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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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New misguided interpretations of the greenhouse effect from William Kininmonth

Real Climate

He made some rather strange claims, such as that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) allegedly should have forgotten that the earth is a sphere because “ most absorption of solar radiation takes place over the tropics, while there is excess emission of longwave radiation to space over higher latitudes ”. 679-688, 2016.

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The definitive CO2/CH4 comparison post

Real Climate

The radiative forcing from these changes in concentrations can be easily calculated using standard formulas (from Etminan et al, 2016 which supersede the slightly simpler ones from IPCC TAR), as about 2 W/m 2 for the CO 2 change and 0.65 W/m 2 for CH 4. W/m<sup>2</sup> (to about 60% of the CO 2 effect since 1750). References.

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April 5 Webinar Features Panel Discussion On Radioactivity And Oil & Gas Development, University Of Pittsburgh Radiation Oncologist

PA Environment Daily

Marsha Haley: University of Pittsburgh radiation oncologist – Speaking about health risks associated with oil and gas industry’s radioactive emissions, the various radioactive elements involved, and the research she is currently involved with on the topic. Haley, M.D.,

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A Total Eclipse of the Heat

Legal Planet

I hope we can collectively reckon with another terrifyingly awesome atmospheric event: the hottest year. C hotter than the second-hottest year to date, 2016. Multiple relentless heat waves occurred in 2023 , with much of the globe experiencing 20 more “heatwave days” than in the previous three decades.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.

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Orange glow and plants below: Wildfire smoke’s impact on crops

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Atmospheric Science and Trainee in the CSU InTERFEWS Program Figure 1: Cover art for The War of the Worlds novel by H.G. Large ash particles that rain down and blanket nearby communities are only a fraction of what wildfires billow into the atmosphere. Guest Post by Kimberley Corwin , Ph.D.