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Joining efforts to build a more sustainable future

March 17, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Sixth Annual CEE Research Speed Dating showcases research to promote collaboration Approaching a global challenge from the bottom up often results in transformative large-scale impact. Such is the theme that […]

Chisholm, Rivest, and Thompson appointed as new Institute Professors

June 29, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

MIT News Office Biologist, computer scientist, and musician awarded MIT’s highest faculty honor. A marine biologist who studies tiny ocean organisms, a computer scientist who developed a global security standard, and an acclaimed violist who has […]

Study: Ocean source of a greenhouse gas has been underestimated

June 4, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

MIT News Office Cycling of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is more intense than thought, and emissions are increasing. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas that can contribute to climate change and damage […]

Oceanographer Mick Follows on how ocean physics and chemistry affect microbial diversity

June 1, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

Plankton, one of the ocean’s smallest inhabitants and a creature vital to life on Earth, are routinely swept away by ocean currents in the form of large swirls (or rings) – as revealed in studies by international consortium […]

Dr. Erik Pelve on the characterization of single cells from marine bacteria

March 23, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

In a nutrient-starved ocean, sinking particles are an ideal spot for microbial activity than the surrounding water, as they are composed of a higher cell count and larger, more active cells. On March 19, Dr. Erik […]

First-light images from NASA’s soil moisture satellite revealed

March 10, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE Professor Dara Entekhabi’s SMAP Project satellite takes its very first snapshot of the Earth As severe weather hazards continue to afflict parts of the country to historic extremes, Professor […]

Exploring Elusive Details in Ocean Microbiome

September 12, 2014 | 2014 News in Brief | ceemit

Professors Edward DeLong, Penny (Sallie) Chisholm and Mick Follows are among the eight founders of the Simons Foundation’s new Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology (SCOPE), a five-year program centered at the University of Hawaii […]