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CMIP6: Not-so-sudden stratospheric cooling

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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. Thompson et al. We are using the NOAA-STAR version 3.0

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

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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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AR6 of the best

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Now however, the updates to the historical warming , the use of four datasets instead of one, and of course, the series of record breaking years subsequently (2014, 2015, 2016/2020), the issue of variability in decadal trends is no longer so salient. 1981) which can be seen here. The radiative forcing bar chart now converted to temperature.

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Invading black hole or neutron star caused star to explode, say astronomers

Physics World

Astronomers have speculated that if the compact object is close to its surviving companion star, it can spiral into the star’s atmosphere, eventually sinking to the companion’s core where it disrupts the star, causing it to go supernova prematurely. Gradually, the compact object came to be within the star’s atmosphere. Compact object.

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A deep dive into the IPCC’s updated carbon budget numbers

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Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. When adjusting for the emissions since AR5 and SR1.5, AR6 remaining carbon budget for limiting warming to 1.5C Leitzell, E.

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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

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Student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Most people remember the water cycle they learned in school: water evaporates from lakes, rivers, and the ocean, air carrying this moisture rises, cools, condenses, and forms clouds, and these clouds precipitate water back down to the surface.

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Scanning the cosmos for signs of alien technology

Physics World

Exoplanets come in many sizes and types, from terrestrial rocky worlds to super-Earths, Neptune-like exoplanets, hot Jupiters and more (see “Planets galore” April 2014 ). The atmospheres of a few Jupiter-sized exoplanets have already been scoured in this way, and the JWST should allow similar searches for smaller, Earth-like exoplanets.