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The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) has awarded 20 projects a total of $5 million over two years in its first-ever 2022 MCSC Seed Awards program. The winning projects are led by principal investigators across all five of MIT’s school

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Geologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), MIT, and elsewhere find colliding continental plates may draw down more water than previously thought. This could help explain the explosiveness of some volcanic eruptions and the distribution of ore deposits such as copper, silver, and gold.

New research from a stalagmite collected from Hidden Cave in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico shows the overall climatic backdrop for Pueblo cultural development in relation to climate before and after when it was drier. The stalagmite...

A Yale-led research team has established that the earliest dinosaurs and pterosaurs had exceptionally high metabolic rates and were warm-blooded animals.

The awards support projects aimed at advancing solutions to climate change

One of UNM’s many historical buildings has been given new life again – and it will serve as an educational resource to future scientists throughout our community. Situated at the southern edge of main campus, the Natural History Science Center (NHSC) is...

This grant will be used to produce full dome videos that will educate the public on NASA’s latest scientific endeavors including two upcoming solar eclipses.

A new study suggests that the Moon could hold gigantic slabs of ice at its north and south poles, which were formed from the steam of ancient volcanoes. This study, if proved correct, could be a major breakthrough for space exploration, offering astronauts on the Moon an easy source of water for drinking or for

There's no liquid water on the surface of the moon -- but that doesn't mean there's no way to get water on the moon.