Cooling Ocean Radiation Technology 
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Rob Lachlan As ocean temperatures rise, corals can lose their color due to heat stress. This knowledge can help with solar radiation management in marine ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef. Over the past two decades, coral reefs have declined at unprecedented rates.
Greenbuilding Law
JUNE 5, 2022
Albedo The amount of solar radiation reflected from an object or surface, often expressed as a percentage. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Natural emissions of N 2 O are mainly from bacteria breaking down nitrogen in soils and the oceans. a reduction in ocean pH).
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Physics World
OCTOBER 6, 2021
An area of high pressure above the Pacific Ocean was driven eastwards through the jet stream by a “Rossby wave” – a planetary-scale fluctuation arising from the Coriolis force. The Rossby wave eventually “broke”, dumping its energy – like an ocean wave hitting the shore – to create an area of high pressure locked over western Canada and US.
HumanNature
MARCH 31, 2021
This balance describes how much energy is being reflected back into space versus how much is being absorbed by our atmosphere; a positive change in the balance indicates that we’re taking more energy in (net warming) and a negative balance indicates that we’re reflecting more energy out (net cooling). References Arctic Council. June 25, 2020.
Breezometer
MAY 23, 2022
Can climate resilience technology help businesses protect people and property from such devastating wildfire events? Much like big volcanic eruptions, the smoke from fire tornadoes can block radiation from the Sun and potentially cause temporary climatic cooling. Is climate change making ‘firenadoes’ more likely?
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
First, underwater – in the sediments on the bottom of swamps, lakes, and the ocean. The issue is that total human radiative forcing includes several parts that heat and some that cool, so counting separate heating contributions like this leaving out the cooling parts gives too much heating.). W/m 2 from elevated CO 2.
Environmental Science
JULY 22, 2018
From the ocean oscillations to trade winds, pressure systems that drives temperature, airborne particles that influence local conditions and even the phases of the moon and Earth's wobble all affect the climate (1). The east of the ocean is colder than normal while the west is warmer than average. What Climatology Is.
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