News + Impact - MIT EAPS

Gosha Geogdzhayev named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar

April 23, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Students + Postdocs

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

Student Spotlight: Emma Bulllock on researching extreme environments

April 19, 2024

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

Dan Rothman among four MIT faculty named 2023 AAAS Fellows

April 18, 2024

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

New major crosses disciplines to address climate change

April 18, 2024

Categories: Climate, Community

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roger Summons and Angel Mojarro stand together and smile at the camera.

EAPS Alumnus Angel Mojarro featured in NASA early career scientist spotlight

March 18, 2024

Categories: Alumni, Profile

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

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 4, 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