Study: Astronomers risk misinterpreting planetary signals in JWST data
Refining current opacity models will be key to unearthing details of exoplanet properties — and signs of life — in data from the powerful new telescope.
Refining current opacity models will be key to unearthing details of exoplanet properties — and signs of life — in data from the powerful new telescope.
With over 200 published papers, multiple books, and countless media appearances, Emanuel’s 41 years at MIT have been marked by influential research into hurricane formation and climate change outreach.
MIT research highlights the opportunity to rethink global air quality guidelines.
A distributed sensor network may help researchers identify the physical processes contributing to diminishing sea ice in the planet’s fastest-warming region.
New findings may help explain how Earth’s crust forms, the location of ore deposits, and why some volcanoes are more explosive than others.
Members of three working groups outline latest efforts implementing the ambitious plan, launched last year.
MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take.
Brent Minchew leads two proposals to better understand glacial physics and predict sea-level rise as part of MIT's Climate Grand Challenges competition.
MIT Haystack Observatory identifies long-duration atmospheric waves launched by the recent Tonga eruption.
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere
Changes to a key ice flow equation could refine estimates of sea level rise.
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.
If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.
Geophysicists Camilla Cattania and William Frank team up to explore the tectonics and fault mechanics behind earthquakes, and their associated hazards.