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AR6 of the best

Real Climate

Sea level rise is a big deal Use, abuse and misuse of the CMIP6 ensemble The radiative forcing bar chart has gone full circle Droughts and floods are complicated Don’t mention the hiatus. Sea Level Rise: The previous IPCC reports, notably AR4 and AR5 (to a lesser extent) , have had a hard time dealing with SLR.

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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

If the AMOC weakens, this region will cool. And in fact it is cooling – it’s the only region on Earth which has cooled since preindustrial times. that the sea surface temperature there in winter is a good index of AMOC strength, based on a high-resolution climate model. From Rahmstorf and Ganopolski 1999.

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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

I think in hindsight that my concerns from 2013 to some extent were supported by the fact that the IPCC organised an Expert Meeting on Communication, Oslo, Norway, 9–10 February 2016. In addition, ozone depletion higher up in the stratosphere has caused a cooling high up in the atmosphere. mm increase every year.

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It’s Danger Season–Is Our Nation’s Infrastructure Ready? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

As temperatures rise, so too does the demand for energy as more people turn to AC to keep cool. Arbaje notes that wildfire damage over six years (2000 to 2016) caused more than $700 million in damages to California’s transmission and distribution systems. And the damages to transmission and distribution systems can be costly.

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Geology: Examining the Planet’s Physical Processes

Environmental Science

Some geologists work with astronomers and astrophysicists to understand the geology of terrestrial bodies such as our Moon and our near rocky planetary neighbors - Mercury, Venus, Mars, asteroids, comets and since 2016, the planetoid Pluto. This follows global mean sea level for accurate readings for a variety of functions.

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Federal Water Tap, February 21: EPA Watchdog Will Investigate Agency’s Drinking Water Lead Response in Michigan City

Circle of Blue

NOAA updates sea-level rise projections for U.S. Legionella bacteria live in lakes and rivers, but they become a public health problem in buildings, where they multiply in plumbing and in heating and cooling systems. Sea-Level Rise Update. The CDC analyzes trends in the rising number of Legionnaires’ disease.

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