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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

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. The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air.

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Climate Change and Me

Academy of Natural Sciences

The first climate change presentation I saw was back in the 1970s when I was working for the National Weather Service. Murray Mitchell, was the top climate scientist for NWS. While that got the bulk of the publicity, Dr. Mitchell assured us that the warming of the climate would be the biggest problem in the future.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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Policy News: May 23, 2022

ESA

Breaking climate vows would be ‘monstrous self-harm’, warns Cop26 president – The Guardian. World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns – Reuters. How climate scientists keep hope alive as damage worsens – Associated Press. Scientific Community. ESA Correspondence to Policymakers.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Other methods, like tech to suck carbon out of the air or intervening in marine systems to boost the sequestration potential of oceans, are less vulnerable to reversal and don’t pose the same land issues, but most are in their infancy. EPA – Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Panel (April 29).

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Identifying the Means to an End: The Role of the Social Cost of Carbon

Arnold Porter

For example, recent attention has focused on tightening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone smog, which is formed by atmospheric reactions on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). º C, viewed by climate scientists as a critical threshold to avoid catastrophic impacts.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R. 1447 ), which reauthorizes ocean and coastal research monitoring program and creates an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board. Overall, President Biden requested $6.9

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