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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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In climate models, if you simulate the world with sulfur emissions from shipping, and you simulate the world without these emissions, there is a sizable cooling effect from changes in the model clouds due to shipping. The open-access study was published in AGU Advances, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. NASA Earth Observatory.

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2009-2010 El Niño Indicators Strong, Pacific Ocean Warming Continues

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Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reports that multiple indicators continue to show a strong El Niño building in the tropical Pacific Ocean this season, as predicted by a majority of climate models. Trade winds are also weaker than normal across the Pacific, reducing heat discharge from ocean water. F) above average.

2009 186
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New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning

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In the summer, wind and ocean currents cause some of the ice naturally to flow out of the Arctic, while much of it melts in place. the amount of ice above the water line relative to the local sea level. The result is more open water in summer, which then absorbs more heat, warming the ocean and further melting the ice.

2004 170
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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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It’s –27 °C, dipping below –40 °C with wind chill—well below the operating temperature of most of the commercial equipment we brought for this expedition. These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. Our phones, laptops, and cameras are rapidly failing.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. He said that the Administration has already approved 39 new shallow water permits, and an additional 7 deepwater permits in recently weeks.

Obama 268
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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007). The interim report just published is intended to contribute to the energy, security and climate debate. Require integrated regional water usage /disposal plans for unconventional gas production.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela.