News + Media

Methane is considered a "super pollutant" due to its role in global warming. A new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Daniel Varon identifies potential mitigation opportunities. (ABC 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)

MIT CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser highlights what we can expect from the global to the local (Boston Globe)

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

Economists Christian Gollier, Axel Ockenfels and [MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate] Catherine Wolfram warn of the risk posed to Europeans by the lack of ambitious, reciprocal climate commitments from their economic partners (Le Monde)

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)

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)

A 2025 study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon showed that "the actions taken under the Montreal Protocol to reduce ozone-depleting substances are the primary reason for the recovery of the ozone layer." (Discover)