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Commentary co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel argues for a mileage-based approach (WBUR)

MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman and co-author of a forthcoming book chapter find that AI’s biggest climate threat isn’t the power draw of data centers — it’s the economic growth AI unleashes (MIT Sloan School of Management) (MIT Sloan Commentary: Can AI’s climate benefits outweigh its costs?)

Using modern tools, MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and co-authors also determined that carbon tetrachloride, used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing agent as early as the 1930s, was at the root of early ozone loss (MIT News) (Coverage: Gizmodo)

CS3-affiliated work on carbon dioxide removal and climate change uncertainty among recent titles from Institute faculty and staff (MIT News)

MIT EAPS Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate recognized for "groundbreaking advances and leadership in atmospheric and climate sciences that shaped global policy for Sustainable Development” (MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences) (Coverage: Taipei Times)

Strong and consistent evidence shows that the entire climate system is continuing to heat, driving rapid global warming, finds the latest Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) report, which was co-authored by MIT CS3 Research Scientist Luke Western (University of Leeds School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability)

CS3-affiliated research scientist in MIT AeroAstro's Engineering Systems Laboratory recognized for her work in geography and environmental studies (MIT News)

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)