Ten faculty in the MIT School of Science are appointed named professorships in biology; Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences; mathematics; and physics.
Note: This is the final article in a four-part interview series featuring the work of the 27 MIT Climate Grand Challenges finalist teams, which received a
MIT faculty from four teams in the “Using data and science to forecast climate-related risk” category of MIT’s Climate Grand Challenges competition lay out promising new technologies that can help scientists understand the Earth’s climate system on a finer scale than ever before.
Two finalist proposals for the MIT Climate Grand Challenges use a drone to monitor glaciers and ice sheets over long periods to build better models of sea-level rise to help with climate preparation and mitigation.