Earth and atmospheric sciences

‘Storm of the Century?’ Try ‘Storm of the Decade’With climate change, today’s ‘100-year floods’ may happen every three to 20 years, according to new research.

The hills are evolvingNew model predicts speed of spreading valleys.

What drove the lunar dynamo?Research supports theory that the moon’s molten core was likely sustained by an alternative power source.

At the core of a continentNew data finds regions of North America have remained extremely stable for more than one billion years.

Microbe metabolismFor the smallest organisms, size determines how microbes spend energy.

Robert van der Hilst named head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesSucceeds Maria Zuber, who led department for the last eight years.

Marilyn Wolfson named 2012 fellow of the American Meteorological SocietyRecognized for longtime contributions to atmospheric, oceanic sciences.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers receive NASA awardHonored for their role in the Near Earth Object Observation Program

The first hairy microbesNew fossils reveal oldest known ciliates.

Blooming ocean frontsStudy finds fronts are hot spots for phytoplankton blooms.