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My Kind of Town

Legal Planet

A 2007 study used in Chicago’s climate action plan predicted that the Lake’s average level will remain about the same under a low emissions standards and drop slightly with higher emissions. That seems like a plausible scenario under climate change but seemingly hasn’t been established yet. inches of rain fell.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. In other words, the claim shows a lack of knowledge and is a well-known old argument that I commented on Realclimate.org in 2007.

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Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28

Real Climate

The only region of cooling is the northern Atlantic, where climate models have long predicted just that due to a slowing of the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation. The heating of the global ocean has been going on at a steady rate of nine zeta Joules per year for decades , which is 15 times the worldwide primary energy consumption.

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No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

Some of the highest risks can be found in the candidates’ home states: the ocean off of Florida has hit 98 degrees— hot tub temp s! Among mid-Atlantic states, New Jersey is ground zero for climate change. We should expect to hear more, as climate impacts are only going to get worse.

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The unconventional scientist who predicted that rising carbon dioxide levels would change the climate

Physics World

Writing in the 2007 book The Callendar Effect , James Rodger Fleming explains how the young Callendar was raised in a household full of “books and a vast array of technical gadgets”. Only a quarter of this was absorbed in the natural carbon cycle, mostly by diffusion into the oceans. 139 1961 ).

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Back in 2007, the Supreme Court reached a landmark judgment in Massachusetts et al. The 2007 case was brought by petitioners (which included several state attorney generals and NGOs, including the Union of Concerned Scientists) in the context of greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles. What is the Endangerment Finding?

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Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was because of smoke during the 2007 wildfire season in the United States, the second worst at the time for acreage burned. It makes them ripe for disproportional impacts from climate change, relative to the nation in general. It was an apocalyptic encore of the worst-ever 2006 season that saw 9.9 million acres burned.