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- - - About the Institute
      Balancing the urgency of climate action with society’s need for sustainable growth through research, education, and international engagement
    - What They're Saying: Our Mission and Potential for Impact
  - - Global Approach
      Driving impact in the countries most central to the global climate and growth challenge
    - Building Blocks
      - EPIC
      - ETI
      - CSEi
      - Seeding new research
Education
- - - Chicago Curriculum on Climate and Sustainable Growth
      To understand the climate and sustainable growth challenge, students must grapple with its foundational elements, complexities, and tradeoffs from every angle.
    - What They’re Saying: Chicago Curriculum
Student Life
- - - Research Opportunities
    - Polsky Research Fellows
    - Bartlett Fellowships
    - DRW Fellowships
    - Predoctoral Fellowships
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  - - Global Experiences
      Students have the opportunity to connect with global stakeholders through participation in treks and major energy gatherings like COP, CERA Week and Climate Week NYC.
    - Energy & Climate Club
      An undergraduate student group fostering the climate community on campus.
  - - Careers & Mentoring
    - Internships and Funding
    - Career Series
    - Alumni Community
    - Work in Climate
    - Climate & Energy Career Fair
  - - On Campus Programs
    - UChicago Sustainability Dialogue
    - Green Fund
    - Climate Case Competition
    - Environmental Frontiers
    - Lunch & Learn
Research
- - - Research Pillars
    - Energy, Markets, and Policy
      Through EPIC, we're delivering solutions rooted in markets and smart policy design.
    - Technology and Innovation
      Through ETI, we're advancing energy storage technologies.
    - Climate Systems Engineering
      Through CSEi, we're evaluating the risks from more than a century of emissions.
  - - Entities and Resources
    - Programs & Labs, Projects, and More
      Bringing together scholars to foster high-impact results.
    - Research Funding
      Seeding new research to generate the next big climate ideas.
    - Tools & Data Resources
Scholars
Impact
Insights
- - - Opinions & Analysis
    - The AI Revolution Mirrors the Green Transition
      via Project Syndicate
    - View All
  - - Podcasts
    - Shocked
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  - - Charts
    - EPIC Top 10 Charts of 2025
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  - - Research Highlights
    - Valuing Disaster Prevention: Desert Locust Monitoring and Control
    - View All
News
- - - In the News
    - Using Marine Cloud Brightening to Reduce Damage From “Super” El Niños
      via Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    - 6 pivotal moments in 250 years of US chemistry
      via Chemical & Engineering News
    - AI weather modeling being developed by U Chicago could help create more accurate forecasts
      via CBS News
    - View All
Events
- - - Featured Past Events
    - Climate Frontiers: Energy and Climate at UChicago
    - Frontiers in Climate Systems Engineering
  - - Upcoming Events
    - UChicago at Aspen Ideas: Climate 2026
    - View All
  - - Event Series & Around Campus
    - Seminars
    - Career Series
    - Energy & Climate Club
    - Lunch & Learn
    - Climate Frontiers
  - - Global Experiences
    - UChicago at COP
    - UChicago at CERAWeek
    - UChicago at Aspen Ideas: Climate
    - UChicago at Climate Week NYC
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Publications

Institute research includes peer-reviewed publications, working papers, and other data-driven analyses answering a broad range of research questions from scholars across campus.

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Journal Article·Jul 15, 2020

The ultimate cost of carbon

Climatic Change

Journal Article·Oct 26, 2018

A model of mercury cycling and isotopic fractionation in the ocean

Biogeosciences

Journal Article·Jul 20, 2016

Near miss: the importance of the natural atmospheric CO2 concentration to human historical evolution

Climatic Change

Journal Article·Dec 8, 2014

Modeling the impediment of methane ebullition bubbles by seasonal lake ice

Biogeosciences

Journal Article·Jun 3, 2014

A model of the methane cycle, permafrost, and hydrology of the Siberian continental margin

Biogeosciences

Journal Article·Jan 26, 2009

Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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About
- - - About the Institute
      Balancing the urgency of climate action with society’s need for sustainable growth through research, education, and international engagement
    - What They're Saying: Our Mission and Potential for Impact
  - - Global Approach
      Driving impact in the countries most central to the global climate and growth challenge
    - Building Blocks
      - EPIC
      - ETI
      - CSEi
      - Seeding new research
Education
- - - Chicago Curriculum on Climate and Sustainable Growth
      To understand the climate and sustainable growth challenge, students must grapple with its foundational elements, complexities, and tradeoffs from every angle.
    - What They’re Saying: Chicago Curriculum
Student Life
- - - Research Opportunities
    - Polsky Research Fellows
    - Bartlett Fellowships
    - DRW Fellowships
    - Predoctoral Fellowships
    - View All
  - - Global Experiences
      Students have the opportunity to connect with global stakeholders through participation in treks and major energy gatherings like COP, CERA Week and Climate Week NYC.
    - Energy & Climate Club
      An undergraduate student group fostering the climate community on campus.
  - - Careers & Mentoring
    - Internships and Funding
    - Career Series
    - Alumni Community
    - Work in Climate
    - Climate & Energy Career Fair
  - - On Campus Programs
    - UChicago Sustainability Dialogue
    - Green Fund
    - Climate Case Competition
    - Environmental Frontiers
    - Lunch & Learn
Research
- - - Research Pillars
    - Energy, Markets, and Policy
      Through EPIC, we're delivering solutions rooted in markets and smart policy design.
    - Technology and Innovation
      Through ETI, we're advancing energy storage technologies.
    - Climate Systems Engineering
      Through CSEi, we're evaluating the risks from more than a century of emissions.
  - - Entities and Resources
    - Programs & Labs, Projects, and More
      Bringing together scholars to foster high-impact results.
    - Research Funding
      Seeding new research to generate the next big climate ideas.
    - Tools & Data Resources
Scholars
Impact
Insights
- - - Opinions & Analysis
    - The AI Revolution Mirrors the Green Transition
      via Project Syndicate
    - View All
  - - Podcasts
    - Shocked
    - View All
  - - Charts
    - EPIC Top 10 Charts of 2025
    - View All
  - - Research Highlights
    - Valuing Disaster Prevention: Desert Locust Monitoring and Control
    - View All
News
- - - In the News
    - Using Marine Cloud Brightening to Reduce Damage From “Super” El Niños
      via Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    - 6 pivotal moments in 250 years of US chemistry
      via Chemical & Engineering News
    - AI weather modeling being developed by U Chicago could help create more accurate forecasts
      via CBS News
    - View All
Events
- - - Featured Past Events
    - Climate Frontiers: Energy and Climate at UChicago
    - Frontiers in Climate Systems Engineering
  - - Upcoming Events
    - UChicago at Aspen Ideas: Climate 2026
    - View All
  - - Event Series & Around Campus
    - Seminars
    - Career Series
    - Energy & Climate Club
    - Lunch & Learn
    - Climate Frontiers
  - - Global Experiences
    - UChicago at COP
    - UChicago at CERAWeek
    - UChicago at Aspen Ideas: Climate
    - UChicago at Climate Week NYC
    - View All
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