Earth+Atmospheric Sciences – Page 3

Spring 2007

‘Divine Wind’

In a twist of fate, Prof. Kerry Emanuel’s book, highlighting hurricane disasters, went on sale within days of Katrina.

Winter 2007

Driving Force

MIT ecologist Penny Chisholm says we know precious little about the planet. For example, she says,

Winter 2003

Rx for Earth

MIT ecologist Penny Chisholm is studying the planet, helping to ensure that the world stays liveable.

Fall 2001

MIT Research Briefs

News about cloning, water on Jupiter, and more.

Spring 2001

Tracking Climate Change

A peptide scaffold structure magnified 60,000 times. Photo: Donna Coveney

Fall 2000

Research Briefs

Regrowing nerves, monthly relief, and more

Satellite map of a hurricane.
Image: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Winter 2000

Research Briefs

Keeping fat away, a weapon against infections, and more.

Map of Turkey shows North Anatolian fault and successive earthquakes rupturing from 1912 to 1999. Image: M. Nafi Tokosz

Fall 1999

Research Briefs

An earthquake in Turkey, ancient rubber, and more.

Fall 1998

Crazy Climate

MIT’s Elfatih Eltahir is a hydrologist who studies cycles of flood and drought. His studies reveal what’s normal variability, helping us figure out humankind’s impact on climate.

Spring 1998

Climate Change

Oceanographer Carl Wunsch says predicting global climate change could be worth billions.