MIT Joint Program-affiliated researchers Noelle Selin and Amanda Giang contribute to multidisciplinary study of regulatory impacts on Great Lakes mercury
News & Media: Earth Systems
MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel explains the science behind climate change, as well as the associated risks and how to quantify them
Professor of atmospheric chemistry honored for her contributions to atmospheric science
The weather in a few days can be difficult to predict, especially with certain phenomena such as thunderstorms. If this is the case, then how can we trust climate projections over several decades?
Embedded within the climate system are many nonlinear feedback systems and possible tipping points , making prediction of future climate difficult.
An overview of climate science: what comprises climate, relevant factors in the climate system, and how the climate has changed in the past versus how it is changing now.
Study's co-authors, including MIT Joint Program-affiliated research scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz, argue that ecosystem models should account for the diversity of diatoms to better predict the fate of these micro-algae and their role in the biological carbon pump of tomorrow's ocean
MIT Joint Program workshop highlights pathways toward sustainable water resources
Insights, news, projects, publications and other developments at the MIT Joint Program
Study finds state’s annual risk of extreme rainfall will rise from 1 to 18 percent
Susan Solomon's John H. Carlson Lecture examines past environmental challenges in the context of today's fight against climate change
Atmospheric chemist takes on pollutants and the global treaties written to control them