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Using modern tools, MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and co-authors also determined that carbon tetrachloride, used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing agent as early as the 1930s, was at the root of early ozone loss (MIT News)

A new study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel suggests flexibility in the timing of electricity consumption could lower consumer costs (MIT News)

CS3-affiliated work on carbon dioxide removal and climate change uncertainty among recent titles from Institute faculty and staff (MIT News)

Climate scenarios, such as RCPs and SSPs, are tools used to explore different possible futures as the world economy evolves and the climate changes in response. MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how they can advance understanding of climate risk and inform decision-making. (MIT Climate Portal)

MIT EAPS Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate recognized for "groundbreaking advances and leadership in atmospheric and climate sciences that shaped global policy for Sustainable Development” (MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences) (Coverage: Taipei Times)

Strong and consistent evidence shows that the entire climate system is continuing to heat, driving rapid global warming, finds the latest Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) report, which was co-authored by MIT CS3 Research Scientist Luke Western (University of Leeds School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability)

Inside the demise of a 15-year-old modeling scenario built off the worst possibilities scientists could imagine, with insights from MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris (E&E News by Politico) 

No—climate scientists are careful to remove the signal of urban warming from the global temperature record. Even in the raw, unadjusted data, urban heat islands explain a very small fraction of the global climate change we have observed. MIT CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser explains. (MIT Climate Portal)

MIT experts--including several affiliated with CS3--will examine options for climate-friendly fuels for aviation, international shipping, long-haul trucking, and freight rail (MIT Energy Initiative)

According to MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman, reducing physical and financial climate risk requires both adaptation and mitigation. (Forbes)

MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram one of six MIT faculty members recognized for outstanding contributions to research in the natural and social sciences (MIT News)