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Scientists call for careful use of time scales, reference dates and statistical approaches in analyzing climate change trends to avoid distortion and hampering of response

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JUNE 19, 2012

Demonstrating that the use of different time scales, reference dates, and statistical approaches can generate highly disparate results in climate reports, scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage argue that careful use of these tools is critical for correctly interpreting and reporting climatic trends in Alaska and other polar regions.

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DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Fewer soot particles in the exhaust stream of aircraft reduces the formation of ice crystals and therefore the climate impact of the resulting contrail cirrus. The results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature Partner Journal (npj) Climate and Atmospheric Science. Burkhardt et al. —Ulrike Burkhardt.

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Study projects regional climate effects from ramping up Brazil sugarcane production

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MARCH 10, 2013

Conversion of large swaths of Brazilian land for sugar plantations will help the country meet its needs for producing cane-derived ethanol, but it also could lead to regional climate effects, according to a team of researchers from Arizona State University, Stanford University and the Carnegie Institution for Science. millimeters per day.

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BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

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JUNE 12, 2019

BP released the 68 th annual edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy (BP Stats Review), a comprehensive collection and analysis of global energy data. This year’s edition highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions.

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Study using paleoclimate data suggests climate sensitivity to CO2 doubling may be less severe than projected

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

The team combined extensive sea and land surface temperature reconstructions from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) with a climate model of intermediate. complexity to estimate the equilibrium climate sensitivity for a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (ECS 2xC ) from. preindustrial times. preindustrial times.

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BOEMRE releases study on incorporating climate effects into oil-spill risk analysis for Arctic

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a new report evaluating how climate change may affect the environmental conditions measured and used in mathematical modeling for oil-spill trajectory analysis in the Arctic region. —BOEMRE Director Michael R.

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Nepal’s Electric Leapfrog: How This Himalayan Nation Is Leading Global EV Adoption

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JUNE 14, 2025

This statistic is remarkable, [continued] The post Nepal’s Electric Leapfrog: How This Himalayan Nation Is Leading Global EV Adoption appeared first on CleanTechnica. In recent months, about 70% of all new passenger vehicles sold in Nepal were electric.

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Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

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JUNE 24, 2019

A new study published in Nature Communications by researchers from IIASA, Boston University, and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century, climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming. The world is dependent on energy both for human wellbeing and society’s continued development.

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Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

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JUNE 11, 2012

The gap, noted the researchers in their open-access paper in Nature Climate Change , is equivalent to Japan’s annual CO 2 emissions, the world’s fourth largest emitter, with 5% of the global total. The area chart shows the increase of CO 2 emissions calculated from the national energy statistics since 1997 broken down by different fuel type.

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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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JULY 8, 2012

Black carbon is released into the atmosphere via incomplete combustion of carbonaceous fuel and is of major concern because of the impact on climate systems. For the remaining sources, the following fuel consumption data were used: national data from the United Nations Statistics Division (1949?1970); Earlier post.). —Wang et al.

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Independent Panel Led by Former Non-Executive Chairman of Shell Clears UEA Climatic Research Unit of Any Scientific Impropriety and Dishonesty

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APRIL 15, 2010

The Oxburgh Panel was set up by the University in consultation with the Royal Society to address the criticism that climatic data had been dishonestly selected, manipulated and/or presented to arrive at pre-determined conclusions that were not compatible with a fair interpretation of the original data.

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Study using extreme value theory finds lack of uniform trends but increasing spatial variability in rainfall extremes in India

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

These findings, published in Nature Climate Change , are contrary to results of some earlier work on this subject. Extreme value theory , used in science, engineering, insurance and risk management, provides a theoretical foundation for building statistical models describing extreme events. —Auroop Ganguly. Shih-Chieh Kao.

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New Bayesian Approach Addressing Shared Biases Across Models Suggests That Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations at Current Levels Leaves 10% Chance of Exceeding 2C Target

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Under benchmark risk management metrics, allowable emission paths should have less than a 10% chance of overshooting the target, Lemoine notes in a new paper published in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate , so policymakers “ may therefore require significant near-term abatement and eventual net negative emissions.

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California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

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MARCH 27, 2019

An annual ' tracking the progress of California Climate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5 To date, $9.3

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Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Published in the journal Nature Climate Change , the new analysis shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9% Global CO 2 emissions since 2000 are tracking the high end of the projections used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which far exceed two degrees warming by 2100. parts per million. Canadell and Michael R.

