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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Presenting the October 2026 MIT CS3 e-newsletter. In this issue: Predicting large disparities in access to #food, water, and #energy in 2050; putting #nuclear waste into perspective; mapping extreme weather risks; #carbon pricing; and #ozone depletion. #sustainability🧪 tinyurl.com/2hs7kue6

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Presenting the September 2026 e-newsletter of the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. In this issue: Assessing regional economic impacts of different #decarbonization pathways; and #climate risk, #adaptation and #innovations. #sustainability 🧪 tinyurl.com/taas8f5z

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Articles featured in our August 2026 e-newsletter show how CS3 researchers are advancing our understanding of the Earth's natural & societal systems; providing actionable information for #energy, #transportation & business planners; & addressing planetary & regional changes. tinyurl.com/mr43kyrm 🧪

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Announcing the release of GLODAP v3, an internally consistent database of #ocean #carbon measurements widely used to determine ocean uptake of anthropogenic carbon & validate ocean carbon models. CS3 Principal Research Scientist Ryan Woosley contributed to this upgrade. ocean-icu.eu/latest-news/...

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#Scenarios can be a powerful tool to explore a wide range of potential outcomes for #climate impacts, #food and water security, air quality, #biodiversity and other #sustainability indicators. Our July MIT CS3 e-newsletter showcases recent CS3 research in this space. 🧪 tinyurl.com/yeyvckrv

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Climate #scenarios are used to explore possible futures as the world #economy evolves & the #climate changes in response. MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how they can advance understanding of climate #risk & inform decision-making. 🧪 climate.mit.edu/explainers/c...

Climate scenarios are tools used to explore different possible futures as the world economy evolves and the climate changes in response.

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon, named the 2026 Tang Prize Laureate in Sustainable Development for “groundbreaking advances and leadership in #atmospheric and #climate sciences that shaped global #policy for #Sustainable Development.” 🧪 eaps.mit.edu/news-impact/...

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

As #cities grow around weather stations, does the hot pavement skew our measurements of global warming? No— #climate scientists are careful to remove the signal of #urban warming from the global temperature record. MIT CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser explains. 🧪 climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/citi...

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Presenting the June 2026 e-newsletter of the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. In this issue: Appreciating our graduates; addressing climate change @ the community level; cutting #emissions & costs with #EVS; achieving #climate & #biodiversity goals; & more. 🧪 tinyurl.com/mvj89pb3

Graduates celebrated on Killian Court at the OneMIT Commencement ceremony Thursday.
Credits:Credit: Gretchen Ertl

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Presenting the May 2026 e-newsletter of the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. In this issue: Synergies and tradeoffs in connecting #climate and #sustainability; a speedbump for #ozone recovery; the price of climate change; the rise of #renewables; and more. 🧪 tinyurl.com/2rhz73yn

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In this Ask MIT Climate podcast, MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how economists estimate the costs of #climate change, and how tools of #economics can help us plan for a better, more prosperous future, even in the face of uncertainty. 🧪 climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e6-...

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

In a Business Insight Journal commentary, MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin explores why a systems view combining science, policy and technology is essential for #sustainability leaders navigating #climate change and making informed strategic decisions. bi-journal.com/sustainabili...

Explore why a systems view combining science, policy, and technology is essential for sustainability leaders navigating climate change and making informed strategic decisions. Source: Business Insight Journal

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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. 🧪 mailchi.mp/bostonglobe....

Dogs cooled off last year in Cambridge. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

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. tinyurl.com/4ecc9b54

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

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. 🧪 tinyurl.com/mwrwxcw4

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Climate Reveal, a new podcast that pairs world-class researchers with industry leaders and educators, transforms complex #climate science into accessible, conversational and hopeful insights. Multiple MIT CS3 researchers have shared their expertise on the podcast.🧪 tinyurl.com/4snrf5r4

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The Dec. 2025/Jan. 2026 edition of the MIT CS3 e-newsletter features the release of our 2025 Global Change Outlook, which uses modeled projections to show how accelerated #climate action can reduce risks to natural and societal systems and advance #sustainability goals. 🧪 tinyurl.com/hc5rjtj8

2025 Global Change Outlook. Photo credit: iStock

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Increasing heat stress is projected to reduce working hours & economic output, according to the 7th Insight in the new report '10 New Insights in Climate Science.' Insight 7, 'Impacts on labor productivity,' is co-authored by MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris. tinyurl.com/r2nxndzn

Increasing heat stress is projected to reduce working hours and economic output. (Source: Future Earth)

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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. 🧪

The oceans are a critical life-support system for the planet.

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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...

Some marine photoplankton can adapt to changing light, altering #ocean #ecosystems and, potentially, #carbon storage. (Source: NASA)

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

A modeling study shows that global warming will likely make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting nitrogen oxide emissions.
Image: iStock

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

Hannah Rajput, a CS3-affiliated Master's student in the Technology and Policy Program at MIT, demoing CS3's System for the Triage of Risks from Environmental and Socio-economic Stressors (STRESS) platform at the Climate Project at MIT spring gathering. Rajput's current work involves developing the STRESS platform to be more publicly accessible and relevant to local stakeholders. (Photo by Dimonika Bray)

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

#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🧪

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

This image shows SAR11, the most common type of bacteria in the ocean. In the study by Zakem et al., SAR11 was found to be the most abundant group, especially near the ocean’s surface. The model used in the study assumes that SAR11 feeds on easily digestible organic material (Base image: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagibacterales#/media/Fichier:Pelagibacter.jpg)

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

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

Sustainable aviation fuel. (Source: ASEAN)

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

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.

National Carbon Capture Center test facility, Wilsonville, Alabama

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

In this podcast, MIT President Sally Kornbluth discusses glacier-related sea-level rise and potential mitigation solutions with geophysicist Brent Minchew, a CS3 faculty affiliate. bit.ly/41e1lrF #climate

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

MIT CS3 research scientist Kenneth Strzepek just delivered two lectures at the Mbarara University of Science & Technology in Uganda on #climate change, #food security and #infrastructure resilience; and the Jameel Index for Food Trade Vulnerability & its implications for food security in #Africa.

MIT CS3 research scientist Kenneth Strzepek delivering lecture in Uganda

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

What can we do to improve understanding of #sustainability challenges and help decision‑makers to address them? To learn what MIT CS3 researchers have been doing lately, see our February 2025 e-newsletter. bit.ly/4hk9jq9 #climate #energy #agriculture #resilience

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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy @mit-cs3.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Federal #climate inaction imperils property #insurance and #disaster relief programs amid increase in extreme #weather events, say CS3-affiliate/MIT Professor of Management Emeritus Henry Jacoby and co-authors in a new commentary in The Hill. bit.ly/4gwjkiR

This drone image provided by Kairat Kassymbekov shows flooding from Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2024. (Kairat Kassymbekov via AP)

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