Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
1

Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

With the help of AI, MIT Research Scientist Judah Cohen is reshaping subseasonal forecasting, with the goal of extending the lead time for predicting impactful weather.
8th Jan 2026

Stay updated

Get a weekly newsletter with the top 5 articles worth reading every week.

More from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering

MIT engineers design a safer, more efficient vaccination system for farmed fish

Water-resistant microneedles made from food-grade silk could deliver vaccines to help prevent the spread of disease in aquaculture.

a week ago • 1 votes
Computational tools for society’s most complex challenges

Associate Professor Cathy Wu uses reinforcement learning to help map out improvements to transportation and other multifaceted systems.

2nd Oct 2026 • 1 votes
Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate

The senior lecturer, already director of the degree program, will now oversee all aspects of the center’s activities and operations.

1st Sep 2026 • 1 votes
Professor Emeritus Chiang Chung Mei, pioneering scholar of ocean wave dynamics and fluid mechanics, dies at 91

A towering figure in theoretical hydrodynamics is remembered for his intellectual rigor, generosity, and lifelong devotion to his students.

14th Aug 2026 • 1 votes
MIT engineers whip up a more breathable hydrogel

The new aerated material could enable longer-lasting bandages, implants, and wearable sensors.

8th Jul 2026 • 1 votes

More in technology

Ops needs friction

Between Microsoft's two-day outage and the FAA ground stop yesterday, there's plenty of ink spilled about who's responsible, why these things happened, etc. But it made me think back to some of the infrastructure and ops teams I've worked on, and similar (though much smaller scale) outages we encountered. Having an ops mindset is fundamentally different from a development or project management mindset. And it took me over a decade of software development to understand why.

yesterday • 1 votes
The Topology of Contemporary Politics

I’ve been getting back into the politics fandom this past month.

2 days ago • 1 votes
So all software is free as in money now?

A few weeks ago I was up late in my kitchen. I've always been a bad sleeper, starting from when I was 10 and would spend whole nights reading books and watching the clock slowly wind it way to when I had to get up and go to

2 days ago • 1 votes
The Pulse: Details of incident.io’s AI spend

The resiliency startup has slashed the amount it spends on AI; down from $4,500 per dev, per month, in August, to $1,600 now.

3 days ago • 1 votes
Nathaniel at WordCamp Canada

Nathaniel Christopher has a lovely recap of his time at WordCamp Canada. Very cool that the dashboard widget helped connect him to the local community. Hat tip: Anne.

4 days ago • 1 votes
📚 BoredReading

You seem to be enjoying this.

Join free to unlock everything.

Create free account

Already have an account? Sign in