Predicting sediment flow in coastal vegetation
Model could help engineers design erosion-prevention strategies in marshes, wetlands, aquatic forests.
Model could help engineers design erosion-prevention strategies in marshes, wetlands, aquatic forests.
Cycling of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is more intense than thought, and emissions are increasing.
Draining lakes are unlikely to increase the Greenland ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise.
New research indicates marine plankton are not only more diverse than previously thought, but also profoundly affected by their environment.
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously.
Region of world’s strongest “internal waves” is analyzed in detail; work could help refine climate models.
MIT researchers explain mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago.
Grants of up to $200,000 will fund environmental partnerships over the next two years.
Ice-tethered devices are helping researchers collect more data on the Arctic Ocean.
Instrument identifies methane’s origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows.
Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays.
New research from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveals a hidden deep-ocean carbon cycle.
New study examines role of acoustic-gravity waves as ocean transport, early warning of tsunamis.
New MIT exhibit features high-speed underwater photography by former aquanaut Grace Young ’14.