Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Here we start by taking the Greenland mass loss rate into the ocean, times the temperature difference between the meltwater and the water it replaces. For the part entering the ocean as ice, we must also consider that to melt ice requires energy. Greenland ice melt. or other estimates). Rahmstorf, S., Robinson, A., Feulner, M.E.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. 2021) show that the trends in the EEI derived from CERES match what you get from the changes in ocean heat content. Satellite-derived trends in EEI compared to estimates from changes in ocean heat (Loeb et al.,

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

By Delaney Nelson, Circle of Blue – September 13, 2022. This year marked the third-warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. August 2022 drew to a close the 3rd-warmest summer on record for the contiguous US. Forests become tinder boxes.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

That’s because the parties to the London Convention and London Protocol are meeting from October 28 to November 1 in London to discuss, among other things, governance of ocean alkalinity enhancement and ocean sinking of biomass (e.g. Some are land-based, while others use the ocean. seaweed) for carbon storage.

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Real Climate

JUNE 25, 2022

Ocean eddy visualization ( Karsten Schnieder ). This follows from the need to run for much longer simulation periods (centuries, as opposed to days) (a factor of ~5000 more computation), and to include more components of the climate system (the full ocean, atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, bio-geochemistry, ice sheets etc.)

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Real Climate

JUNE 29, 2022

2022 and Hewitt et al., 2022 ) and only briefly recapitulated here — is that it enables the use of physics, instead of fitting, to represent some of the most important components of the climate system (precipitating systems in the atmosphere, eddies in the ocean, and topographic relief), and hence build more reliable models.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

We can say this is relatively good news, but we also have to remember that the last three years of near-average snowpack followed a severe drought from 2020 to 2022, the driest three-year period ever recorded in California. There is nuance, since the north got 120% and the south only 84%.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Part of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite’s science instrument payload sits in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory during assembly. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – November 14, 2022. For oceans, SWOT will track small-scale currents and eddies that transport nutrients, salt, and heat.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But because land isn’t quite as dark as the surface of the ocean, it doesn’t cause as much additional heating. This is partly why the South Pole (which is covered by the Antarctic continent) isn’t warming as fast as the North Pole (which is surrounded by ocean). Yet, sea-ice acts as an insulator between air and sea. Benestad, I.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2022

December 6, 2022. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded nearly $1.5 ALGAL BLOOMS : The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $1.5 December 5-7, 2022 – 2022 Virtual Great Lakes PFAS Summit– register. December 13, 2022 – Reflections on St. Upcoming Events.

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Real Climate

APRIL 23, 2023

Readers will recall that the TLT product is nominally a weighted average of atmospheric temperature anomalies from the surface up to 5km or so. Thus the similarity of the full period trend (1981-2022) between UAH and NOAA-STAR is somewhat coincidental (0.14/0.20/0.13 The trends prior to 1995 (0.07/0.14/0.16 But why should this be so?

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

The largest saline lake in the western hemisphere, the Great Salt Lake dropped to a record low in 2022 as a result of a hot drought that increased evaporation and decreased water flows. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – July 14, 2022. A thirsty atmosphere evaporates or sublimates its share. Photo © Brett Walton/Circle of Blue.

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Real Climate

MAY 30, 2024

Impacts of Hunga-Tonga Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) The eruption of HTHH in January 2022, reached 56km high in the stratosphere and increased stratospheric water vapor by ~10% while also depositing SO 2 in the stratosphere. W/m 2 over 2022-2023″ (i.e. W/m 2 over the ocean (which translates to 0.14 a net cooling!).

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Real Climate

JANUARY 16, 2024

Shindell, "Understanding Model‐Observation Discrepancies in Satellite Retrievals of Atmospheric Temperature Using GISS ModelE", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , vol. Tsigaridis, L.S. Nazarenko, S.E. Bauer, and D.T. link] The post Not just another dot on the graph? Part II first appeared on RealClimate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Lead author Adam Gold , a watershed researcher for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the wild uncertainty is because the court arbitrarily created a new standard for federal protection divorced from the science of how wetlands support larger streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 6, 2024

We are officially within the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season here in the United States, and just a couple weeks ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its forecast for this year’s season. In 2022, the catastrophic Hurricane Ian made landfall on the Gulf coast of Florida.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2023

The Sabin Center today published model federal legislation to advance safe and responsible ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. Controlled field trials and other in-ocean research is critical to improve scientific and societal understanding of CDR techniques that could help the U.S. In 2022, the U.S.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Some of you will have heard of John Clauser because he was an awardee of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in the experimental verification of quantum entanglement. 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., Lyman, G.C.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

–Sean Post, JD 2022. –Kelsey Manes, JD 2022. –Richard Diaz, Master of Public Policy candidate, 2022. [I]t –Polina Hristova, LLM 2022. Removing carbon from the atmosphere will take a global effort towards significant innovation and rapid implementation. –Laurel Hunt, JD 2023.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, the HS93 reconstruction was extended by our old friend Nicola Scafetta who (partially) used the discredited connection of SCL to global temperature to justify it ( Scafetta et al, 2022 , even citing the paper with the erroneous arithmetic highlighted by Laut back in 2003. 11-21, 2022. 801-812, 2003. Rendiconti Lincei.

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National Law Center

MARCH 29, 2022

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 14, 2022

Cotton, Colorado State University Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued their U.S. spring outlook on March 17, 2022, and their top concern was worsening drought in the West and southern Plains. by William R.

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National Law Center

MARCH 4, 2022

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: February 2, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Labor.

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National Law Center

MARCH 7, 2022

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National Law Center

MARCH 8, 2022

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 5, 2022

Human activity adds more than 50 gigatons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year. New Solid Carbon technology might be able to lock climate-warming carbon dioxide below ocean bedrock. Human activity adds more than 50 gigatons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year. Large-scale solutions are urgently needed.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of the COP28 UN climate summit, The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations (UN) body, has warned that the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) is forecast to continue the trend that resulted in record-high CO2 measurements last year.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 9, 2022

As our ocean connects us, so does the need for solutions to protect it. Ocean Conservancy research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update.

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National Law Center

JUNE 1, 2022

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National Law Center

APRIL 22, 2022

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National Law Center

APRIL 15, 2022

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National Law Center

MARCH 1, 2022

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National Law Center

APRIL 27, 2022

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National Law Center

JUNE 8, 2022

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National Law Center

MAY 12, 2022

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