Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

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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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

An area of high pressure above the Pacific Ocean was driven eastwards through the jet stream by a “Rossby wave” – a planetary-scale fluctuation arising from the Coriolis force. The Rossby wave eventually “broke”, dumping its energy – like an ocean wave hitting the shore – to create an area of high pressure locked over western Canada and US.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

However, not only is there an obvious energy imbalance (as seen by the growth of ocean heat content), it’s actually accelerating Loeb et al., He, however, goes seriously off the rails when he estimates the impact of clouds on the radiation budget.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Interactions and Indirect Environmental Effects Clouds are a beautiful feature of our atmosphere, but they also have an important role: cooling. Black Carbon Emissions from Russian Diesel Sources: Case Study of Murmansk.” link] Jacobson, Mark Z.

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Breezometer

MAY 23, 2022

Much like big volcanic eruptions, the smoke from fire tornadoes can block radiation from the Sun and potentially cause temporary climatic cooling. Wildfire pollution can also travel far and wide, sometimes even drifting across entire countries and oceans , worsening air quality in distant locations.

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