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CMIP6: Not-so-sudden stratospheric cooling

Real Climate

So SSU me Like MSU trends, these records reflected a weighted average of atmospheric temperatures, and the three SSU channels progressively weight higher levels in the stratosphere, roughly centered on 30km, 40km and 45km above the surface but with quite a bit of overlap. References B.D. Po-Chedley, L. Solomon, D.W.J. Thompson, C. Casas, G.A.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.

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The IRA Made Huge Climate Investments in Rural Areas. Now, the Food and Farm Bill Must Maintain Them.

Union of Concerned Scientists

With the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events—and related increasing interest in the insurance program—the costs of that program from less than $3 billion in 2002 to more than $19 billion in 2022. The old adage about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is apt here.

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The 5th International Conference on Regional Climate

Real Climate

A panel discussion at the ICRC 2023 at ICTP Developments within regional climate modelling A new development, however, is the coupling of regional climate models (RCM), which traditionally have been limited to a volume of the atmosphere with some input from the surface. 775-816, 2002. 775-779, 2012. TAKAYABU, H. KANAMARU, K.

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$402,021 Awarded By DEP To Support Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone Projects

PA Environment Daily

Pennsylvania’s Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) receives an annual grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A portion of this award is used to fund eligible projects that address CRMP priorities. Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 12 (In-Person), Dec.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

A negative CI score would suggest an almost magical climate solution that pulls several carbon dioxide molecules from the atmosphere for each one that comes from the tailpipe of a truck running on dairy biomethane. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. A 2020 report from the US Department of Agriculture on Consolidation in U.S.

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Were high-energy neutrinos from a supernova detected 34 years ago?

Physics World

Those neutrinos were all detected within the space of just 13 s, confirming existing models of supernovae and earning the then Kamiokande-II spokesperson, Masatoshi Koshiba , a share of the 2002 physics Nobel prize. However, the neutrinos all had relatively low energies – a few tens of millions of electronvolts.