Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 6, 2023

Industries dependent on marine resources, such as fisheries and tourism, face significant threats from this environmental degradation.

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New Scientist

JUNE 28, 2024

Millions of tonnes of water vapour have been lingering in the atmosphere since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in 2022– possibly contributing to global warming

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New Scientist

MAY 9, 2024

The Red Planet launches large bursts of plasma into space from its upper atmosphere, much like the sun’s coronal mass ejections, despite not having a global magnetic field

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Atmosphere 137

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In this blog, I explain the science behind these extreme weather events and pinpoint how additional heat-trapping emissions in Earth’s atmosphere are responsible. The Earth is warming The burning of fossil fuels has led to an increase in pollutants such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution began in the 1800s.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Blacks are badly underrepresented in STEM fields such as atmospheric science and in environmental groups, but there are some important exceptions.(STEM Dr. Warren Washington is a long-time leader in atmospheric science at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). I wanted to talk about some of those figures.

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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. It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and are becoming more extreme. Heavy rainfall will also become more common and more powerful.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The key aspects were the inclusion of water vapour feedback as temperatures increased, and the use of ‘convective adjustment’ to maintain stability of the lower atmospheric column. The basic issue stems from the different timescales of the ocean and atmosphere. Fred Singer, before his turn to the dark side).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its updated forecast for the 2024 hurricane season. The oceans have absorbed 93 percent of the extra heat trapped by increased heat-trapping emissions in the atmosphere. One of the main reasons for this forecast? How is this possible?

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Yale E360

MAY 27, 2021

grocery products, has devastated tropical ecosystems, released vast amounts of C02 into the atmosphere, and impoverished rural communities. The cultivation of palm oil, found in roughly half of U.S. But efforts are underway that could curb the abuses of this powerful industry. Read more on E360 ?.

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Atmosphere 363

Yale E360

MARCH 1, 2021

Beyond diminished agricultural productivity and more carbon in the atmosphere, it is a catastrophic loss of an irreplaceable resource. A new study points to a stunning loss of topsoil in the Corn Belt — the result of farming practices that have depleted this once-fertile ground. Read more on E360 ?.

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Atmosphere 349

Circle of Blue

JULY 1, 2021

It’s hard to pin individual storms on climate change, but the science is clear that atmospheric warming leads to more events like last weekend’s rainfall. This may be a trivial sum for small temperature changes, but with climate projections forecasting a few degrees of atmospheric warming, it starts to add up.

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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.

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Yale E360

APRIL 13, 2021

Seagrasses, mangrove forests, and coastal wetlands store vast amounts of carbon, and their preservation and restoration hold great potential to bank CO2 and keep it out of the atmosphere. But can the blue carbon market avoid the pitfalls that have plagued land-based programs? Read more on E360 ?.

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Atmosphere 322

Yale E360

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Recent studies reveal that tiny pieces of plastic are constantly lofted into the atmosphere. These particles can travel thousands of miles and affect the formation of clouds, which means they have the potential to impact temperature, rainfall, and even climate change. Read more on E360 →

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

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). The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. that you remember that post, but the simple model has an albedo and an atmospheric absorption that together control the surface temperature. The simplest model for the greenhouse effect. Two layers, albedo, and one LW absorber.

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Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

The fact that there is a natural greenhouse effect (that the atmosphere restricts the passage of infra-red (IR) radiation from the Earth’s surface to space) is easily deducible from; i) the mean temperature of the surface (around 15ºC) and, ii) knowing that the planet is normally close to radiative equilibrium. in IPCC TAR).

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A major windstorm and an atmospheric river are set to unleash a “firehose” of precipitation from California to British Columbia

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Atmosphere 101

New Scientist

APRIL 23, 2024

With severe climate impacts becoming more and more apparent, many scientists think we should explore ways to block out solar radiation, but doing so would be risky

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Real Climate

MAY 21, 2023

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. References B.D. Po-Chedley, L. Solomon, D.W.J. Thompson, C. Casas, G.A.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

But methane’s role in atmospheric chemistry and as a source of stratospheric water vapour means that it has a bigger effect on climate than just the direct effect of its concentration. Before we go any further though, we need to understand that the effective perturbation time for CO 2 and CH 4 in the atmosphere are very different.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It shows the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and tells a story about the carbon cycle, involving Earth’s crust, the atmosphere, land surface, the biosphere, and the oceans. The Keeling curve, highlighted with the release of important climate reports and climate summits.

