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2022 updates to model-observation comparisons

Real Climate

This has now been completed for 2022. This is related to the commentary we published last year ( Hausfather et al, 2022 ), where we show that this screen is a reasonable match to the IPCC AR6 assessed projections that used emulators constrained by observations. 26-29, 2022. Casas, G.A. Schmidt, R.L. Tsigaridis, L.S.

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2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season—a Wrap (Maybe)

Union of Concerned Scientists

A 2023 study states that, “The number of storms that intensify from a Category 1 hurricane (or weaker) into a major hurricane within 36 hours has more than doubled,” in 2001–2020 compared with 1971–1990. I wrote once that the US may feel “lucky” for not seeing many landfalling hurricanes in any given year.

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The Year in Water, 2022

Circle of Blue

The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. Though vivid, the shark metaphor is an inadequate frame for some of 2022’s defining water stories. Brett Walton.

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IFO Reports 2023 PA Natural Gas Production Up 1.0% Over 2022, Thanks To Strong Q4 Production; Fewest New Wells Drilled In Last Decade

PA Environment Daily

On February 26, the Independent Fiscal Office reported 2023 Pennsylvania natural gas production was up 1.0% over 2022, thanks to a 4.5% Total annual production was 7,520 billion cubic feet in 2023; 7,441 billion cubic feet in 2022; 7,563 billion cubic feet in 2021; 7,077 billion cubic feet in 2020; and 6,816 billion cubic feet in 2019.

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2022 updates to the temperature records

Real Climate

and La Niña events (2011, 2018, 2021, 2022 etc.) For instance, the trends from 2016 to 2022 are -0.12±0.37ºC/dec The baseline of 1880-1900 can be calculated for all the long temperature series, and with respect to that 2022 (or the last five years) is between 1.1 El Niño events enhance global warming (as in 1998, 2010, 2016 etc.)

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2023 appears to follow an upward trend in the North Atlantic/Caribbean named tropical cyclone count

Real Climate

This year’s (2023) tropical cyclone season in the North Atlantic and Caribbean witnessed a relatively high number of named tropical cyclones : 20. 2023) observed a significant seasonal advance of intense tropical cyclones since the 1980s in most tropical oceans. S1-S516, 2023. 83-89, 2023. C (Benestad, 2009). Source Fig.

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Global Energy Systems Market Grew to $17B in 2023

Environment + Energy Leader

billion in 2022 to $17.89 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0%, according to Reportlinker.com’s "Advanced Energy Storage Systems Global Market Report 2023." The post Global Energy Systems Market Grew to $17B in 2023 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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