News & Media: Interconnected Systems

A complicated future for a methane-cleansing molecule
News Release
MIT News

A new model shows how levels of the “atmosphere’s detergent” may rise and fall in response to climate change, according to a study co-authored by MIT Prof. Arlene Fiore and postdoc Paolo Giani, both CS3 affiliates (MIT News)

Understanding how "marine snow" acts as a carbon sink
News Release
MIT News

A new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Andrew Babbin and MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Ryan Woosley finds hitchhiking bacteria dissolve essential ballast in ubiquitous “snow” particles, which could counteract the ocean’s ability to sequester carbon. (MIT News) (Coverage: Scientific American)

Annual Report 2025
News Release
MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Highlights of MIT CS3 research, active projects and media coverage in 2025 

10 New Insights In Climate Science 2025
In The Media
Carbon Brief

MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris co-authors 7th Insight, 'Impacts on labor productivity,' which shows how Increasing heat stress is projected to reduce working hours and economic output (Carbon Brief)

Climate Reveal
In The Media
Boston College Creative Communication Lab

A conversation about the impact of climate change on human health with MIT CS3 Director/Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry Noelle Selin and Boston College Professor of Biology/Director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician/public health physician. Each episode of Climate Reveal takes a deep dive into a specific aspect of the climate crisis and ongoing work toward solutions. (Boston College Creative Communication Lab) 

Climate Reveal
In The Media
Boston College Creative Communication Lab

A conversation with Frances Moore Lappé, co-founder of the Small Planet Institute and author of Diet for a Small Planet, and MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Angelo Gurgel about how what we eat impacts the climate at multiple levels. Each episode of Climate Reveal takes a deep dive into a specific aspect of the climate crisis and ongoing work toward solutions. (Boston College Creative Communication Lab)