News Releases

From insurance premiums to energy bills, a study co-authored by MIT Sloan School of Management professors/CS3 faculty affiliates Christopher Knittel and Catherine Wolfram shows how Americans are already paying the price of climate change, and climate inaction, driven by extreme weather (MIT Sloan School of Management) (Commentary: WBUR)

With warmer ocean temperatures, the composition of marine plankton could shift from protein-rich to carb-heavy, suggests new study co-authored by MIT CS3 Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz (MIT News) (Coverage: Earth.com, Oceanographic Magazine)

Climate simulation tools can help close the gap between global leaders’ climate knowledge and real-world decision-making, finds research from MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman and co-authors of new study (MIT Sloan School of Management)

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)

Lecture series explores the science of climate change and policies to stabilize the global climate (MIT Open Learning)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/24/opinion/rooftop-solar-electric-bills-fixed-costs/Study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel finds that over 25 years, while large-scale renewables lower residential electricity prices, state electric rate structures can cause rooftop solar to drive up costs for non-solar households. (MIT Sloan School of Management) (Commentary: Boston Globe)

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)

In research that could help elucidate humans’ role in global warming, MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and co-authors show how three major natural events impacted global atmospheric temperatures (MIT News)