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Summertime on Neptune is cooler than expected

Physics World

The atmosphere of the planet Neptune has undergone significant and “frankly unexpected” changes to its atmospheric temperature over the past two decades, say scientists at the University of Leicester, UK. This amounted to multiple spectra and over 95 images spanning 17 years (2003-2020).”. C between 2018 and 2020.

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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 ). Laut, "Solar activity and terrestrial climate: an analysis of some purported correlations", Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics , vol. 801-812, 2003. 27489-27492, 2000. 11-21, 2022.

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Replacing California’s Oldest and Dirtiest Cars Will Save Money and Lives

Union of Concerned Scientists

These pollutants react in the atmosphere to form harmful particulate matter pollution known as PM 2.5. pollution from the use of older passenger vehicles (defined as model year 1976 through 2003) and newer ones (model year 2004 through 2021). Combining the PM 2.5

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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. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s Source: Supran et al., The company’s own research estimated that to prevent the average temperature from rising beyond 2 degrees Centigrade (3.6

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Too extreme to be true? The links between extreme weather and climate change

HumanNature

The increasing greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are warming the global temperature, shifting precipitation patterns, raising global sea levels, melting glaciers, and more [5]. 2003, September 25). As society evolves, extreme weather also changes. Crimmins, A.R., Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K.

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Top 20 Leading Weather & Climate Voices to Follow in 2021

Breezometer

A leading global expert on weather and climate, Dr. Shepherd is the Director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program and Full Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia. Stephanie Abrams has worked as an on-air meteorologist for The Weather Channel since 2003. Dr. Marshall Shepherd. Eric Blake. Angela Fritz.

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Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Union of Concerned Scientists

We know that over 135 years, 88 fossil fuel producers contributed approximately: 61% of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide 52% of the rise in global average temperature 34% of global sea level rise 55% of the increase in ocean acidification Fisheries, including lobsters, are responding to the warming by moving elsewhere.