Data from neighborhood-level air-quality sensors are needed to enable affected populations to limit air pollution exposure, says MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin (Fast Company)
News and Outreach: Noelle Selin
Senior author and CS3 Director Noelle Selin underscores the importance of policies that reduce air pollution (WBUR) (Audio)
MIT’s Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy brings together natural and social scientists for an integrated approach to climate challenges (MIT Spectrum)
Founding Director Susan Solomon and other MIT CS3-affiliated researchers among key contributors (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)
Study co-authored by MIT CS3 researchers shows ground-level ozone in North America and Western Europe may become less sensitive to cutting NOx emissions. The opposite may occur in Northeast Asia. (MIT News) (Coverage: Air Quality News, Earth.com)
Key points from the 47th MIT Global Change Forum
One of 471 scientists, engineers and innovators to be recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements (MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences)
Models show that an unexpected reduction in human-driven emissions led to a 10 percent decline in atmospheric mercury concentrations
Professor Ronald Prinn reflects on how far sustainability has come as a discipline, and where it all began at MIT
New center taps Institute-wide expertise to improve understanding of and responses to sustainability challenges
PNAS special feature shows potential of recent modeling advances to improve sustainability decision-making
Ammonia could be a nearly carbon-free maritime fuel, but without new emissions regulations, its impact on air quality could significantly impact human health (MIT News) (Coverage: TradeWinds, Freight News)
Recent Publications
Le Roy, E.J., A.Y.H. Wong, S.D. Eastham, A.M. Fiore and N. E. Selin (2025)
Environmental Science & Technology, (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c01347)
Womack, C.B., P. Giani, S.D. Eastham and N. E. Selin (2025)
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17(1) (doi: 10.1029/2024MS004523)
News + Media
Data from neighborhood-level air-quality sensors are needed to enable affected populations to limit air pollution exposure, says MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin (Fast Company)
Senior author and CS3 Director Noelle Selin underscores the importance of policies that reduce air pollution (WBUR) (Audio)
MIT’s Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy brings together natural and social scientists for an integrated approach to climate challenges (MIT Spectrum)