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The Rise and Fall of the “Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation”

Real Climate

Since it was a control simulation with no external “forcing” (no greenhouse gas changes, no variations in solar output, no volcanic eruptions, etc.), any oscillation that was produced has to be internally generated. Consider a parallel analysis (Figure 1-right) of the CMIP5 historical simulations.

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Clauser-ology: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Real Climate

And finally, he claims that the ‘original’ 2003 National Academies report (a bit unclear what this means) made a ‘whole series of mistaken statements’ about clouds. He, however, goes seriously off the rails when he estimates the impact of clouds on the radiation budget.

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Green on Top: Zoning Against Climate Change with Green-Roof Legislation

Vermont Law

the UHIE occurs in metropolitan areas and “can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illness, mortality, and water quality.”. for example, allows both open-air and greenhouse rooftop farming. gency (EPA). , flood-prone regions.

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9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

PA Environment Daily

The deep earth is not just full of hydrocarbon vapors, but also full of radiation. in ecology from the University of Michigan, is the author of a trilogy of award-winning books on environmental health and from 2003-2021 served as the Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

We know we must now work to both cut greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the severity of climate change and at the same time work to adapt to the impacts we can no longer avoid. To be sure, there is much that Gleick and I agree upon. “We We know how to provide safe water and sanitation to the billions who still lack it,” he writes. “We