Dear Alumni and Friends,
Welcome to your 2019-20 EAPS Scope! This climate-themed edition is timely, coming at the end of a year with headlines crowded with climate news ranging from record heat in the Arctic Circle, to raging wildfires across Australia, California, and the Amazon, to deadly hurricanes in the Caribbean, Texas, and Japan.
In the race to understand the Earth's changing climate and the implications for humanity, EAPS researchers are harnessing data in novel ways.
EAPS new role as a host-department in the Computational Science and Engineering program marries data and Earth sciences.
Seminal work by EAPS faculty members recognized by the American Philosophical Society. American Geophysical Union, and the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences.
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences faculty continue to earn numerous awards and invited honors in recognition of their innovation and leadership in their respective fields.
EAPS is pleased to announce Camilla Cattania and William Frank will join the department as Assistant Professors in July 2020
Ferrari receives Ally of Nature Fund Award from the School of Science.
The Executive Committee of the Corporation has approved the promotion of five EAPS faculty: Greg Fournier to associate professor, Paul O'Gorman and Taylor Perron to full professor, and tenure for Kerry Cahoy and David McGee.
A professor and mentor for more than 20 years at MIT, Bowring’s use of high-precision uranium-lead geochronology redefined our understanding of some of the most significant events in Earth history.
Understanding the complex cycling of micronutrients in Antarctic microbial communities poses big implications for global ecosystems—and ultimately climate.
Somewhere between 2.3 and 2.5 billion years ago, the Earth experienced a monumental atmospheric shift, setting the stage for complex life to emerge. EAPS researchers are looking for markers in the rock record providing clues as to how and why—and exactly when.
The Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment celebrates a milestone anniversary, solves a chlorofluorocarbon mystery, and fills an atmospheric data gap in equatorial Africa.
To help communities plan for weathering storms to come in a changing climate, EAPS scientists use novel methods to examine the behavior and impacts of hurricanes — from deep time to the present.
Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years.
Study finds shoebox-sized CubeSats gather weather data comparably to data collected by larger satellites.
Improved air quality could prevent nearly 2,000 premature deaths in the U.S.
EAPS scientists engage in out-of-the-box thinking to tackle some of the most pressing questions surrounding global change and long-term sustainability.
The John and Maryann Montrym Fund expands the range of research opportunities available to EAPS students via climate research mini-grants.
Hear directly from four of our graduate students as they talk a little about what drives their research curiosity and how they're working to investigate a wide range of probing questions about the natural world.
Carl Wunsch continues to expand his foundational framework for understanding the behavior of the entire ocean.
Introducing Artemis, MIT's newest exoplanet-hunting telescope in the SPECULOOS network at Mount Teide in the Canary Islands.
EAPS and MIT celebrate the birthday of M. Nafi Toksöz. whose work in seismology and imaging launched the influential Earth Resources Laboratory and inspired a new generation of scientists.
The renovated library, named for late MIT Professor Jule Charney, offers a welcoming space for students to interact both socially and academically.
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Megan Cokely
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Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT
mecokely@mit.edu
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