News + Impact - MIT EAPS

In the dark ocean, a cartoon illustration shows a green oval microbe Prochlorococcus eating a dead purple microbe that looks like a Cheeto. A few other microbes appear in background.

Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds

November 3, 2022

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

Photo of pedestrians at a tree-lined intersection, all seen through a polluted haze in Anyang City, China

Coordinating climate and air-quality policies to improve public health

October 26, 2022

Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Research

3-D modeled illustration depicts the DART mission, and shows a boxy spacecraft with blue jets and solar panel wings approaching a bulky meteor.

Method for decoding asteroid interiors could help aim asteroid-deflecting missions

October 19, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research, Students + Postdocs

Purple and teal video still details the eddies, mapped using contour lines and color, of the North Pacific Ocean, around a tiny Hawaii, in black.

Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes

October 3, 2022

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

A hi-resolution image shows a titled beige Saturn and its rings on a black background

Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon

September 15, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research

Image shows, from left to right, how the James Webb grabs light from around a mysterious planet and then interprets data. Data is represented as colorful information.

Study: Astronomers risk misinterpreting planetary signals in JWST data

September 15, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research

A black and white photo of three albatrosses standing together; the one in the middle has it's wings stretched out almost protectively around the other two.

Divorce is more common in albatross couples with shy males, study finds

September 13, 2022

Categories: Life + Environments, Research

Using seismology for groundwater management

August 22, 2022

Categories: Alumni, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Resources, Research

Porosity of the moon’s crust reveals bombardment history

July 7, 2022

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research

A 3D model image of the asteroid Psyche

New maps of asteroid Psyche reveal an ancient world of metal and rock

June 15, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research

Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions

June 7, 2022

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research

Magma beneath tectonic collision zones is wetter than previously thought

May 26, 2022

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Hazards, Research

Looking forward to forecast the risks of a changing climate

April 15, 2022

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research

Computing our climate future

April 13, 2022

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research

MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition

April 11, 2022

Categories: Events + Outreach, Research

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast climate-related risk

April 7, 2022

Categories: Climate, Natural Hazards, Research

Ocean vital signs

April 5, 2022

Categories: Climate, Health of the Planet, Research

Setting carbon management in stone

March 17, 2022

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Natural Resources, Research

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions

March 17, 2022

Categories: Health of the Planet, Research

Look! Up in the sky! Is it a planet? Nope, just a star

March 15, 2022

Categories: Planets, Research