Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted? Climate Change Mitigation. Download as PDF.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

In my opinion the press conference on 9 August 2021 didn’t do justice to the vast effort that went into it. There is no doubt that we have changed Earth’s climate through our activities on a broad range of aspects that includes consequences for the atmosphere, the oceans, snow, ice, Earth’s fauna and ecosystems.

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

The Advisory Opinion addresses several key questions regarding application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the context of climate change, including the interaction between UNCLOS and the global climate change regime, and the specific obligations of States to reduce climate-damaging greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

Step 1: There is a natural greenhouse effect. Thus there must be a large amount of IR absorbed by the atmosphere (around 158 W/m 2 ) – a number that would be zero in the absence of any greenhouse substances. Step 2: Trace gases contribute to the natural greenhouse effect. The Earth’s Energy Budget (NASA).

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). Furthermore, the volume of the oceans increases from the melting of land ice. See for instance Benestad (2016).

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The basis of this relationship is the rough balance between the net uptake of carbon into deep pools (mainly the deep ocean) and the rate at which the oceans warm in response to an energy imbalance. Net-zero greenhouse gas emission does not have any geophysical significance. Article 4, section 1. My answer is no.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2022

Still, both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast , released on May 24, and the Colorado State University (CSU) forecast , released on April 7, predict a season with above-normal activity— for the seventh consecutive year. Can we expect more seasons like 2020 and 2021? Of course, we have questions!

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Real Climate

JANUARY 15, 2022

Unlike in years past, there is no longer any serious discrepancy between the records – which use multiple approaches for the ocean temperatures, the homogenization of the weather stations records, and interpolation. Southern Ocean trends. The least visited part of the ocean are the waters around Antarctica. References.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 18, 2021. We now think that a devastating drought is likely to happen again , in 2021/2022,” Funk wrote. But as global greenhouse gas emissions rapidly warm the western Pacific Ocean, the La Niña is becoming more frequent and severe.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

The IPCC has introduced a new high-end risk scenario, stating that a global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out due to deep uncertainty in ice sheet processes.”. Source: IPCC ( 2021 ) Figure 9.25.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — August 10, 2021. But it also indicates that by swiftly and drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the worst effects of climate change can be prevented, avoiding worst-case outcomes for water availability. “I With swift, drastic action, warming could still be limited to 1.5

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Acoel

AUGUST 10, 2021

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Seth Jaffe. Here are a number of the lowlights: It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Here are a number of the lowlights: It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Global warming of 1.5°C

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

To the west, this spot overlooks the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge and the mouth of the Columbia River at the Pacific Ocean. Natural Climate Solutions are strategies for reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions by restoring, avoiding conversion of, and improving management of our ecosystems. Deferred Timber Harvest and Replanting.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It’s also urgent because the oceans act like a flywheel, making sure that cuts in emission of greenhouse gases will have a lagged effect on global warming. This fact is underscored by recent weather-related calamities , such as flooding in Central Europe and heatwaves over North America.

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Real Climate

APRIL 2, 2021

But this also raises other questions: 1) Can we expect the season to continue to lengthen as global warming from increasing concentration of globally well mixed greenhouse gas (GWM-GHG) continues to warm the Atlantic SSTs? Emanuel 2021 ; Hall et al. 2021 ; Knutson et al. 57-70, 2021. 1321-1335, 2021. Zhang et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

The rule also bases its emissions disclosure standards on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which classifies emissions in three categories. Burning fossil fuels for energy accounts for about 75 percent of total US greenhouse gas emissions, and Scope 3 emissions account for 80 to 90 percent of the sector’s total emissions.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Adaptation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and accounting for climate damages will be prominent topics at the UN climate convention in November. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 15, 2021. Advocates are focusing on the Glasgow meeting to highlight water’s indispensable climate role. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As another year comes to a close, I am reflecting on the incredible progress Ocean Conservancy has made in 2023 towards a healthy, resilient ocean future. For better or worse, this is the nature of ocean conservation work—sometimes we hit roadblocks, but it’s a reminder of why this work is so critically important.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Sabin Center today released the second in a series of white papers discussing legal issues associated with different ocean-based carbon dioxide removal techniques. the growing of kelp and other macroalgae which may be harvested for food, bioenergy, or other uses or sunk in the ocean to sequester the carbon it contains.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

2015 ; Connolly et al, 2021 ). And also, let’s be clear, this mysteriously justified temperature series has been created explicitly to demonstrate a connection to the HS93 solar reconstruction – that was the case in the Soon et al (2015) paper, the Connolloy et al (2021) paper and now in this new Soon et al paper.

