EAPS News & Events

EAPS department members are world-renowned experts in their fields. Not only do our professors and researchers comment on the news, they make the news. Read about their latest findings and make plans to attend one of our informative EAPS events.

Weekly Events

Department Lecture Series Wednesday (and some Fridays), at 4 pm in 54-915
Graduate Student Seminar: Wednesday evening, 6 to 8 in 54-915
Oceanography and Climate Sack Lunch: Wednesday,12:10pm to 1:00 pm in 54-915
MIT Atmospheric Science Seminar: Monday, Noon - 1pm in 54-915
Chemical Oceanography Seminar: Friday 3pm to 4 pm in E34-430.

Special Events

Special Seminars Friday (and some Mondays), at 4 pm in 54-915

News

Maria Zuber is driven by the thrill of exploring uncharted territory
She's been interested in what goes on far beyond the sky for as long as she can remember. But the turning point came in 1979 while she was a student at the University of Pennsylvania and saw images beamed back from the Voyager spacecraft as it hurtled past the planet Jupiter. She was quickly entranced, and hooked. see details
Taylor Perron and colleagues uncovered the mechanism that generates widespread patterns in landscapes.
Computer model developed by Taylor Perron and colleagues shows how evenly-spaced ridges and valleys form over time as a result of erosion and the slumping of soil. see details

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Field Trips

The members of EAPS routinely go on field trips as close as western Massachusetts and Mt. Washington and as far away as Wyoming and Utah. If you would like to see some of the places we've visited please browse the links on our field trip page.

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