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New misguided interpretations of the greenhouse effect from William Kininmonth

Real Climate

He made some rather strange claims, such as that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) allegedly should have forgotten that the earth is a sphere because “ most absorption of solar radiation takes place over the tropics, while there is excess emission of longwave radiation to space over higher latitudes ”. Benestad, D.

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The CO2 problem in six easy steps (2022 Update)

Real Climate

However, that was written in 2007 – 15 years ago! This means that there is an upward surface flux of IR around (~398 W/m 2 ), while the outward flux at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) is roughly equivalent to the net solar radiation absorbed (~240 W/m 2 ). The only question is how much total energy is blocked by each.

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A CERES of fortunate events…

Real Climate

That is long enough to see that there has been a noticeable trend in the Earth’s Energy Imbalance (EEI), mostly driven by a reduction in the solar radiation reflected by the planet, while the outgoing long wave radiation does not appear to contribute much. A paper last year (Goode et al., The total radiative forcing is.

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Geometric distortion characterization using QUASAR™ MRID3D in radiation oncology: 1.5T MRI and 0.35T MR-LINAC

Physics World

MR-guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) has been running routine clinical practice. MRI and 0.35T MR-LINAC using QUASAR™ MRID 3D Geometric Distortion Analysis System in radiation oncology. MRI and 0.35T MR-LINAC using QUASAR™ MRID 3D Geometric Distortion Analysis System in radiation oncology. Want to take part in this webinar?

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Source of fast radio bursts surprises astronomers

Physics World

First observed in 2007, FRBs are short, intense pulses of radio waves of unknown origin. However, since 2007 hundreds of FRBs have been observed, allowing astrophysicists to develop models that predict that FRBs come from magnetars – which are neutron stars that have extremely strong magnetic fields.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

In other words, the claim shows a lack of knowledge and is a well-known old argument that I commented on Realclimate.org in 2007. In 2013, there was a report in the Guardian about scientific studies that refuted the opinion that solar activity or cosmic radiation should explain climate change. See for instance Benestad (2016).

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Messages scrambled by black holes stand their ground against quantum computers

Physics World

One school of thought holds that information does escape from black holes in the form of photons emitted via a process known as Hawking radiation. In 2007, while investigating this paradox, physicists Patrick Hayden and John Preskill came up with a thought experiment. Courtesy: Zoe Holmes). Scramblers beset by barren plateaus.

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