News and Outreach: Noelle Selin
News Release
MIT Joint Program presentations highlight multiple sustainability challenges and solutions
In The News
PNAS
Joint Program faculty affiliate Noelle Selin and co-authors highlight recent advances in modeling Earth/human systems dynamics to inform sustainable development (PNAS)
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MIT News
Climate policy alone cannot meaningfully reduce racial/economic disparities in air pollution exposure
Commentary
Nature Sustainability
A study shows that while air quality gains from carbon policies are widespread, some regions could see pollution increases (Nature Sustainability)
Around Campus
MIT News
As Canada’s wildfires continue to be felt downwind, MIT experts weigh in on what to expect in the coming months, with wildfire season underway
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MIT News
If reactors are retired, polluting energy sources that fill the gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths, researchers estimate (MIT News)
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MIT News
New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations
In The News
Popular Science
Heavy-duty vehicles contribute about 23 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector (Popular Science)
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MIT News
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds (MIT News) (Coverage: US News & World Report, HealthDay, The HIll, The Verge, Technology Review)
Around Campus
MIT Open Documentary Lab
Inaugural WORLDING workshops matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT (Open Documentary Lab)
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MIT News
New tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits
Recent Publications
Journal Article
Le Roy, E.J., A.Y.H. Wong, S.D. Eastham, A.M. Fiore and N. E. Selin (2025)
Environmental Science & Technology, (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c01347)
Journal Article
Womack, C.B., P. Giani, S.D. Eastham and N. E. Selin (2025)
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17(1) (doi: 10.1029/2024MS004523)
Conference Abstract
Wong, A. Y.-H., N.E. Selin and S. Eastham (2024)
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, A52C-03
News + Media
In The News
WBUR
Senior author and CS3 Director Noelle Selin underscores the importance of policies that reduce air pollution (WBUR) (Audio)
News Release
MIT Spectrum
MIT’s Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy brings together natural and social scientists for an integrated approach to climate challenges (MIT Spectrum)
News Release
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Founding Director Susan Solomon and other MIT CS3-affiliated researchers among key contributors (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)