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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

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. Furthermore, the volume of the oceans increases from the melting of land ice. The global sea level acts like the mercury in a thermometer because warmer water expands.

Sea Level 296
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The ITLOS Advisory Opinion and Marine Geoengineering: More Questions, Few Answers

Law Columbia

There was little discussion, either in the written statements or at the oral hearing, of so-called “marine geoengineering” activities that seek to use the ocean to combat climate change. The second category of marine geoengineering activities, known as solar radiation management or modification (SRM), do not directly target GHGs.

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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

HumanNature

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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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Radiation : The transmission of energy through space. Fishing rights are one of these issues.