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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 report’s best estimate of direct climate influence by black carbon is about a factor of two higher than most previous work. This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time.

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London to host £150 Catapult center for smarter cities; chaired by Sir David King

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The center is intended to play a key part in the government’s industrial strategy and to give insight into how cities can be smarter in the future. Sir David served as Chief Scientific Advisor to the government (2000 – 2007, working closely with the Prime Minister and Cabinet on key scientific issues including climate change.

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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a five-spot well configuration was drilled in the summer of 2007 consisting of a center injection well surrounded by four monitoring wells. The field-based investigations conducted under this activity will provide previously unavailable insight regarding the sequestration of CO 2 in low-rank coals.

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New Study Concludes Substantial Quantities of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land-Use Change in the Boreal Forests for Oil Sands Production Are Unreported

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These land-use change emissions have not previously been measured nor reported by governments and industry. The resulting analyses, maps and report give further insights into the growing impacts of oil sands development on Alberta’s and Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. megatonnes of CO 2 eq in 2007, and have been projected to be 113.1-141.6

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Manhattan Beach, The South Bay’s Greenest City

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Change is but mere weeks away. It’s all coming eight years later than it should, but the Climate Change Calvary has now arrived and they’re riding hard and fast. They had insightful questions and they had presentations of their own to give. Climate Action Plan. The Task Force has four subcommittees -.

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New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning

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Previously, scientists relied only on measurements of area to determine how much of the Arctic Ocean is covered in ice, but ICESat makes it possible to monitor ice thickness and volume changes over the entire Arctic Ocean for the first time. Changes in MY ice export, by itself, do not explain the record minimums in recent years.

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Study finds Arctic ice may temporarily stabilize or somewhat expand in a warming world for up to a decade

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By analyzing multiple realizations of the 20 th century from a single climate model, they attribute approximately half the observed decline to human emissions of greenhouse gases, and the other half to climate variability.

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