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CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

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JULY 9, 2020

Although large emissions cuts are urgently needed to achieve global climate goals, it may take decades before we can measure the effect of the reductions on global temperature evolution, according to a new study by researchers at Norway’s CICERO Center for International Climate Research. —Bjørn Samset. —Jan Fuglestvedt.

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Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

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MAY 12, 2017

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines. —Saliba et al. of the data.

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New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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MARCH 24, 2012

An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) paper published in Computers & Geosciences outlines a process that might help to determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. Our work establishes a new method to couple geographic information system data with global climate outputs and statistical analysis.

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

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MARCH 25, 2020

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. —co-author Hannah Director, a UW doctoral student in statistics. C, or 1.8 ?F, F, since the late 1800s.).

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Can Earth's Digital Twins Help Us Navigate the Climate Crisis?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Powerful climate models have helped dispel any uncertainty about the scale of the climate crisis the world faces. But these models are large global simulations that can't tell us much about how climate change will impact our daily lives or how to respond at a local level. That's where a digital twin of the Earth could help.

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Study concludes that social influence undermines the wisdom of crowd effect; policy implications

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JUNE 7, 2011

The wisdom of crowd effect is a statistical phenomenon and not a social psychological effect, because it is based on a mathematical aggregation of individual estimates. Therefore, social influence can also have an impact on the statistical aggregate and the resulting collective wisdom of the respective crowd. —Lorenz et al.

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UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

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JANUARY 29, 2010

The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. It found that 65% of respondents spontaneously selected emissions from road transport as a cause of climate change. Source: DfT.

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The report, which is based on recent results from the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) and latest statistics for energy use and other activities, shows large national differences between industrialised countries. The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission’s in-house science service.

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Study finds some improved cookstoves may emit more black carbon pollution than traditional mud cookstoves

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APRIL 4, 2012

In this plot, a red star under the boxes means that the mean values for hardwood and mixed fuel tests are statistically different for that stove technology class (at the 95% confidence level, p. In this regard, this study highlights the need for repeated tests to confirm statistical significance of mitigation potential.

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GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing Emissions

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Using a variety of data including direct observations, computer-generated models, and estimates from countries’ energy statistics, the team created a global CO 2 budget—the amount of CO 2 produced and consumed—from 1959 to 2008. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. between 2000 and 2008, compared with 1% per year in the 1990s.

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IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

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APRIL 13, 2014

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a policymaker’s summary of Working Group III’s (WG III) latest report showing that despite a growing number of climate change mitigation policies, annual anthropogenic GHG emissions grew on average by 1.0 WG III Summary for Policymakers. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers conclude that the reported upswing in short-duration North Atlantic hurricanes is due to better observing systems

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JUNE 15, 2011

The researchers note that their finding does not rule out the possibility of a climate-driven increase in shorties over the twentieth century. try to tease out any detectable climate signal from the records. Additionally, for every decade after 1950s the occurrence of shorties seems to be related to a different climate parameter.

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Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

While CO 2 emissions are likely important for estimating global climate change impacts, a recent report on the climate change potential of aviation suggests that emissions other than CO 2 , including soot and NO x , need to be included in forecasts of potential aviation induced global climate change.

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UN IPCC Selects 831 Authors for Fifth Assessment Report

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JUNE 27, 2010

The UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) last week released the final list of 831 selected Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors and Review Editors for the three Working Group (WG) Reports of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) to be published between 2013 and 2014.

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UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

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MARCH 17, 2020

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the state’s total agricultural output: perennial crops such as almonds, grapes, nectarines, peaches, strawberries and walnuts. Mueller, N.D.,

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Researchers Identify Conditions for Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity

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AUGUST 13, 2009

Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the Medieval Climate Anomaly about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created a “perfect storm” of La Niña-like conditions combined with warm tropical Atlantic waters. Michael Mann.

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MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

GEOS-Chem captures observed seasonal trends with no statistically significant difference between simulated and measured mean annual concentrations. Once they mix with other chemicals, it’s unknown what danger they could pose to animals and humans, especially in concert with climate change stressors in the Arctic.

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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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JULY 12, 2018

The state’s latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016—a drop of 12 million metric tons, or three percent, from 2015. These include the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Strategy, the Sustainable Communities Strategy and the Sustainable Freight Action Plan.

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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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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The report is based on recent results from the joint JRC/PBL Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), the latest statistics on energy use and various other activities. According to national statistics, in 2013 total oil consumption in transport increased somewhat by 0.5%, relative to 2012 levels. billion tonnes (Gt).

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Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

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JANUARY 4, 2010

The study, which was conducted by Wolfgang Knorr of the University of Bristol, UK, may have implications for upcoming climate negotiations, particularly with regard to deforestation and other land-use changes. A lack of accounting for feedback effects is considered to be a potential weakness of many current climate models.

