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CMIP6: Not-so-sudden stratospheric cooling

Real Climate

2012) described the issues as ‘mysterious’, but efforts to better correct the record for non-climatic effects soon bore fruit, and the ‘mystery’ became history ( Maycock et al., 692-697, 2012. Thompson et al. The basic concept is easy to grasp though. Thompson, D.J. Seidel, W.J. Long, and R. Maycock, W.J.

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Orange glow and plants below: Wildfire smoke’s impact on crops

HumanNature

It was the Coal Seam Fire that erupted outside Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 2002, when I was in middle school. Smoke-driven changes in radiation have real world consequences beyond making for good film fodder and beautiful sunsets. For one, plants rely on solar radiation to grow, and the U.S. Since so many major U.S.

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Public Comment Period Begins on EPA’s Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft)

Brag

EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), in consultation with the U.S. billion gallons per year) in the growth of corn ethanol in the United States from 2002-2012 and may have played a more important role (0-2.1 billion gallons per year) since 2013.

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The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle

Union of Concerned Scientists

As far back as 2012, he recommended doing away with the ICBMs, taking US nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert, and reducing the number of deployed US nuclear warheads—estimated at the time at 2,150 —to 900. I’d be happy to put that mission on the submarines.” Cartwright, meanwhile, has spoken out numerous times on the topic.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Kaufer Introduces Bipartisan Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion In Private Investment Waiting For This To Pass -- The Hershey Company Releases 2020 Sustainability Report -- Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop -- Ben Franklin BIG Idea Contest: Tech Innovators, Small Manufacturers (..)