Weather
Water world
March 21, 2012
'Weather in a tank' demonstration helps students grasp fluid dynamics.
A climate window in the Southern Ocean
February 28, 2012
An updated circulation model reveals the Southern Ocean as a powerful influence on climate change.
Wind, war and weathermen
June 7, 2011
How a Swedish bon vivant let MIT introduce modern meteorology to America — just in time to help the Allies win World War II.
Study sees changing intensity of storms from warming
October 26, 2010
Hemispheres will respond to climate change differently, with weaker summer storms in the North, study suggests.
More hurricanes in greener seas?
September 8, 2010
Research suggests ocean color is linked to formation, movement of tropical cyclones
The aerosols conundrum
July 8, 2010
Research shows that aerosols not only cool, but also heat the planet — a finding that may cloud the validity of climate-change models.
3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
June 1, 2010
An MIT oceanographer discusses why ‘we have never had a spill like this’ — and what that means for cleanup efforts.
Weather in a Tank
March 17, 2010
A curriculum built around a rotating-tank experiment could improve weather and climate education
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