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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2022
UCS Climate and Energy program policy director Rachel Cleetus breaks down the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest report on costly, dangerous climate-related disasters in 2021.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 17, 2025
Four RCP scenarios describe different levels of radiative forcing in the atmosphere by 2100. Radiative forcing is the change in energy balance in the Earths atmosphere due to heat trapping emissions. These scenarios can also reveal how forests, oceans, and other natural systems might absorb or release carbon in the future.
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Circle of Blue
JULY 1, 2021
Warmer global temperatures cause more water to evaporate from Earth’s surface and oceans, meaning that there is more fuel for storms. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — July 1, 2021. Warmer global temperatures cause more water to evaporate from Earth’s surface and oceans, meaning that there is more fuel for storms.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 14, 2021
Industrial sites are likely the source of PFAS in the atmosphere. Though essential to ocean life, they produce plenty of drawbacks, too. He wants to incorporate layers of data on climate change, nutrient inputs from aquaculture and agriculture, and ocean dynamics. It could also aid in forecasting blooms. That is not easy work.”.
Real Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. 2021) also reported on a two decade estimate of Earthshine measurements which appear to confirm a small decrease in albedo (and decrease in reflected short wave (SW) radiation). But what can be causing this? Similarly, Loeb et al.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 11, 2021
This trend will continue as glacial melting, decreased rainfall, and a “thirstier” atmosphere jeopardize sources of freshwater in some parts of the globe. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — August 10, 2021. It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and are becoming more extreme.
Real Climate
AUGUST 12, 2021
In my opinion the press conference on 9 August 2021 didn’t do justice to the vast effort that went into it. Another clue indicating a shortcoming is if you look at the atmospheric CO 2 -concentrations over time to see how much impact the IPCC reports have had on the real policy-makers in the world (Figure below).
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