students + Postdocs

A photo portrait of Phoebe Lin holding a flute.

Phoebe Lin ’24 awarded 2024 Louis Sudler Prize for excellence in music

June 17, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

Gosha Geogdzhayev named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar

April 23, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

Student Spotlight: Emma Bulllock on researching extreme environments

April 19, 2024

Categories: Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Katie Kempff sits outside on a balcony in nice weather, smiling at the camera.

Course 1-12 spotlight: From space to sustainability, Katie Kempff changes to new MIT climate major

April 12, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Lauren Aguilar sits on a bench and smiles at the camera, surrounded by bamboo.

Course 1-12 spotlight: Lauren Aguilar finds her path to energy systems

April 5, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Ananda Santos Figueiredo sits at a table in front of a white board with math equations on it, smiling at the camera.

Course 1-12 spotlight: Ananda Santos Figueiredo pivots from astrophysics to climate change

March 22, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Justin Cole sits on a couch in front of a whiteboard of math equations.

Course 1-12 spotlight: Justin Cole pivots from military service to climate crisis

March 15, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

A group of 13 people pose at night next to a small domed telescope observatory. Mount Teide is visible behind them.

MIT Astronomy Field Camp returns to the Teide Observatory for second year

January 26, 2024

Categories: Students + Postdocs

Fatima Husain stands in a lab with arm resting on table. The table has a complex machine with a cylindrical base and tubes and wires connected to the table and ceiling.

Unlocking history with geology and genetics

January 25, 2024

Categories: Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Students testify in defense of dark skies

December 18, 2023

Categories: Community, Students + Postdocs

34 people pose for a photo at the top of a foggy mountain around a wooden sign that reads

Discovering the natural world: DEAPS 2023 in pictures

November 1, 2023

Categories: Community, Students + Postdocs

EAPS UROP Daniel Kurlander named a winner of the 2023 MIT Prize for Open Data

October 23, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

An Amazonian village with about 20 huts that form a large a ring around an empty, brown, circular area. Lots of trees are around the village.

Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile “dark earth”

September 20, 2023

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

Radar image of a lake taken from high above Titan's surface shows liquid areas as dark blue and land areas as dark yellow.

Studying rivers from worlds away

July 10, 2023

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

Timur Cinay sits on a rocky outcrop on the sea, smiling at the camera while the sun warms the ocean colors.

Seeing the world in high definition

June 26, 2023

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

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

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

Commencement 2023 – Meet the EAPS Senior Class

June 5, 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, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments, Research, Students + Postdocs