News & Media: Earth Systems

Concurrent extreme climate events can amount to a challenging 'two-fer' or even a 'three-fer' in terms of adverse impacts (Yale Climate Connections)

What it will take to achieve long-term climate goals (TILclimate)

An online symposium explores roles for research universities and outlines the Institute’s efforts to be a testbed for research and policy innovations

MIT EAPS/IDSS Assoc. Prof. and Joint Program faculty affiliate Noelle Selin co-authors new book (Book website)

The atmospheric chemist shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery that chemicals known as CFCs deplete the ozone layer

Nature paper co-authors include Joint Program Director Ronald Prinn and Collaborator Hanqin Tian (lead) (Coverage: The Guardian, The Conversation)

Study suggests sea ice blocks the flow of carbon both into and out of the ocean, in roughly equal measure

Website features accessible "Explainers" by MIT Joint Program researchers and other MIT climate experts

The Montreal Protocol has begun to heal the Antarctic ozone hole, but recent research shows that new unexpected emissions are undermining the Protocol’s success

A fight over the world’s longest river is a preview of climate change diplomacy