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The CO2 problem in six easy steps (2022 Update)

Real Climate

The fact that there is a natural greenhouse effect (that the atmosphere restricts the passage of infra-red (IR) radiation from the Earth’s surface to space) is easily deducible from; i) the mean temperature of the surface (around 15ºC) and, ii) knowing that the planet is normally close to radiative equilibrium.

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Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28

Real Climate

The data are from the independent open-source Berkeley Earth project – a project by the formerly outspoken climate skeptic physicist Richard Muller, which in 2010 set out to do better than the traditional climate institutes and in the end obtained almost exactly the same results, just a slightly faster global warming.

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Marcellus Drilling News: University Of Pittsburgh Study Finds At Least 800,000 Tons Of Drilling, Fracking Waste Sent To Landfills Unaccounted For In PA, OH, NY; Oil & Gas Waste Adds To Radiation Accumulation In Stream Sediments

PA Environment Daily

The analysis included waste shipments to landfills in Pennsylvania by conventional and unconventional shale gas operators between January 2010 to December 2020 based on data from the Department of Environmental Protection. The study noted, “While reporting is required, PADEP does not confirm the accuracy of the reported information.”

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An Update on the Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Key Outcomes of the October 2023 Meeting of the Parties to the London Convention and Protocol

Law Columbia

Earlier this month, the parties to the London Convention and Protocol met in London to discuss, among other things, whether and how to apply those instruments to certain ocean CDR and solar radiation management activities. solar radiation management). Hopefully other bodies take them up on the invitation.

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Artificial intelligence can spot holes in the Sun’s corona

Physics World

These funnels are rooted deeper in the Sun, in the star’s light-radiating photosphere, and they extend far into interplanetary space. After training the neural network, the team used it to study 1700 EUV and magnetic field images of the Sun, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory between November 2010 and December 2016.

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Green jobs for physics graduates: decarbonizing energy sources

Physics World

“I don’t think there’s ever been a more exciting time to join the energy sector,” says Ann Davies , who is chief operations officer at Lightsource BP , a firm that has been developing solar projects since 2010, and now employs nearly 600 people. Hari Chohan , nuclear radiation analyst, UK Atomic Energy Authority. Courtesy: UKAEA). “I

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

According to the report , average net annual human-caused GHG emissions were at their highest levels in human history between 2010 and 2019, with urban areas responsible for an increasing proportion of the emissions. The rate of emissions growth year on year slowed between 2010-2019 in comparison to the previous decade.