Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Finally, some have suggested that the cold blob south of Greenland has been caused by increased heat loss to the atmosphere. 2017) Atlantic meridional heat transports computed from balancing Earth’s energy locally, Geophys. References. Trenberth, K. & Fasullo, J.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

DEP said 1,230 wells (approximately 49%) appear to have been abandoned after January 1, 2017; 518 wells (approximately 21%) appear to have been abandoned prior to January 1, 2017; and 746 wells (approximately 30%) were identified after January 1, 2017 as having been abandoned, but the precise date of abandonment is unknown.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A negative CI score would suggest an almost magical climate solution that pulls several carbon dioxide molecules from the atmosphere for each one that comes from the tailpipe of a truck running on dairy biomethane. The share of dairy cows in California on farms of 2500 cows or more grew from 46 percent in 2017 to 61 percent in 2022.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Astronomers have speculated that if the compact object is close to its surviving companion star, it can spiral into the star’s atmosphere, eventually sinking to the companion’s core where it disrupts the star, causing it to go supernova prematurely. This means that it appeared sometime between 2005 and 2017. Anomalous sources.

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Real Climate

APRIL 2, 2021

The difference is due largely to the differences in the regional atmospheric response that occurs in concert with the SST warming. In particular, they don’t just respond to SST changes, but also how the atmosphere changes as the SSTs change. 390-393, 2017. 2013 ; Sobel et al. 2016 ), could increase again in concentration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. percent higher than the number of wealthier residents, according to a 2022 UCS study.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

Plugging wells to stop the vertical flow of fluids and gas is critical to preventing ground and surface water contamination and the release of climate-changing methane gas into the atmosphere. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Venting Natural Gas During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

While “natural” gas is mostly composed of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide during its first 20 years in the atmosphere, Ebel and his industry counterparts have succeeded in minimizing the perception of its climate impact.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The emissions don’t lie: Shell’s flagship LNG project will add 14 million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution to the atmosphere every year, which is the equivalent of adding over 3 million gas-powered cars. She was a board member of the pro-oil Fraser Institute from 2017-2020. million gas cars.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 28, 2021

Gulf States Newsroom reports that Black Bayou took over Reynolds’ former water provider in 2017. The buildup of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere is warming the water as well as the air. Black Bayou Water Association is a water utility that has been acquiring small systems in Mississippi and improving their operations.

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HumanNature

APRIL 14, 2022

These higher temperatures seem to cause greater unpredictability of rainfall with drier areas experiencing even less rainfall as temperatures rise as these higher temperatures cause high pressure systems that resist rainfall (Dereczynski and Menezes 2017). References Dai, Aiguo & National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted a season with above normal activity on its August 4 updated forecast , calling for 14-20 named storms. .” After all, we hardly had storms or hurricanes in the news for the past 3 months.

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Physics World

JUNE 8, 2022

He and his collaborators then realized that Himawari-8 also had a constant view of Betelgeuse over four years back to 2017. The Himawari-8 observations also suggest that something was happening to the atmospheric structure of Betelgeuse 10 months before the dimming. The method they use is very original.”.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

5 billion tons of dust throughout the atmosphere [4]. 2017 estimates show that particulate matter from desert dust is responsible for up to 600,000 deaths per year [5]. Atmospheric movement of microorganisms in clouds of desert dust and implications for human health. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2017. References. 1970-1987.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

When fuels are burned to create energy in a process called combustion, black carbon along with carbon monoxide and other compounds are created because there is not enough oxygen in the atmosphere for the reaction to go to completion. Whenever there are combustion processes, of which there are many in our industrial society (e.g.,

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

DEP’s eFACTS database shows Rice Drilling B LLC received an “expedited” erosion and sedimentation stormwater general permit on January 31, 2017 and another on June 12, 2017 for the Mac well site. Rice has paid a $147,250 civil penalty into the Oil and Gas Program Fund.

