News Releases
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)
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; Coverage: SaportaReport)
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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)
Series provides overview of the Earth’s climate system, its societal impacts, and efforts to minimize those impacts
Multiple MIT CS3 researchers have shared their climate science and policy expertise on the new podcast (Boston College Schiller Institute)
The consortium convenes industry, academia and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply. Its faculty co-director is MIT Professor/CS3 affiliate Elsa Olivetti. (MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)
Tools for forecasting and modeling technological improvements and the impacts of policy decisions can result in more effective and impactful decision-making, finds study by MIT Professor/CS3 affiliate Jessika Trancik and co-authors (Sociotechnical Systems Research Center)
New Global Change Outlook shows how accelerated action can reduce climate risks and improve sustainability outcomes, while highlighting potential geopolitical hurdles
Study by CS3 researchers and co-authors shows that cutting air travel and purchasing renewable energy can lead to different effects on overall air quality, even while achieving the same CO2 reduction (MIT News)
Inspired and informed by a Global Climate Policy Project (GCPP) at Harvard and MIT report spearheaded by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram, leaders from 20 countries and the European Union eventually signed on to a new Open Coalition for Compliance Carbon Markets (MIT Climate Policy Center) (Coverage: E&E News)