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Countries failed to agree first steps on solar geoengineering at the UN. What went wrong?

Legal Planet

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). Africa, whilst wanting to improve access to information on SRM, also had concerns about the Swiss proposals.

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Fifth National Climate Assessment

ESA

Allison Crimmins is the Director of the National Climate Assessment. She is a climate scientist on detail from EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she is leading the fifth National Climate Assessment at the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

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The unconventional scientist who predicted that rising carbon dioxide levels would change the climate

Physics World

The correlation had been shown in a paper by an author outside the conventional scientific community, so, for good measure, Simpson added that a non-expert could not properly appreciate how atmospheric circulation affects the absorption of radiation. Magic smartphone trees: technology for a circular economy. 139 1961 ).

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November 7 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

15 On Final Radiation Safety, NPDES Compliance Schedule Regulations; Brodhead Creek Rulemaking Petition DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Hold Joint Meeting Nov. 15 Webinar On Technology & Tips For Volunteer Management Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Pennsylvania Forest Webinar Series Starting Nov.

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Getting physical with the climate crisis

Physics World

“One key challenge is to quantify the different combinations of heat and humidity, then to link them with different health outcomes,” says Eunice Lo, a physicist-turned-climate scientist at the University of Bristol , UK.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

As it became clear that the growth in the global birth rate had peaked, Malthusian thinkers started to look to climate change as a replacement apocalypse for overpopulation and resource scarcity. Schneider attracted media attention by speaking of climate change in apocalyptic terms. “We Why else use it?

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Solar Geoengineering in the News — Again and Again

Legal Planet

In response to a mandate in the 2022 Appropriations Bill, a working group convened by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has been working for a year to plan a five-year US federal research program. Several additional announcements related to solar geoengineering research are expected soon.