地球、大气与行星科学(Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences)
Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
本系所关注的焦点包括了地球本体以及它周遭所包覆的流体，和整个太阳系中的邻居们。我们希望能够了解这些系统的起源、进化和目前的状态，并且利用这样的认知来预测未来。我们的研究和教学的范围极为深广，从难以抵达的地球内部到冥王星和其轨道之外的领域。我们所研究的物体和系统对大众来说都是可见或是接触的，而且有时甚至是某些社会目标的中心，天气和自然资源就是其中的两个例子。
我们所调查研究的现象通常十分的复杂，因此需要众多学科专业知识的配合：地质学、地球物理学、地球化学、地球生物学、海洋物理学与海洋化学、气象学、大气化学和行星科学等。本科系在这些学门中都拥有世界级的学术资源和研究所的课程，因此在全国或是全世界的地球和行星科学系所中都拥有其独特的地位。我们的大学部课程提供学生选择学习环境科学、地球科学、大气与海洋物理、行星科学和天文学的机会。本系所对于大学部同学们能够积极参与我们的许多研究计划而感到相当的自豪。
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其他地球、大气与行星科学资源
- Textbook: Warren, Bruce A., 与 Carl Wunsch, 编 《Evolution of Physical Oceanography》 . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press , 1981. ISBN: 0262231042.
- Textbook: Warren, Bruce A., and Carl Wunsch, eds. Evolution of Physical Oceanography . Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press , 1981. ISBN: 0262231042.
The intellectual interests of EAPS encompass the earth, its fluid envelopes, and its diverse neighbors throughout the solar system. We seek to understand the fundamental processes defining the origin, evolution, and current states of these systems and to use this understanding to predict the future. The scope of our research and teaching is immense, ranging from the inaccessible depths of the terrestrial interior outward to the orbit of Pluto, and beyond. The objects and systems we study are tangible or visible to the general public and, as exemplified by climate and natural resources, are sometimes central to societal goals.
The phenomena under investigation are often vexingly complex, and they engage a large array of scientific disciplines: Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Geobiology, Physical and Chemical Oceanography, Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Planetary Science. EAPS operates world-class research and graduate educational programs in all of these disciplines, which makes it unique among earth and planetary science departments both nationally and internationally. Our undergraduate program offers options to study environmental science, geoscience, physics of the atmospheres and oceans, and planetary science and astronomy. The department takes pride in the fact that EAPS undergraduate students become actively involved in our research projects.
For more information, go to http://web.mit.edu/eaps/.
