MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
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MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
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@mit_cs3 improves understanding of sustainability challenges & helps decision-makers address global change, enhancing wellbeing for current & future generations
Maine's 18M acres of #forest offsets >= 60% of its greenhouse gas #emissions annually. But use of large forest areas as #carbon sinks is more complex when businesses also depend on them for timber, says MIT Prof/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram. tinyurl.com/2sk982ss
In a Climate One podcast on costs/benefits of clean #energy, MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel argued that we should continue to subsidize rooftop solar in a way does not lean harder on those homes that cannot install #solar.
Tipping points: What they mean, how we can use them to our advantage, & why many scientists hate using the phrase. A new podcast with MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris & Senior Research Scientist/Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser. tinyurl.com/3xukp9yf