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Real Climate

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Satellite comparisons The weighted atmospheric temperatures that are retrieved from the MSU/SSU, and now AMSU , instruments are not standard CMIP diagnostics (though they should be!). The CMIP3 ensemble continues to astound! CMIP3 model ensemble compared to surface temperature observations (in ºF), showing two decades of skillful projection.

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

estimates of the amount of carbon that humans can remove from the atmosphere are deeply unrealistic, scientists warn. A new paper offers more plausible carbon removal targets. Read more on E360 →

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Atmosphere 247

Legal Planet

JUNE 3, 2024

Forever is only a bit of an overstatement: NASA says CO2 stays in the atmosphere three hundred to a thousand years. If we wait to get the stronger policy, we’re accumulating emissions that will stay in the atmosphere for centuries — in other words, doing permanent damage to the climate.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and that those weather events are becoming more extreme. Natural influences, such as volcanic activity or sunlight intensity, account for a mere sliver of atmospheric warming. The report paints an alarming picture of the future of fresh water.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2023

This research determines the relative contributions of different emission sources, including the oil and gas, agricultural, industrial, and transportation sectors, to the overall increase in heat-trapping gas concentrations in the atmosphere.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have created a cloud atlas of Mars, to better understand the climate of the Red Planet

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Atmosphere 138

New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This claustrophobia-inducing image is taken from photographer Martin Broen's new book Light in the Underworld, a collection of shots from the Yucatán’s cenotes, or sinkholes

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Atmosphere 131

Real Climate

OCTOBER 1, 2022

When looking at the effect of changes in greenhouse gases, one must look at how their forcing corresponds to the energy balance at the top of the atmosphere. This is of course connected with ENSO, but this is nothing new and it is hard to see why this would be relevant in this case. References. 679-688, 2016.

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New Scientist

JUNE 5, 2024

Earth’s energy imbalance, a key measure of global warming, has doubled in the past 20 years, raising concerns about how much heat the oceans are absorbing

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Atmosphere Ocean 145

Real Climate

JANUARY 16, 2024

Shindell, "Understanding Model‐Observation Discrepancies in Satellite Retrievals of Atmospheric Temperature Using GISS ModelE", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , vol. Tsigaridis, L.S. Nazarenko, S.E. Bauer, and D.T. link] The post Not just another dot on the graph? Part II first appeared on RealClimate.

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Changing the ocean’s chemical and biological makeup could force it to pull vast amounts of planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere. But is that a line we want to cross?

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Atmosphere Ocean Climate Change 92

Yale E360

MAY 25, 2021

Net-zero emissions — balancing emissions by absorbing equivalent amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere — is the defining approach of international climate efforts. But some scientists are arguing that this strategy simply allows the perpetuation of the status quo and is certain to fail. Read more on E360 ?.

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Atmosphere 257

Yale E360

JANUARY 29, 2024

By analyzing ice collected from glaciers, scientists can study the past composition of the atmosphere and better understand how humans have altered the climate. But the rapid melting of ice may be compromising this critical data, according to a study of the Corbassière glacier in Switzerland. Read more on E360 →

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Atmosphere 231

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In the long run, warming will be determined by how much carbon we pump into the atmosphere before we stop. If we can shave down the curve even a little, we reduce the ultimate tonnage of carbon lingering in the atmosphere. The answer is unequivocally “yes.”. In terms of emissions cuts, the basic rule is simple: Every ton counts.

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Real Climate

MARCH 16, 2023

Shindell, "Understanding Model‐Observation Discrepancies in Satellite Retrievals of Atmospheric Temperature Using GISS ModelE", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , vol. Tsigaridis, L.S. Nazarenko, S.E. Bauer, and D.T. link] The post Some new CMIP6 MSU comparisons first appeared on RealClimate.

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