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@eapsMIT
Official account of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (#EAPS) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#MIT).
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  • @eapsMIT
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    15h
    What better way to understand climate risks than through a game? With the help of a J-WAFS grant, EAPS PRS Sai Ravela has created a game that helps communities discover ways to improve their collective agricultural resilience.
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    Playing against climate risk
    From news.mit.edu
  • @eapsMIT
    MIT EAPS
    @eapsMIT
    Sep 4
    Congrats to EAPS Professor Richard Teague on being named an NSF CAREER recipient! His research is focused on developing new methods to detect planetary formation across our universe.
    eaps.mit.edu
    Richard Teague named 2026 NSF CAREER recipient
    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (EAPS) Professor Richard Teague as a recipient of their prestigious Faculty Early Career...
  • @eapsMIT
    MIT EAPS
    @eapsMIT
    Sep 2
    A scientific career can span many disciplines, from fiuid dynamics to paleoclimate to exoplanet habitability - just ask EAPS Professor of Practice Raymond Pierrehumbert.
    eaps.mit.edu
    Q&A with Professor of the Practice Raymond Pierrehumbert: The geology of planetary atmospheres
    The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) welcomed Raymond Pierrehumbert PhD ’80 as a Professor of the Practice on January 16. Pierrehumbert is the first Professor of the […]
  • @eapsMIT
    MIT EAPS
    @eapsMIT
    Sep 1
    New research has found that peptides - short strings of amino acids - remain stable in extremely acidic environments such as the clouds of Venus. This opens up the types of planets that could host life.
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    Study: Peptides can form well-defined structures in harsh, Venus-like conditions
    From news.mit.edu
  • @eapsMIT
    MIT EAPS
    @eapsMIT
    Aug 28
    By looking at ancient mineral grains in a meteorite sample collected in Antarctica, EAPS Professor Ben Weiss and alumni Cauê Borlina estimate that magnetism likely playing a significant role in the formation of the our solar system, including the sun.
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    Meteorite dust holds records of magnetism that may have helped form the sun
    From news.mit.edu
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