News and Outreach: Susan Solomon

MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon joins Rachel Feltman on Scientific American’s Science Quickly podcast to discuss her experience researching the cause and solution for the Antarctic ozone hole in the 1980s. “Amazingly, we can show, with 95 percent confidence, now the Antarctic ozone hole is beginning to heal,” says Solomon, who published a paper on that topic last year. “That was a real incredible moment for me…I was there in 1986, and in 2026 I saw this paper appear that actually shows that we can be confident we’re seeing recovery.” (Scientific American)

Scientists say an exception in the Montreal Protocol for the use of ozone-depleting feedstocks could set the ozone recovery back seven years, in new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and CS3 Research Scientist Luke Western (MIT News)

A 2025 study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon showed that "the actions taken under the Montreal Protocol to reduce ozone-depleting substances are the primary reason for the recovery of the ozone layer." (Discover)

In research that could help elucidate humans’ role in global warming, MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and co-authors show how three major natural events impacted global atmospheric temperatures (MIT News)

As the Institute’s first VP for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang ’00 is marshaling MIT’s expertise to meet the greatest challenge of our age. MIT CS3-affiliated faculty members concur with her assessment of the mission ahead. (MIT Technology Review)

Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment investigation by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and co-authors (Scientific American)

Components of the Environmental Solutions Initiative will become part of the Climate Project, CS3, Climate Policy Center and other MIT entities (MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)

Founding Director Susan Solomon and other MIT CS3-affiliated researchers among key contributors (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)

An MIT Professor and CS3 faculty affiliate, Solomon was recognized for her groundbreaking work in atmospheric chemistry and climate science (Royal Society of Chemistry)

Study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon shows with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong (MIT News) (Coverage: The Weather Channel, Earth.com, Yahoo)

MIT study confirms the climate impacts of hydrogen, recommends leak prevention be a priority as infrastructure for handling this clean-burning fuel is built (Coverage: Fuel Cells Works, Hydrogen Central)

In a new book, Professor Susan Solomon uses previous environmental successes as a source of hope and guidance for mitigating climate change (MIT EAPS)