http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/earth-atmosphere.html Earth and atmospheric sciences headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/earth-atmosphere.html 88 31 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-southafrica-0722.html Ten graduate students from MIT recently spent three weeks in Durban, South Africa, working on a project to develop an online tool that could help municipal governments around the world adapt to a changing climate. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-southafrica-0722.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/climate-path-0711.html Long-term climate change policy in the United States and abroad is likely to change very slowly, warns an MIT professor who says the lack of future flexibility argues for stronger short-term goals to reduce carbon emissions. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/climate-path-0711.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/quake-china-0630.html A new analysis of the setting for last month's devastating earthquake in China by a team of geoscientists at MIT shows that the quake resulted from faults with little seismic activity. Similar events in that area occur only once in every 2,000 to 10,000 years. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/quake-china-0630.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/katrina-towers-tt0604.html After Hurricane Katrina left its trail of destruction along the Gulf coast, MIT research affiliate Joe Davis decided to do something to memorialize the event. His idea? Build a tower that will capture electricity from lightning and throw energy back into the sky. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/katrina-towers-tt0604.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/eaps25-0603.html Twenty-five years ago, MIT decided to bring together the Earth and the sky. In the years that followed, many others did the same. Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/eaps25-0603.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/emanuel-qanda-0429.html Kerry Emanuel, MIT professor of meteorology, answers questions about his latest complex hurricane research, the results of which, he says, validate the connection he found between global warming and hurricane intensity in a 2005 study using historical data. Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/emanuel-qanda-0429.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/earth-water-0428.html Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to collect global soil moisture measurements to improve weather, flood and drought forecasts and predictions of agricultural productivity and climate change. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/earth-water-0428.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/emanuel-paper-0417.html Hurricanes in some areas, including the North Atlantic, are likely to become more intense as a result of global warming even though the number of such storms worldwide may decline, according to a new study by MIT researchers. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/emanuel-paper-0417.html