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A Nobel pursuit

Real Climate

Manabe’s early focus was on radiative-convective equilibrium, and his seminal 1967 paper (with his longtime collaborator Richard Wetherald, who passed in 2011 ). The basic issue stems from the different timescales of the ocean and atmosphere. Fred Singer, before his turn to the dark side). 1975) , and Bryan et al.

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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Heightened flood risk The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a recent outlook that about 44 percent of the United States is at risk of floods this spring, equating to about 146 million people. This includes most of the eastern half of the country, the federal agency said.

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Drought, The Everything Disaster

Circle of Blue

Specialists like Pulwarty, who is currently a senior scientist in the physical sciences laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, use the word “cascade” to describe the long reach. And like that fearsome boxer, the long reach of drought is pummeling. One Thing Leads to Another…And Another.

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Getting physical with the climate crisis

Physics World

As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. Extreme heat is not just an abstract notion: if we can’t cool our bodies enough, we’re in danger of neurological failure, organ failure and even death, with the risks highest for children and the elderly. Courtesy: Canadian Press/Shutterstock). Where are they most likely?

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A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Physics World

The project’s budget spiralled so much that in 2011 the US House of Representatives moved to cancel it entirely, only for the troubled project to receive an eleventh-hour reprieve after scientists, the public and the media rallied to save it. Layered protection: A test model of the giant sunshield that will keep the JWST cool.

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Emerging Investigator Series – David Hanigan

Water Research & Technology

in 2011 from the University of Missouri where his research focused on the removal of trihalomethane (THM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) precursors using MIEX and activated carbon. What are the sources of PFAS in the atmosphere. David Hanigan graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia with a B.S. He was awarded an M.S.

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Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Union of Concerned Scientists

The petitioners hope that disaster declarations can unlock federal funds for short-term relief such as cooling centers, water supplies, emergency air conditioning and air filtration systems, and financial assistance for evacuations. across the US from 2011 to 2020. the eastern US).”