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Climate Change’s Fingerprints Came Early, a Thought Experiment Reveals

Scientific American

Second, we assumed that over the period 1860 to 2024, the model simulations used reliable estimates of human-caused changes in greenhouse gases, particulate pollution and land use, as well as accurate estimates of natural changes in external factors like volcanic activity and the sun’s energy output. More by Susan Solomon David W.

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

One of the most well-known ways we have impacted our atmosphere is through the emission of greenhouse gases, which have adversely affected our climate. Environmental Science & Technology vol. Environmental Science & Technology vol. Long-Term Trends in Motor Vehicle Emissions in U.S. Urban Areas.

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Dissecting the Attacks on the Endangerment Finding

Legal Planet

In late 2009, EPA made a formal finding often called the Endangerment Finding that greenhouse gases may endanger human health and welfare. The Bush Administration argued that greenhouse gases dont meet that requirement. The only question , the Court said, was the scientific evidence about the harmfulness of greenhouse gases.

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The path to carbon neutral shipping: A comparative analysis of low carbon technologies

Environmental News Bits

Journal of Environmental Sciences. Zheng, C., & Gao, X. The path to carbon neutral shipping: A comparative analysis of low carbon technologies.

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168 Years of Climate Science

Legal Planet

Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius predicts changes in surface temperature due to greenhouse effect. Scientist calculates greenhouse effect from fossil fuels and matches it to recorded global temperature changes. English scientist John Tyndall publishes similar finding in a better-known paper.

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What is Life Like Inside Trump’s EPA?

Legal Planet

Now we can’t do anything about it and of course greenhouse gases are pollutants that are emitted from the tailpipe of cars that are warming up our planet, our oceans, fueling these 1-in-100-year hurricanes that were seeing twice a year, come in and unleash devastation loss of life and billions of dollars in 5 different states back to back.

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MAGA vs NOAA, Executive Orders, and Growing IRA Support

Legal Planet

Last week brought Exhibit A that Trump sabotaging US leadership on climate doesnt mean an end to international progress: An accord reached in London under the umbrella of the International Maritime Organization, a UN agency, would require every ship that carries goods across the sea to lower their greenhouse gas emissions or pay a fee/tax.

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