News + Media: Earth System Component
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News Release
Penn State News | Nov 14, 2019
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Oct 01, 2018
Updated estimates will enable evaluation of complex multi-sector, economy/natural resource interactions
![Image: The MESM belongs to the class of Earth system models of intermediate complexity, which occupy a place between simple conceptual models and comprehensive global circulation models (Source: MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change) MESM_Photo_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/MESM_Photo_WEB.jpg?itok=njnn04ry)
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Jul 01, 2018
Improved MIT Earth System Model an effective tool for analyzing climate risk to energy, water and land resources
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News Release
May 22, 2018
Jan 01, 2018