News + Impact - MIT EAPS

Moon dust falls through the hands of an astronaut.

Scientists pin down the origins of the moon’s tenuous atmosphere

August 2, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Planets, Research

Andrew Babbin named a mission director for the Climate Project at MIT

July 24, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community, Faculty

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, Health of the Planet, Research

Professor Richard Binzel smiles while holding a meteorite fragment next to a plaque commemorating the day it fell in Johnstown, Colorado, in 1924.

Richard Binzel helps Colorado town throw 100th birthday party for meteorite

July 17, 2024

Categories: Faculty, In the Media

Graphic depicting the idea of a more sustainable world.

Upgrading computational tools for sustainable development

July 16, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Health of the Planet

Pictures of Taylor and Lisa Perron next to each other, with the cover of the children’s picture book “All the Rocks We Love” superimposed on top.

Q&A: Helping young readers explore curiosity about rocks through discovery and play

July 15, 2024

Categories: Faculty

Alt text: The James Webb Space Telescope points to several TRAPPIST planets scattered on top of a map background with a red dotted line leading around them.

Roadmap details how to improve exoplanet exploration using the JWST

July 15, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Planets, Research

A portrait of Susan Solomon next to a photo of the cover of her book,

Q&A: What past environmental success can teach us about solving the climate crisis

July 12, 2024

Categories: Faculty

Cargo ship in ocean.

Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel

July 11, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, 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

Side-by-side headshots of Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager.

Sara Seager one of three MIT scientists named Kavli Prize Laureates

June 12, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty, Planets

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

June 12, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Natural Hazards, Research

Andrew Babbin named recipient of 2024 J-WAFS seed grant

June 3, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Julien de Wit talks “puffy Jupiters” and new exoplanet questions with NBC Boston

May 30, 2024

Categories: Faculty, In the Media, Planets

Climate Explained: The polar jet stream and polar vortex

May 21, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Research

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes

May 8, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Hazards, Research

A three shot of Andrew Babbin, Tim Cronin, and Brent Minchew,

Three EAPS faculty granted tenure

May 7, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Camilla Cattania named 2024 NSF CAREER recipient

May 3, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Andrew Babbin one of four MIT 2024 Bose Grants

April 24, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Geologists discover rocks with the oldest evidence yet of Earth’s magnetic field

April 24, 2024

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