News Releases
MIT scientists--many CS3-affiliated--developed a training method to generate models that simulate the effects of human activities on climate much more quickly than other approaches (MIT News) (Coverage: Yahoo! Bioengineer)
Two CS3-affiliated MIT professors named as project principal investigators: Catherine Wolfram (carbon border adjustment strategy) and Christopher Knittel (energy affordability) (MIT Energy Initiative)
A cross-section of the MIT community convened discussions on topics ranging from data centers and super pollutants to agriculture and education. CS3-affiliated presenters included Professor Jesse Kroll and postdoc Dominic White. (Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)
Findings indicate where adaptive measures are needed most (Coverage: SustainabilityOnline)
A new review co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon shows that more than three decades of climate “fingerprint” research has provided overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are driving changes throughout Earth’s climate system (AGU / University of East Anglia)
MIT CS3 presentations and sessions explore multiple sustainability challenges and solutions
At New York Climate Week panel, MIT J-WAFS and CS3-affiliated Research Scientist Ken Strzepek introduced the Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability (MIT J-WAFS)
MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Daniel Varon and other researchers in the Varon Lab conducted a unique experiment with NOAA that involved operating nine satellites to observe methane emissions from a planned industry release, which enabled the first direct validation of the satellites’ methane data products (MIT AeroAstro)
A new way of simulating wind turbines in the field shows how tweaking turbine operation could unlock tens of thousands of dollars per turbine every year, finds study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Michael Howland (MIT News) (Related: Turning Alternative Energy Solutions into 'Economic No-Brainers' (MIT Spectrum))
The Climate Grand Challenges “New World of Weather” project, which involves several CS3-affiliated researchers, shows how modeling, planning tools, and infrastructure analysis are translating research into real-world resilience (Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)
MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Haruko Wainwright believes the risks posed by radioactive wastes cannot be properly assessed without also considering the hazards of chemical wastes (MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering)
In this new report co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram, the Global Climate Policy Project proposes a way to compare and connect different carbon-pricing systems without forcing them into a single model (Global Climate Policy Project)