News + Impact - MIT EAPS

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

Ask MIT Climate: How do we know how much CO2 was in the atmosphere hundreds of years ago?

April 23, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Research

Dan Rothman among four MIT faculty named 2023 AAAS Fellows

April 18, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Ask MIT Climate: What are the biggest challenges and innovations for new climate models?

April 11, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Research

Abigail Bodner smiles at the camera.

3 Questions: New faculty interview with Abigail Bodner

April 8, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty

Two men in hardhats and safety vests, seen from behind, inspect a forest of electrical pylons and wires on a cloudless day.

Atmospheric observations in China show rise in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas

March 28, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Health of the Planet, Research

Burrell Clark Burchfiel

Professor Emeritus B. Clark Burchfiel, structural geologist who expanded the concept of plate tectonics, dies at 89

March 28, 2024

Categories: Community, Faculty

In darkness, thumbs hold two small spherical and one small cube objects that light up in vivid yellow, red, and green.

With a new experimental technique, MIT engineers probe the mechanisms of landslides and earthquakes

March 25, 2024

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

Venus in space with multi-colored amino acid molecules in its atmosphere.

Study: Life’s building blocks are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions

March 20, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Life + Environments, Planets, Research

Ask MIT Climate: Does global warming affect the coldest days or the hottest days more?

March 15, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Research

Rendering shows the Perseverance on the rocky brown surface of Mars. The Perseverance resembles a go-cart and has 6 wheels and an arm extending that houses the drill. The top of the Perseverance has a long neck and a camera on top.

Study determines the original orientations of rocks drilled on Mars

March 04, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Planets, Research

Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

February 12, 2024

Categories: Faculty, Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Research

Ben Weiss appointed Robert R. Shrock Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

February 6, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Portraits of Julien de Wit, Matěj Peč, and David McGee edited to be side-by-side

Three EAPS Professors promoted

February 6, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

Ask MIT Climate: Is today’s climate change similar to the natural warming between ice ages?

February 5, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Research

Susan Solomon stands on a stage in front of a blue background with a microphone. She is giving an acceptance speech and is holding a gold trophy in one hand.

Susan Solomon wins VinFuture Award for Female Innovators

January 26, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate

January 24, 2024

Categories: Climate, Faculty, Natural Hazards, Research