Climate Change Climate Scientist Ocean Radiation 
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
In a world with just random local fluctuations but no climate change, about half the weather stations would show a (more or less significant) warming, the other half a cooling. Figure 1: Map of observed near-surface air temperature changes since the late 19 th Century. It’s not hard to understand. Gray areas show lack of data.
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. Furthermore, the volume of the oceans increases from the melting of land ice.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Real Climate
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Last week, the Nobel physics prize was (half) awarded to Suki Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for their work on climate prediction and the detection and attribution of climate change. This came as quite a surprise to the climate community – though it was welcomed warmly. But let’s go back to the beginning.
Frontiers
AUGUST 7, 2023
For example, Antarctica acts to cool our planet by reflecting solar radiation back to space by virtue of the brightness of its snow surface. Several floating ice shelves – the massive slabs of ice that push back grounded ice from flowing into the ocean – have catastrophically broken up in a matter of days because of such melting.
Physics World
OCTOBER 30, 2021
With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) coming up next month, it is strange to think that less than 100 years ago global warming was not widely accepted, even among experts. But climate science has a long and multidisciplinary history, with contributions from scientists both within and outside academia.
Physics World
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Long term, climate change is a greater threat than the COVID-19 pandemic. An area of high pressure above the Pacific Ocean was driven eastwards through the jet stream by a “Rossby wave” – a planetary-scale fluctuation arising from the Coriolis force.
HumanNature
APRIL 10, 2023
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.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
301 
Let's personalize your content