CS3 In the News
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)
MIT Professor Jessika Trancik, a CS3 faculty affiliate, takes a big picture view of how energy systems are shaped and where there is opportunity to innovate (MIT Energy Initiative)
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)
Recent agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs imperil the extreme-weather-prone Lone Star State, says MIT CS3-affiliate/Professor of Management Emeritus Henry Jacoby (Texas Observer)
Planting new vegetation is one way to remove carbon from the air, says CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser (Boston Globe)
Senior author and CS3 Director Noelle Selin underscores the importance of policies that reduce air pollution (WBUR) (Audio)
It’s possible, but if paving has had any effect on world temperatures, it’s far outweighed by our greenhouse gas emissions, says MIT CS3 Deputy Director Adam Schlosser. (MIT Climate Portal)
The palm has potential, but it is too early to assess, says MIT CS3 Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev. (Mongabay)
MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris cautions that all energy sources—fossil-based or renewable—have environmental footprints (The American Bazaar)
Developers face about 30% higher capital costs due to post-pandemic inflation, high interest rates and permitting difficulties, says MIT Energy Initiative Senior Research Engineer and CS3-affiliate Howard Herzog (Reuters)
We don’t yet know how carbon removal technologies will compare at scale, and there is probably no one “best” method in all times and places, says MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Angelo Gurgel (MIT Climate Portal)
MIT Energy Initiative Senior Research Engineer and CS3-affiliate Howard Herzog discussed the challenges and benefits of carbon capture and storage during this year’s Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, where panelists discussed geoengineering—a controversial approach to addressing climate change that some believe worth exploring (MIT Energy Initiative)