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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. This path is also part of a popular open-ocean shipping route between Europe and Asia. —co-author Hannah Director, a UW doctoral student in statistics. NASA Earth Observatory.

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

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Even so, during 2010-2014, people in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic still experienced more than 15 days a year in which ozone levels exceeded the US health-based air quality standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb) averaged over eight hours. Source: University of Leicester.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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Perhaps nothing illustrates the rise of electric vehicles over the past decade more than this statistic: In 2012, the total number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the entire world was 120,000. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), $7.5 In 2021, more EVs than that were sold each week.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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Heavily polluted locations in parts of the East, Midwest, and West Coast in which ozone already frequently exceeds recommended levels could face unhealthy air during most of the summer. Scenario A2 and RCP 8.5. Preliminary global mean CO 2 concentrations in February 2014 were 398.06 Pfister, G. Walters, J.-F. Lamarque, J. Holland, and C.

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Development of autonomous cars is steadily progressing with AI as an accelerator, says Sven Lanwer, XC expert from Bosch – ET Auto

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Maybe driverless cars would work well in other parts of the world. And statistics show clearly that it’s a great help. You have said that it’s not very cheap to implement ADAS, especially in countries like India or developing countries like Brazil or South Africa. And this is the philosophy we are taking.

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EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

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The demand for EVs certainly exists, but that is only one part of the equation. South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. According to industry statistics, the European Union had 224,538 fully functional public charging stations, as of the end of 2020. A report from Canalys states that EV sales reached 3.1

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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

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Redwood Materials Anahola is the biggest stationary storage recycling project for Redwood Materials to date, but it is still only a small part of Redwood’s business. GW of stationary storage, according to statistics from the American Public Power Association. Last year alone, the United States deployed 4.8

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