Real Climate
DECEMBER 17, 2022
An AMOC weakening by 15 % thus cools the region at a rate of 0.15 x 10 14 W and according to model simulations can fully explain the observed cooling trend (2). So in comparison, the cooling effect of a 15 % AMOC slowdown is over 1,000 times larger than the direct cooling effect of the Greenland meltwater. References.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 16, 2021
Does the climate keep warming, stay the same, or even cool? There is another important aspect to what is sometimes called “committed warming,” “climate inertia,” or “zero emissions commitment,” an aspect I wrote about over a decade ago. As I noted in my article, that may still produce a backlash against continued climate action.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Environmental science major Kris Freyland sees the effects of climate change up close. The project draws on Watson’s research in climate change “adaptation, annotation, and mitigation.” The threat of climate change impacts us all, even those who don’t study its consequences.
Academy of Natural Sciences
JULY 21, 2021
The first climate change presentation I saw was back in the 1970s when I was working for the National Weather Service. Murray Mitchell, was the top climate scientist for NWS. While that got the bulk of the publicity, Dr. Mitchell assured us that the warming of the climate would be the biggest problem in the future.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
I’ve just arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27 th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—the UN’s annual global climate conference, aka COP27. Notably, this year, the Climate Justice Pavilion sits in the blue zone, staffed by U.S.-based
A Greener Life
JUNE 3, 2022
The radiators are, in fact, cooling down, but their stored heat is still warming the air in the room. Emerging research is refining scientists’ understanding of how Earth’s committed warming will affect the climate. The radiators warm up and heat the air in the room. This is known as committed warming.
Real Climate
AUGUST 25, 2023
If the AMOC weakens, this region will cool. And in fact it is cooling – it’s the only region on Earth which has cooled since preindustrial times. that the sea surface temperature there in winter is a good index of AMOC strength, based on a high-resolution climate model. From Rahmstorf and Ganopolski 1999.
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