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Breezometer

MAY 26, 2022

So far during 2022, Southeast Asia has experienced relatively less haze due to an ongoing La Niña event, an oceanic weather pattern in the Pacific that ushered wetter weather to the region since late 2020. Air pollution knows no national borders and can drift across countries and even oceans.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Ideally, the best way to save these islands is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Increased levels of greenhouse gases from human industry and agriculture are the root cause of the erosion occurring within the Pacific Islands. Low-lying areas of tropical Pacific islands’ accessed 28 February 2021, [link]. [2] should be. [4]

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Physics World

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In theory this could seed clouds that reflect sunlight back into space – counteracting the greenhouse effect. Their projects range from diverting the Mississippi river to protect New Orleans from flooding, to breeding “ super coral ” resistant to bleaching in warming oceans. 2021 Bodley Head £18.99hb 256pp.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

On the other hand, the chapter’s assessment of alternative plant proteins is more measured, noting their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also identifying the clear downsides in terms of increased needs for infrastructure and energy. The ocean trends affect the species composition of the seas.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2023

The interplay between the ocean and climate change is in the scientific literature , including recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ocean is both a ‘victim’ of climate change (e.g., absorption of GHG by the oceans is the upstream cause of ocean acidification) and ‘part of the solution’ (e.g.,

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

2021) also reported on a two decade estimate of Earthshine measurements which appear to confirm a small decrease in albedo (and decrease in reflected short wave (SW) radiation). 2021) show that the trends in the EEI derived from CERES match what you get from the changes in ocean heat content. But what can be causing this?

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. International.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

The recent boost for CDR is linked to an emerging trend in climate policy which understands CDR as supplemental to urgent action on decarbonization and overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions (rather than a replacement for those activities). Yet, key issues around definitions, guidance, and climate governance remain.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

This work was supported through the Penn State initiative for resilient communities by a strategic plan seed grant from the Penn State Office of the Provost, with co-support from the Center for Community Design, and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program.

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

Potential on the oceans Around the world, offshore wind energy has shown itself to be a promising alternative source of power. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 gigawatts of new capacity was added, up from 6.1 GW of additions in 2020. GW of additions in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Peterman, York College Of Pennsylvania This guest essay first appeared in the York Daily Record on December 8, 2021 -- I recently returned from the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. only recently relinquished its infamous distinction as the leading greenhouse gas producer to China in 2005. By Dr. Keith E.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This work was supported through the Penn State initiative for resilient communities by a strategic plan seed grant from the Penn State Office of the Provost, with co-support from the Center for Community Design, and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2022

These lyrics, written in 1958 by Ray Overholt who wasn’t yet a Christian, were inspired from his reading of Matthew 26:53, come into my consciousness every time I watch the Christian flag being bandied about at a white supremacist event, an anti-government rally, or the replays of the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Guest Post by Annie Kellner , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. That’s the theoretical best-case scenario, anyway, keeping in mind the decades-long lag time between mitigative actions on greenhouse gas emissions and their realized effects.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2022

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that the frequency of “major” high tide flooding events—i.e., For example, as a result of sea level rise, coastal communities now see twice as many high tide flooding days as they did 20 years ago. Such planning has been endorsed by the U.S. You can access the toolkit here.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2023

In February 2021 – despite many of the oil and gas industry’s amendments being adopted – Alberta did just that, arguing that the IAA goes beyond the federal government’s constitutional authority. “We About NATURE CANADA: Nature Canada has been a voice for nature for more than 80 years.

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