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Scientists from WHOI, Columbia and MIT have identified major compounds released by ocean phytoplankton that play a key role in returning carbon to the atmosphere, helping build realistic representations of marine microbial communities in the carbon cycle. buff.ly/AkdaCc0

EAPS prof Talia Tamarin-Brodsky and collaborators derived an equation for simplified wave breaking, offering a dynamical explanation for Rossby Wave Breaking events.The paper, published in @AguAdvances, was recently highlighted by @AGU_Eos buff.ly/d4Hoggx

🌟 Editor's Pick! 🌟 “Connections between fast and slow parts of the atmosphere are analyzed over 35 years to understand the links between storms, weather regimes, and atmospheric wave breaking events.” 🔗 eos.org/editor-highlig… #AGUPubs @AGU_Eos

MIT is becoming a hub for planetary defense. As observations of potentially dangerous asteroids and comets improve, it is critical to bring together detection, risk assessment and mitigation under one roof. buff.ly/qXYKJmn

Good news - asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely pass by the moon. Andy Rivkin '91 and EAPS prof Julien de Wit secured time on the JWST to get the best look at the asteroid's path and confirmed that, while it pass by closely in 2032, it does not pose a threat. buff.ly/uVufpdj

Now on @MITOCW - CS3 Lecture Series: Fundamentals of Climate Science and Policy. Presented by MIT CS3 students & postdocs in January, this series explores the Earth’s #climate system, its societal impacts, and efforts to minimize those impacts. tinyurl.com/bdcppzsj

Congrats to EAPS Prof Richard Teague on being invited to give the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture at this year's AAS meeting! He's been selected for his pioneering work on protoplanetary disk motion using @almaobs. @AAS_Office @KavliFoundation buff.ly/MCsBjCS

A new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Andrew Babbin and MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Ryan Woosley finds hitchhiking bacteria dissolve essential ballast in ubiquitous “snow” particles, which could counteract the #ocean's ability to sequester #carbon.

Marine snow — the dust and detritus from decomposing organisms — is the main vehicle by which the ocean stores carbon. But hitchhiking bacteria may prevent it from sinking into the deep ocean, limiting how much carbon the ocean can actually store. buff.ly/UtKV7Kq

By running fluid through rock samples, EAPS geophysicists found that the flow quickly slows as the porosity and permeability changes, but does not stop. This research demonstrates the potential of carbon mineralization methods for carbon sequestration. buff.ly/5ouK1HG

From @AGU_Eos: MIT scientists were able to produce the first experiments in which optical, mechanical, and acoustic measurements were captured simultaneously in calcite single crystals, giving us a deeper look into the deformation process of rocks. buff.ly/zV6Rzqo

MIT scientists have found a way to identify the specific signal of wildfires and volcanic eruptions from the atmosphere, helping answer questions about how different injected materials from events like these influence global temperatures. buff.ly/BEzxl3W

When an earthquake reverses course and travels back through an area it's known as a "boomerang" earthquake. Scientists have assumed that they required complex fault zones to happen, but new research out of EAPS finds they can also occur on simple faults. buff.ly/TO8WhiR

How do you help prepare for the rise in sea level? Abigail Bodner, the X-Window Consortium Career Development Professor of @eapsMIT studies climate projections to help coastal communities project the future. betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/issue…

A new study from @eapsmit "implies that large earthquakes are not simply ‘scaled-up’ versions of small earthquakes, but instead they have their own unique rupture behavior," explains grad student Yudong Sun news.mit.edu/2026/new-study…

In research that could help elucidate humans’ role in global warming, MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon & coauthors show how 3 major natural events - 2 #volcanoes & the Australian #wildfires (2019-20) - impacted global atmospheric temperatures. tinyurl.com/yx5dxd9w

Professor Camilla Cattania and @eapsmit graduate student Yudong Sun wondered: Could an earthquake reverse course along a simple fault? news.mit.edu/2026/new-study…

On rare occasions, seismologists have observed quakes that reverse direction. A new study by @eapsMIT researchers predicts that these "boomerang" earthquakes can occur even along simple faults news.mit.edu/2026/new-study…

New findings from @eapsMIT may represent some of the earliest evidence of aerobic respiration on Earth news.mit.edu/2026/some-earl…

Temperatures on the surface of Venus average of 840 degrees Fahrenheit, comparable to an oven in self-cleaning mode. The planet's atmosphere plays a key role in its extreme temperature. buff.ly/c51Xgdm