Interconnected Systems
Interconnected Physical and Socio‑Economic Systems. As new policies and technologies are developed amid climate and other global changes, they interact with environmental processes and institutions in ways that can alter the Earth’s critical life‑support systems. Fundamental mechanisms that determine many of these systems’ behaviors, including those related to interacting climate, water, food and socio‑economic systems, remain largely unknown and poorly quantified. Better understanding can help society mitigate the risks of abrupt changes and “tipping points” in these systems.
News + Media
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)
CS3-affiliated work on carbon dioxide removal and climate change uncertainty among recent titles from Institute faculty and staff (MIT News)
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)
Publications
Guan, J., B.D. Santer, P. Wang, Q. Fu, R.R. Garcia, Y. Li, K. Stone, D.E. Kinnison, J. Zhang, G. Chiodo, J.-F. Lamarque and S. Solomon (2026)
PNAS, 123(28), e2608286123 (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2608286123)
Yu, X., A.M. Fiore, J.R. Scott, S.D. Eastham, J.-F. Lamarque, R.B. Skeie and S. Elkins (2026)
Geophysical Research Letters, 53(12) (doi: 10.1029/2025GL121529)
Forster, P. M., . . . , L.M. Western, et al. (2026)
Earth System Science Data , 18, 3889–3933 (doi: 10.5194/essd-18-3889-2026)