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Physics World

APRIL 19, 2021

X-ray emissions have been detected from most planets in the solar system and can originate from a variety of processes including the scattering of X-ray photons from the Sun; collisions between plasmas and planetary rings; and aurorae generated as solar winds interact with polar atmospheres.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

DEP inspection report ] On October 12, 2023 , DEP inspected two newly drilled conventional gas wells-- WT 2850 Lot 8 32 and Lot 8 33-- in Howe Township, Forest County operated by Pennhills Resources LLC and found them venting gas to the atmosphere, as is the normal procedure. No violations issues. [ No violations were issued. [

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Physics World

JUNE 2, 2022

Then I moved to the University of Bern in Switzerland where I measured and analysed a variety of meteorites for five years until 2017. Samples returned from the Moon by the Apollo, Luna and now Chang’e missions are different from lunar meteorites because they don’t go through atmospheric entry and can maintain all the original information.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

This meant that these neutrinos – created when cosmic rays interact with nuclei in the upper atmosphere – were changing flavour as they passed through the Earth. As well as switching research fields, Kajita also delved into other aspects of science, becoming a member of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) in 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Tops Allegheny County Polluters List -- Pittsburgh Business Times: PennEnvironment Names Top 10 Industrial Pollution Sources In Allegheny County Related Articles This Week: -- Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant To Close In Indiana County; Low Price Of Natural Gas, High Price Of Coal, Regulatory Burdens, RGGI Cited (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Tops Allegheny County Polluters List -- Pittsburgh Business Times: PennEnvironment Names Top 10 Industrial Pollution Sources In Allegheny County Related Articles This Week: -- Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant To Close In Indiana County; Low Price Of Natural Gas, High Price Of Coal, Regulatory Burdens, RGGI Cited (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The WMO’s GHG bulletin’s headline takeaways are stark: Atmospheric concentrations of three major heat-trapping gases, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) hit all-time highs in 2021 (see table below). Source: UNEP 2022 Emissions Gap Report. The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Over a decade, from 2007-2017 , the direct costs of extreme weather events to the federal government was $350 billion. However, during half that time, from 2015-2021, the direct costs to federal government for disasters was $315 billion.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 12, 2022

Global warming is causing there to be more cloud cover over land areas because a warmer atmosphere can essentially hold more moisture. 2017) shows that under a high-emissions scenario, average nighttime temperatures in the US would warm by roughly 4-5°F (2-3°C) by midcentury and by roughly 9°F (5°C) by late century.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

above normal) occurred in east Antarctica in March 2022, caused by an atmospheric river of warmth stemming from Australia and penetrating across the southern ocean and through the polar vortex (a permanent stratospheric cyclonic flow of air) that normally prevents such movement. The world’s largest ever heatwave (38.5C

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As for “seeing” — a key parameter to describe the blurring of stars due to atmospheric turbulences along the light path — the median value was 0.75 They discovered that about 70% of the nights at the summit were clear enough for observation. arcseconds, or 1/4800 of a degree. The median night temperature variation was 2.4 °C

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in 2021 were all accompanied by the same question. Will this smoke alarm wake us up?” So far, no alarm bell has been loud enough to stop the sleepwalking.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

However, those who make the journey will not only have to survive on a freezing planet with no breathable atmosphere, but live in isolation unlike any other explorers in human history. At its closest proximity, Mars is still almost 55m km away from Earth, making communication delays and supply issues between the two worlds unavoidable.

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Law Columbia

MAY 9, 2023

The increased atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) is driving global climate change on an unprecedented scale. A recent study by Environmental Defense Fund found that, between 2017 and 2021, a large volume of assets shifted from operators with net-zero targets to companies without such targets.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Coal- and natural gas-burning power plants emit sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, but coal has a much higher sulfur content than natural gas and releases more sulfur dioxide when burned. Both technology and the shift of fuels have contributed to this trend. We wanted to look at how this trend has affected water quality.” percent.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2024

The well was also venting gas to the atmosphere through a wooden plug in the wellhead that produced a hazard to public health and safety. and found it to be abandoned and not plugged and venting gas to the atmosphere. The inspector also found evidence of the well leaking fluid around the wellhead.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. A 2017 study led by geographer Camilo Mora from the University of Hawaii found that around 30% of people around the world are already exposed to climatic conditions above this deadly threshold for at least 20 days a year ( Nature Climate Change 7 501 ).

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