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The CO2 problem in six easy steps (2022 Update)

Real Climate

However, that was written in 2007 – 15 years ago! W/m 2 , and the net forcing (including cooling impacts of aerosols and natural changes) is 2.7±0.8 One of our most-read old posts is the step-by-step explanation for why increasing CO 2 is a significant problem ( The CO2 problem in 6 easy steps ).

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Reducing Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenbuilding Law

Additionally, indirect emissions from electricity use by homes and businesses increased from 1990 to 2007 but have decreased since then to approximately 10% below 1990 levels in 2020. Homes and commercial buildings use large amounts of energy for heating, cooling, lighting, and otherwise. Those options often include: Green building.

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A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Physics World

Pegged for launch in 2007 at a cost of $1bn, in 2002 it was renamed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) after the former NASA administrator. Layered protection: A test model of the giant sunshield that will keep the JWST cool. But the sunshield engineers were not the only ones biting their fingernails about keeping the JWST cool.

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