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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

We have direct AMOC measurements only since 2004, a time span too short for this type of study. Not in summer when the ocean is covered by a shallow surface mixed layer heated by the sun and highly dependent on weather conditions.) I’ve seen two main arguments there. Do the data used really describe changes in AMOC? It looks like this.

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Book review: Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker

Edouard Stenger

Pinker was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2004 and his books are regularly featured in the best-selling lists. . Second, it doesn’t address the plastic pollution that is cursing our oceans. Enlightenment Now is Steven Pinker’s latest book. Fails to address climate change.

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The fertilisation of the Amazon rainforest by Saharan dust

Our Environment

The winds pick up Saharan dust, which then travels across the Atlantic Ocean to where it is deposited in the Amazon basin [4]. African biomass burning is a substantial source of phosphorus deposition to the Amazon, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Shukman, D. Sanchez, P. The dustiest place on Earth. Kaufman, Y.

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The Stream, March 8, 2023: Rewilding Pulls Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Wetlands Back from the Brink

Circle of Blue

Nonprofit organizations and private landowners have stepped up in recent decades to combat deforestation. According to EPA data gathered between 2004 and 2020, Texas, Louisiana, California, and Illinois lead the nation in “accidents at facilities handling hazardous chemicals.” million people, Mongabay reports.

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