"[MIT CS3's] John Reilly, a senior lecturer emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management, said that ultimately, proper regulation of corporate #climate commitments — including of durable [carbon dioxide removal] CDR—will fall on governments." - Grist

The MIT Energy Initiative Future Energy Systems Center is funding ten new research projects to advance the #energy transition. Two of those projects - led by MIT CS3 researchers - will explore viable pathways for expanding clean #electricity and deploying #ammonia as a low-carbon alternative fuel. 🧪

Higher #ocean temperatures are putting the Earth's most abundant photosynthetic organism at risk: a steep decline in Prochlorococcus could significantly alter the marine #food web and #carbon cycle, according to a study co-authored by MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz.🧪

A major source of #food, #medicine and #livelihoods, the oceans also play a key role in regulating the global #climate. In our September e-newsletter, we highlight recent CS3 research at the nexus of ocean dynamics and human well-being. 🧪

Monitoring where atmospheric #CO2 is going in the #oceans is important to understanding the future global #climate; exploring potential marine CO2 removal interventions could yield new climate mitigation options. MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Ryan Woosley highlights his work in both areas. 🧪

A recent study co-authored by MIT CS3 Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz could lead to better understanding/monitoring of marine microbial dynamics and their impact on #ocean #ecosystems -- and to more accurate #climate models. She explains this work in our latest CS3 Research Insight. 🧪

Sometimes smaller is better. A new MIT CS3-led study finds that while simple #climate models are more accurate when estimating regional surface #temperatures, deep-learning #AI approaches can be the best choice for estimating local #rainfall. 🧪

Are advances in basic science & technology enough to confront #climate change and other #sustainability challenges? An Institute-wide project at MIT co-led by CS3 is tapping expertise from the social sciences & #humanities to reframe the problem and identify more viable solutions. #SocialSciences 🧪

High summer temps got you down? An analysis of social media in 157 countries finds hotter #weather is associated with more negative sentiments. The study, co-authored by CS3 faculty affiliate Siqi Zheng, appears in the journal One Earth. #weather #climate #health 🧪

Why have #hydrogen - powered cars not yet achieved widespread adoption? To gain traction with consumers, hydrogen cars have a long way to go in reducing vehicle and fuel costs, says MIT CS3 Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev.

MIT News: New research can identify opportunities to drive down the cost of #renewableenergy systems, #batteries and many other technologies, finds study co-authored by Jessika Trancik, a CS3-affiliated professor at MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems and Society. 🧪

Presenting the August edition of MIT CS3's e-newsletter. Learn about our latest research on improving #climate models, assessing #foodsecurity at the country level, mitigating #Risks from natural and climate disasters, and more. #sustainability 🧪https://tinyurl.com/2mwejc72

A series of new state laws restricting local air-quality reporting could imperil human #health. Data from neighborhood-level air-quality sensors are needed to enable affected populations to limit their #airpollution exposure, says MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin. (Fast Company) 🧪

Consideration of different potential greenhouse gas #emissions futures is essential for understanding and preparing for future climate change. A new book chapter (pp. 163-176) co-authored by MIT CS3 researchers provides guidance to researchers and decision-makers in this space. 🧪

We rely on #energy systems to allow us to do work, travel, process information & support economic activity. In this MIT Energy Initiative podcast, MIT Prof. Jessika Trancik, a CS3 faculty affiliate, takes a big-picture view of how energy systems are shaped & where there's opportunity to innovate.

In one of 7 MIT Energy Initiative early-stage #energy research projects, CS3 researchers aim to create a framework for evaluating decarbonization & energy transition pathways for #Africa, which has the potential to be a major global player in #RenewableEnergy production & #carbon dioxide removal. 🧪

Seasoned experts @ the new Substack blog Climate Café clarify the complex challenges of global #climatechange & identify opportunities for a bright & rewarding clean #energy, #resilient future. Co-produced by MIT CS3-affiliate/Professor of Management Emeritus Henry Jacoby. 🧪 climatecafe.substack.com

#ClimateChange left its signature on the #atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment investigation by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and co-authors in Scientific American. 🧪

From floods to drought, Texas is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather. Recent DOGE cuts and the dismantling of federal relief programs could imperil the state, says MIT CS3-affiliate/Prof. of Management Emeritus Henry Jacoby in a commentary. 🧪 #ClimateChange #flood #extremeweather #Texas

Despite the Montreal Protocol's phase-out of #ozone- depleting substances (ODS) since 2010, #emissions of one potent ODS has continued to slow down ozone layer recovery. A study led by MIT CS3 postdoc Minde An sheds new light on the primary source & recent history of about 1/2 of these emissions. 🧪

In a keynote address at a disaster management conference in #Thailand, MIT Principal Research Scientist and CS3 affiliate Sai Ravela shared his expertise on mitigating risks from natural and #climate disasters, including #AI-driven exposure and vulnerability mapping.🧪

Am I Blue? Green? Something in Between? Some marine photoplankton can adapt to changing light, altering #ocean #ecosystems and, potentially, #carbon storage, finds a study co-authored by MIT CS3 Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz. 🧪 ecco-group.org/storymaps.ht...

In his keynote address at the inaugural Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability Forum on June 17, MIT CS3 Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek highlighted the value of the Jameel Index in assessing country-level food security risk. #food #climatechange #economics #population #geopolitics 🧪

Presenting CS3's July 2025 e-newsletter. Learn about our latest research on decarbonizing the steel industry, land-use change in the U.S., transportation resilience amid the energy transition, and more. #climatechange #energy #landuse #aviation #airquality #sustainability 🧪 tinyurl.com/5xxjzczx

At the MIT #Sustainability Summit 2025, MIT Sloan Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman stresses the need for “multisolving”—actions that cut emissions and help us adapt to the #climate damage we have already caused.🧪

After more than a decade of successes, the work of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative will spread out across the Institute. Components of the ESI will become part of the Climate Project, CS3, Climate Policy Center and other MIT entities. #climate #sustainability

“We obviously have a lot of technologies that are trying to remove #carbon from the air,” says CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser, but “the best way of doing that, in terms of nature, is to plant new vegetation.” #climatechange

Global #climate change and the clean #energy transition place #transportation systems at heightened risk for service disruptions & other hazards. CS3 researchers & co-authors of a new commentary in the journal Joule advance a holistic vision of transportation planning that could minimize that risk.🧪

WBUR: A study by MIT CS3 researchers finds that #climatechange may make it harder to reduce #smog in some regions. Senior author and CS3 Director Noelle Selin underscores the importance of policies that reduce #airpollution. 🧪https://news.mit.edu/news-clip/wbur-331

ASK MIT CLIMATE: Has all the #pavement built by humans warmed the planet? It’s possible, but if paving has had any effect on world temperatures, it’s far outweighed by our #greenhouse gas #emissions, says MIT CS3 Deputy Director Adam Schlosser.🧪

At the Climate Project at MIT spring gathering, CS3-affilated PhD student Chris Womack presented the Bringing #Computation to the #Climate Challenge (BC3) project, which aims to democratize access to reliable information about climate change. 🧪 tinyurl.com/2s43dtyf

At the #Climate Project at MIT spring gathering, CS3-affilated Master's student Hannah Rajput demo'd CS3's STRESS platform, an open-science visualization platform to combine, overlay & diagnose landscapes of socioeconomic, health & environmental risk & injustice.🧪https://tinyurl.com/2s43dtyf

Researchers at MIT CS3 and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new modeling system that produces high-res projections of how multiple global forces may impact U.S. land allocated to #crops, #pastures and #forests in coming decades. #food #bioenergy #ecosystems #conservation🧪

#AirPollution is influenced by the global #climate and by societal choices on climate policy and clean #energy technologies. In our June e-newsletter, we spotlight CS3 research at the nexus of climate change and #AirQuality. tinyurl.com/b77wvwx5 #sustainability🧪

