#Renewables generated more than 1/3 of America's #electricity in March, overtaking gas for the 1st time and marking the cleanest month on record for the nation’s #power supply. MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram views this development as a result of long-term investment.
Scientists say an exception in the #MontrealProtocol for the use of ozone-depleting feedstocks could set the ozone recovery back seven years, in new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and CS3 Research Scientist Luke Western. 🧪
Climate change is already costing U.S. households between $400 and $900 a year, on average, and more than $1,300 in 10% of US counties, finds study co-authored by MIT Sloan professors/CS3 faculty affiliates Christopher Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. #climatechange
Guided by the theme Connecting Climate and Sustainability: Synergies and Tradeoffs, and hosted by MIT CS3, the 48th MIT Global Change Forum explored strategies that involve synergies in simultaneously addressing #climatechange and #sustainability challenges, as well as those that involve tradeoffs.🧪
Presenting the April 2026 MIT CS3 e-newsletter. In this issue: Our 2025 Annual Report and recent CS3 research advancing understanding of the Earth system, computation and observation capabilities, and decision support for addressing #sustainability challenges. 🧪
MIT News: With warmer #ocean temperatures, the composition of #marine plankton could shift from protein-rich to carb-heavy, with unknown implications for the marine #food web, suggests a new study co-authored by MIT CS3 Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Dutkiewicz.🧪
Emissions of #methane in U.S. urban areas are 'widely' underestimated, satellite observations suggest in a new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Daniel Varon. The study identifies potential mitigation opportunities for this key contributor to global warming. 🧪
Climate simulation tools can help close the gap between global leaders’ #climate knowledge and real-world decision-making, finds research from MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman and co-authors of new study.
New commentary in the Boston Globe co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel shows how rooftop solar can be deployed in Massachusetts in a way that's more affordable for all state residents.
MIT researchers, including CS3 affiliates Prof. Arlene Fiore and postdoc Paolo Giani, developed a model to study how some natural, methane-cleansing molecules known as the “atmosphere’s detergent” will shift in a changing #climate. 🧪
In a presentation delivered on March 18 @ the Norwegian University of Science & Technology’s Energy Transition Conference, MIT CS3 Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev explored the strategic integration of local actions with robust #energy transition pathways that achieve regional and global outcomes.
Dogs cooled off last year in Cambridge. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)
What does the future hold for #weather and #climate in New England and beyond? In an interview with Boston Globe reporter Joshua Miller, MIT CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser highlights what we can expect from the global to the local. 🧪
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Now available on MIT OpenCourseWare - CS3 Lecture Series: Fundamentals of Climate Science & Policy. Presented by MIT CS3 students & postdocs during MIT Independent Activities Period 2026, this series explores the Earth’s #climate system, its societal impacts, & efforts to minimize those impacts. 🧪
Want to help accelerate the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3)'s efforts to improve understanding of sustainability challenges and guide decision-makers in achieving sustainability goals? Please donate to CS3 during today’s MIT 24-Hour Challenge and share with your networks! 🧪
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.
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’s 24-Hour Challenge returns Thursday, March 12! CS3 will have our own microchallenge on the #Climate Challenge page!
Your support helps CS3 map new directions to mitigate risks to natural and societal systems while supporting justice and equity across society.
Donate to CS3 on March 12.
Ozone layer recovery. Source: NASA
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 magazine 🧪https://tinyurl.com/4s4bmm9n
In our latest e-newsletter, we highlight recent contributions from CS3 researchers in advancing state-of-the-art #models and #emulators of the Earth system to inform decision-making and shape the next generation of #sustainability science and strategy.
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In our latest Researcher Profile, MIT CS3 PhD student Chris Womack describes how he became interested in advancing more efficient, reliable #climate #emulators, how he is doing just that at MIT, and how this work may ultimately enhance human well-being. 🧪
In our latest CS3 Research Insight, MIT CS3 PhD student Chris Womack explores recent efforts to take #climate #emulators to the next level, and thereby equip #sustainability -minded decision-makers with a powerful policy analysis tool. 🧪https://tinyurl.com/bd9s6keb
This report highlights accomplishments of our 1st full year as MIT CS3. As we expand efforts to produce more precise/comprehensive knowledge of #sustainability challenges, we continue to guide decision‑makers to formulate more effective strategies to improve quality of life. 🧪
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Report co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram shows that "a coalition of [European] countries pricing #carbon in heavy industries could generate billions of dollars in revenue, while also meaningfully reducing global #emissions." #climatechange #sustainability
A working paper co-authored by MIT professors/CS3 faculty affiliates Christopher Knittel and Catherine Wolfram estimates that Americans pay between $400 and $900 per person annually due to #climatechange. In today's New York Times, Knittel says costs are about to accelerate.
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--two #volcanoes and the Australian #wildfires (2019-2020)-- impacted global atmospheric temperatures. #climatechange. 🧪
New #AI sites could drive up your #power bill. The costs of those utility investments could add up quickly, says MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel in The New York Times. #datacenters
New Climate Reveal podcast explores #climate modeling - how it works, its challenges, what it tells us about our future, and how best to communicate that info. Featuring Yi Ming, Prof. of Earth & Environmental Sciences @ Boston College, and Jennifer Morris, Principal Research Scientist @ MIT CS3.
Our latest MIT Global Change Outlook finds that while current climate policies and economic indicators put the world on track for dangerous warming, accelerated #climate action could provide a major course correction. 🧪
