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Solar polarization paradox resolved at last

Physics World

The current polarization puzzle originated in 1996, when astrophysicists Jan Stenflo of ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Christoph Keller (then at the US National Solar Observatory in Arizona) used an instrument called ZIMPOL (Zurich Imaging Polarimeter) to study solar radiation at a wavelength of around 589nm.

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A deep dive into the IPCC’s updated carbon budget numbers

Real Climate

And since the first IPCC estimates published in 2013, we have learned a lot and have gotten much better at estimating remaining carbon budgets. IPCC reported carbon budgets for the first time in 2013. in 2018, but they represent a significant update since AR5 in 2013. In the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C

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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

But, in 2013, the parties to the LP adopted an amendment that is intended to be. The 2013 amendment has not yet entered into force. In June this year, a legal committee appointed to advise the LC and LP parties on marine geoengineering issued a draft statement on the 2013 amendment.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

The most important problem with the sun-climate explanation is that there has been no long-term change in either solar activity or cosmic radiation over the last hundred years that can explain the global warming we are now seeing.

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Frequency and distance of human travel follows universal pattern, mobile-phone data reveals

Physics World

Gravity and radiation. The radiation model adds the component of other places people could stop on their journeys: the less places there are to stop – to go shopping or to work, for example – the further people will travel. The data were collected during different periods between 2006 and 2013.

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DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste Drill Cuttings In Fayette County

PA Environment Daily

Between June 1, 2013, and June 30, 2015, DEP estimated that Joseph caused or allowed 1,831 truckloads of solid waste from oil and gas operations in West Virginia to be disposed at sites in Pennsylvania without maintaining required transportation records or obtaining authorization or a permit from DEP.

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A focus on cutting-edge medical physics research

Physics World

In the area of radiation therapy, for example, several of the most influential papers on the development of intensity-modulated radiotherapy were published in PMB. I am honoured and thrilled to have this opportunity to intensify my commitment to the journal, having served on its editorial board since 2013. T MR-Linac.

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