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

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The new study uses observations from 2003 to 2015 in spring, the cloudiest season, over the shipping route between Europe and South Africa. Cloud droplet concentrations from 2003 to 2015 averaged over the months of September, October and November, as observed by NASA satellites. NASA Earth Observatory. C, or 1.8 ?F,

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Study finds 80% reduction in atmospheric CO as a result of gasoline car emissions policies

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The decline is strongest (approximately 50 ppb per year) in the 1997–2003 period but continues post 2003. The comparison with Hong Kong is instructive. The successful reduction of carbon monoxide in the UK is also matched by high percentage reductions across Europe over the same time period.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIII)

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Worth a quick comparison, the equivalent Thunderbird weighed 3,536 pounds with a V6 engine or 3,725 with the V8. In 2003 the InTech appeared in its only SUV usage, as the motivator of the new and doomed Lincoln Aviator. British maker MG used the engine for three years on the crazy X-Power SV , on sale from 2003 to 2005.

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JATO: new car CO2 emissions rise for the first time in a decade in Europe; diesel down, gasoline up, SUVs up

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percentage points lower than their peak in 2011, and the fuel type’s lowest market share since 2003, when diesels accounted for 43.4% —the highest level since 2003. In comparison, the market share of hybrid vehicles increased by one percentage point. In turn, diesel cars accounted for just 43.8% of total registrations.

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All-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre concludes winter testing 55km from Arctic Circle; Rolls-Royce 3.0

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is a reference to the brand’s progress during its renaissance, which began in Goodwood, West Sussex on 1 January 2003. By comparison, Phantom has 51,000 sender-receiver relations, 456 functions and 647 sub functions. Rolls-Royce 3.0 represents the beginning of the marque’s electric future. The term ‘Rolls-Royce 3.0’

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Hamburg putting its first Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid buses into service

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The improved fuel cell components and the hybridization with lithium-ion batteries result in a reduction of almost 50% in hydrogen consumption for the new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid in comparison to the previous generation: 10–14 kg/100km compared to 20–24 kg/100 km. Three more buses are to follow next year. Earlier post.).

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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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per year since 2003, excluding the credit crunch years). With the present annual growth rate, China has returned to the lower annual growth rates that it experienced before its economic growth started to accelerate in 2003, when its annual CO 2 emissions increased on average by 12% per year, excluding the credit crunch years.

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