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

It is argued, therefore, that with this power potential, we can create enough excess in wind and solar power that the statistical likelihood of not having the power supply to match demand is effectively zero. Renewable UK, Wind Energy Statistics Explained, available at: [link] , accessed 12 November, 2020. Earlier post.).

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Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across US Over Last Decade

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Climate Central, The Weather Channel, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has been accepted for publication in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters. Climate change is making itself felt in terms of day-to-day weather in the United States. Credit: NCAR. Click to enlarge.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Statistical analysis was carried out on the data, in order to calculate peak and high ozone levels and to interpret trends and changes in the data. TOAR has created a large publicly available database which also includes a complete set of statistics and graphical downloads. Source: University of Leicester. Click to enlarge.

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IEEE Young Professionals Talked Sustainability Tech at Climate Week NYC

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JANUARY 3, 2025

The IEEE Young Professionals Climate and Sustainability Task Force focuses on empowering emerging leaders to contribute to sustainable technology and climate action, fostering engagement and leading initiatives that address climate changerelated challenges and potential solutions. Summit of the Future.

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INL study suggests fast charging can take longer in cold temperatures

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AUGUST 2, 2018

The authors conducted statistical analysis on the effects of temperature and constructed an electric vehicle charging model that can show the dynamics of DCFC charging process under different temperatures. The research poses questions not only for EV customers, but also for utilities and charging infrastructure providers. Resources.

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Study finds that suburban sprawl cancels carbon-footprint savings of dense urban cores in US

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JANUARY 7, 2014

East Coast metropolitan statistical areas (J), with a larger map of New York metropolitan area (K, outer line) and New York City (K, inner line) highlight the consistent pattern of relatively low GHG urban core cities and high GHG suburbs. Credit: ACS, Jones and Kammen. Click to enlarge. Christopher Jones and Daniel M.

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ECOtality to Provide Blink EV Charging Stations at Select US Best Buy Stores

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Based on the results of ECOtality’s EV Micro-Climate process in the pilot regions, the deployment of these charging systems will take into consideration geographic location, distance to major interstates and transportation routes, distance to other EV Project charging facilities and population density in making its decisions.

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Yield Projections for Switchgrass as a Biofuel Crop Across the US

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JULY 12, 2010

A team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dartmouth College have compiled national data on switchgrass yield as it relates to site location, plot size, stand age, harvest frequency, fertilizer application, climate, and land quality. Low precipitation west of the Great Plans limited yields in that region.

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Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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MAY 29, 2009

EDGAR used the latest international statistics and data on greenhouse gas emissions to model emissions for every country in the world. The EDGAR database fills a gap in current greenhouse gas statistics as it gives consistent information on both industrialized and developing countries.

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Scientists call for careful use of time scales, reference dates and statistical approaches in analyzing climate change trends to avoid distortion and hampering of response

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

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Study projects regional climate effects from ramping up Brazil sugarcane production

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BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

Study using paleoclimate data suggests climate sensitivity to CO2 doubling may be less severe than projected

BOEMRE releases study on incorporating climate effects into oil-spill risk analysis for Arctic

Nepal’s Electric Leapfrog: How This Himalayan Nation Is Leading Global EV Adoption

Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

Independent Panel Led by Former Non-Executive Chairman of Shell Clears UEA Climatic Research Unit of Any Scientific Impropriety and Dishonesty

Study using extreme value theory finds lack of uniform trends but increasing spatial variability in rainfall extremes in India

New Bayesian Approach Addressing Shared Biases Across Models Suggests That Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations at Current Levels Leaves 10% Chance of Exceeding 2C Target

California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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

Can Earth's Digital Twins Help Us Navigate the Climate Crisis?

Study concludes that social influence undermines the wisdom of crowd effect; policy implications

UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

Study finds some improved cookstoves may emit more black carbon pollution than traditional mud cookstoves

GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing Emissions

IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

Researchers conclude that the reported upswing in short-duration North Atlantic hurricanes is due to better observing systems

Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

UN IPCC Selects 831 Authors for Fifth Assessment Report

UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

Researchers Identify Conditions for Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity

MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across US Over Last Decade

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

IEEE Young Professionals Talked Sustainability Tech at Climate Week NYC

INL study suggests fast charging can take longer in cold temperatures

Study finds that suburban sprawl cancels carbon-footprint savings of dense urban cores in US

ECOtality to Provide Blink EV Charging Stations at Select US Best Buy Stores

Yield Projections for Switchgrass as a Biofuel Crop Across the US

Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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