On thin ice
The most recent global climate report fails to capture the reality of the changing Arctic seascape, according to MIT researchers.
The tallest tree in the land
New model predicts maximum tree height across the United States; gives information about forest density, carbon storage.
3 Questions: Richard Binzel on near-Earth asteroids
'2011 MD,' found by a Lincoln Lab team, will pass close to the planet on Monday.
Wind, war and weathermen
How a Swedish bon vivant let MIT introduce modern meteorology to America — just in time to help the Allies win World War II.
Explained: Measuring earthquakes
How do scientists measure jolts such as the recent disaster in Japan? Hint: They don’t use the Richter scale.
Exploring exploration
From deep space to deep sea, two-day symposium examined MIT’s impacts and innovations.
Science and policy can catalyze each other, EPA head says
In MIT visit, Lisa Jackson discusses how technology can affect government regulations.
EAPS, physics professor James Elliot dies at 67
Led team that discovered the rings of Uranus in 1977.
Reading Earth’s magnetic history
New tool allows unprecedented accuracy in dating of some seafloor rocks, with potential to help climate analysis.
3 Questions: Sara Seager on discovering a trove of new planets
NASA’s Kepler orbiting telescope has found hundreds of new possible planets, including 54 in the so-called 'habitable zone.'
Earth’s final growth spurt
NASA team suggests that massive projectiles added mass to Earth, Mars and the Moon during final phase of planet formation
Growing Earth’s oceans
Study suggests that trace amounts of water created oceans on Earth and other terrestrial planets, including those outside the solar system.