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The Rise and Fall of the “Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation”

Real Climate

These interactions were thought to lead to alternating decades-long intervals of warming and cooling centered in the extra-tropical North Atlantic that play out on 40-60 year timescales (hence the name). Background.

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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 ). If the sun was driving the warming, we’d see it in the stratospheric temperatures (which are cooling in line with expectations from the impact of CO2, not warming due to the supposed increase in solar activity).

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

What about the cost of energy for heating and cooling? The US government is still using the 3% discount rate it calculated in 2003 based on older data on real market interest rates, which used to be much higher). What is the cost of living with, versus adapting to, sea level rise?

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Climate Strike Perth, Western Australia

Onya

The rally is thought to be the biggest in Perth since the 2003 anti-Iraq war protest. Look for ways to keep your home cool in the summer without an air conditioner. Police made no arrests and praised protesters and organisers for their behaviour. Install a programmable thermostat. Winterize your home?to to prevent heat from escaping.

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Climate Change Threatens Already Poor Air Quality in California’s Central Valley

Union of Concerned Scientists

For example, they may need to choose between cooling down with their windows open at night or breathing polluted air, as residents often don’t have air conditioners or the economic capacity to pay for higher electricity bills.

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Unsafe Yield

Circle of Blue

The latter already accounts for over 500,000 acre-feet of water available for landscaping, irrigating golf courses, and cooling Palo Verde, the state’s lone nuclear generating station. Raised on a farm, Allred returned to active agriculture production in 2003 when he started growing 800 acres of pecans. Ducey wants more.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

Scope 2 emissions” means “indirect” GHG emissions from “consumed electricity, steam, heating, or cooling purchased or acquired by a reporting entity.” Knoll & Ruth Mason, “For Now, Court Is Cool with California in Charge,” Regulatory Review , July 11, 2023, [link].