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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

Purported updates to these series were themselves plagued by arithmetic errors which negated their conclusions ( Laut, 2003 ). 2015 ; Connolly et al, 2021 ). 801-812, 2003. correlation was marred by an unreported shift in the smoothing method towards the end of the series ( Laut and Gundermann, 2000 ). Rendiconti Lincei.

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

The lightest lines are from the earliest projections, the lightest grey being from 1977, and the darker colors are later with the black line being from 2003. degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels that a carbon budget of 251 to 716 gigatonnes of carbon between 2015 and 2100 would be the limit. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s

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US survey reveals harassment faced by early-career astronomers

Physics World

The report is based on a longitudinal survey about harassment and discrimination experienced by early-career astronomers that began in 2003. About 800 of the original 1300 candidates responded to the follow-up survey, where about a third reported having experienced harassment and discrimination at college or at work. .

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. Lula, who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 (and is the first President in the country to return for a third term), is known for supporting policies to protect the environment and disenfranchised social groups.

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Fusion community mourns death of ITER boss Bernard Bigot aged 72

Physics World

Bigot took over as head of ITER in March 2015 and was almost halfway through his second term as ITER boss, which would have ended in 2025. Following positions at École normale supérieure de Lyon, he became director of the institution in 2000 and then high commissioner for atomic energy in 2003.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

In a widely read report in 2015 that ECCSCM conducted with the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club, Taylor revealed for the first time that nearly 700 million gallons of liquid manure was spread annually in the western Lake Erie basin. EGLE has not compiled records for manifested waste for 2015. In 2020, according to state figures, 85.3

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Forest recovery in the age of megafires – how can we predict if forests grow back?

HumanNature

International Journal of Wildland Fire 2015 , 24 (7), 892–899. Nature 2003 , No. With modern fires in the western United States occurring more frequently, at higher severities, and for a longer time period during the year, 3,4 there are a lot of questions about the effects this has on water quality and ecosystem health. Larkin, N.