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Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

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The JGR-Atmospheres Editors decided to provide a platform for this article because we believe that there is great scientific value in reviewing, assessing, and synthesizing a large body of existing literature, and by going beyond the conclusions that any individual paper can reach. In a special comment on the significance of the Bond et al.

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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

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Drilling down into data from targeted regions, they also uncovered a 30-year trend of increasing salinity in places such as the Passaic River in northern New Jersey and a 100-mile-plus stretch of the Potomac River that supplies drinking water to Washington, D.C. This can allow us to avert a really difficult future for freshwater supplies.

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Major truck OEMs form PACT to advocate for EV infrastructure development – Charged EVs

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At a launch event at the National Press Club in Washington DC, PACT Chairperson and Volvo Group VP of Public Affairs Dawn Fenton explained PACT’s focus on educating industry stakeholders, including legislators, regulators, fleet owners, utilities and other policymakers.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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Here are the 10 most popular AI articles that Spectrum published in 2023, ranked by the amount of time people spent reading them. And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem—climate change—that is driving the need for more air conditioning. For Wittingham’s other complaints, you’ll have to read the article.

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Failed Local Paper Put Out Of Its Misery - By Creative Greenius!

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I intend to read the Breeze’s few local articles of community interest for free on their highly unattractive website. Maybe you missed their headline yesterday that read: Scientists: Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates. The Breeze is no longer worth paying for. They haven’t for a long time now. million sq.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

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Here’s How We Could Brighten Clouds to Cool the Earth Geoengineering—altering the planet to mitigate the worst effects of climate change—is an idea that has taken on new currency of late. This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer.

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