As corporate #emissions tracking, #renewable #energy adoption, and digital infrastructure expansion gain prominence, MIT CS3 postdoc Albert Chen is developing a comprehensive framework to evaluate the sectoral, spatial and temporal #AirQuality impacts of these policies.🧪

MIT CS3 postdoc Anthony Wong discusses his research on the #climate, #AirQuality and #health impacts of burning different types of low- or zero-carbon fuels. Wong is developing an air quality emulator that could estimate how a climate policy would improve public health.🧪

MIT Spectrum spotlights MIT CS3: “By modeling natural and societal systems in their full complexity, we can obtain a more complete picture of the Earth system—one that provides a more robust basis for decision-making.” - CS3 Director Noelle Selin #sustainability #environment #climatechange🧪

#Brazil bets on macaúba palm to make renewable #diesel and #aviation #biofuel. The palm has potential, but it is too early to assess, says MIT CS3 Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev. (Mongabay)

A research team including MIT CS3 Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz uses genetic data and #ecosystem modeling to simplify the complexity of marine #microbes to improve #climate predictions.🧪https://tinyurl.com/4r7erbwu

MIT News: #climatechange will likely hinder our future ability to control ground-level #ozone, a harmful air pollutant that's a primary component of #smog, finds study co-authored by MIT CS3 researchers. The results could lead to more effective strategies for improving #AirQuality & human #health.🧪

The #energy-intensive #iron & #steel industry poses a major roadblock for #climate mitigation, but a new MIT CS3-led study shows the industry could substantially reduce its #carbon emissions by 2050 through recycling, energy efficiency, electrification, advanced technologies & alternative fuels. 🧪

An MIT CS3 study funded by LATAM and Airbus shows that #sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will play a key role in decarbonizing the #aviation industry in Latin America, and that regional coordination of governments and public policies will be needed to deploy #SAF economically. tinyurl.com/3srzayku

Developers of US carbon capture and storage facilities - key to decarbonizing hard-to-abate industrial processes - face about 30% higher capital costs due to post-pandemic inflation, high interest rates & permitting difficulties, says MITEI Senior Research Engineer & CS3-affiliate Howard Herzog.

Susan Solomon is one of four world-renowned scientists to join the prestigious list of Royal Society of Chemistry Honorary Fellows. An MIT Professor and CS3 faculty affiliate, Solomon was recognized for her groundbreaking work in atmospheric #chemistry and #climate science.

MIT News: In a study appearing today in One Earth, CS3-affiliated principal research scientist Sai Ravela and co-authors report that, in the highly populated coastal nation of #Bangladesh, extreme ("100-year") storms could now strike every 10 years—or more often—by 2100. #cilmate #extremeweather

What can we do to enhance human well-being in current & future generations? This year’s Global Change Forum, hosted by MIT CS3, explored emerging research in the field of sustainability #science and how decision-makers might translate that knowledge into action that advances #sustainability goals.

The best #carbon removal strategy, says MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Angelo Gurgel, isn’t a single strategy at all—it’s a mix. According to his model, using several options keeps costs down while limiting pressure on land and #energy resources. #climate #sustainability

In seafloor sediments, stalagmites, ice sheets and other natural records preserved from the ancient past, “paleoclimatologists” like MIT Professor and CS3 faculty affiliate David McGee search for clues to past temperatures, atmospheres and weather patterns. (MIT Climate Portal)

Congrats to MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin for being elected a #AAASFellow for “world-recognized leadership in modeling the impacts of air pollution on human health, in assessing the costs and benefits of related policies, and in integrating technology dynamics into #sustainability science.”

Using a model designed to optimize #environmental & human #health, a study in Nature Food co-authored by MIT CS3 postdoc Etienne Berthet shows that optimal #diets can reduce #food -based #climate impacts by a factor of 7 and provide up to 700 additional minutes of healthy life per week.