Climate Change Climate Scientist Government Radiation 
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
It is noteworthy not because it contains anything new (it doesn’t), but because despite clearly violating the established standards of good scientific practice, it was published by a government agency. And yes, also the increase in back-radiation towards the Earth surface from the CO2 greenhouse effect is a measured fact.
Legal Planet
MARCH 7, 2024
In amongst proposals regarding plastic pollution, air quality, pesticides and circular economies, to mention but a few, the most controversial was a Swiss-led proposal to establish an expert group on solar radiation modification (SRM). No steps have been taken towards stronger governance of experiments and development of SRM.
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Frontiers
AUGUST 7, 2023
By Prof Martin Siegert, University of Exeter (Cornwall) Image: Shutterstock.com 42 governments around the world have agreed to protect Antarctica’s environment. For example, Antarctica acts to cool our planet by reflecting solar radiation back to space by virtue of the brightness of its snow surface.
HumanNature
APRIL 10, 2023
But this simplified pathway misses a key step in cloud formation–and one that could help us combat climate change. Altering cloud properties influences Earth’s climate On sunny days, it’s clear that clouds leave shadows on the landscape. C above pre-industrial levels by 2100 to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 10, 2022
Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have dubbed the six-month stretch from May through October the “ Danger Season.” Not only has much of what climate scientists have been warning about come to pass, many of the extreme weather events the planet is now experiencing are worse than they expected. “To
Real Climate
AUGUST 9, 2021
As climate scientists we tend to look at the IPCC reports a little differently than the general public might. Here are a few things that mark this report out from previous versions that relate to issues we’ve discussed here before: Extreme events are increasingly connected to climate (duh!) 1981) which can be seen here.
Environmental Progress
AUGUST 3, 2020
The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. We know how to provide safe water and sanitation to the billions who still lack it,” he writes. “We
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