From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER and the “maybe they should have checked with Willis first” department comes this modeling claim: In June, 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines exploded, blasting…
Category: Aerosols
Another unknown climate feedback – plankton blooms create brighter clouds
Marine plankton brighten clouds over Southern Ocean From the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER New research using NASA satellite data and ocean biology models suggests tiny organisms in vast stretches of…
Scientists Link Earlier Melting Of Snow To Dark Aerosols
From NASA Goddard: Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists…
Another excuse for 'the pause' – it's a 'blip' from volcanoes, or something
From the University of Edinburgh: Warming slow-down not the end of climate change, study shows A slow-down in global warming is not a sign that climate change is ending, but…
No surprise here: Jet contrails affect surface temperatures
From Penn State High in the sky where the cirrus ice crystal clouds form, jet contrails draw their crisscross patterns. Now researchers have found that these elevated ice cloud trails…
The Role of Sulfur Dioxide Aerosols in Climate Change
Guest essay by Buel Henry In 2007, the Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Albert Gore and the IPCC for their work in promoting the theory that global warming…
Claim: Did volcanic induced climate change wipe out Neanderthals 40,000 years ago?
From the Geological Society of America: Boulder, Colo., USA – The Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption in Italy 40,000 years ago was one of the largest volcanic cataclysms in Europe and…
UI researchers link smoke from fires to tornado intensity
Can smoke from fires intensify tornadoes? Study finds smoke from Central America intensified 2011 tornadoes “Yes,” say University of Iowa researchers, who examined the effects of smoke–resulting from spring agricultural…
Cool high speed video: Rainfall can release aerosols, study finds
High-speed imaging captures raindrops releasing clouds of aerosols on impact, showing once again that we just don’t know all the sources for aerosols and other climate forcings. From the Massachusetts…
Has Increased Sunshine Caused UK Warming In The Late 20th Century?
By Paul Homewood The sharp rise in UK temperatures, which effectively began in the 1980’s, is widely known about, but, (and I may be wrong here), has never been satisfactorily…
Satellite captures massive smoke and haze over china
China seems to be ground zero for air pollution these days. From NASA: Smoke and haze hang over a large portion of eastern China in this image captured by the…
'Superglue' for the atmosphere
From Goethe University Frankfurt A research group lead by scientists at the Goethe University Frankfurt discover details on how clouds form This news release is available in German. It has…
Climate bozos keep popping up all over
Climate Alarmism: When Is This Bozo Going Down? By Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger Climate alarmism is like one of those pop-up Bozos. No matter how many…
Smoke from Russian Fires Over Arctic Sea
From NASA: (satellite image follows) one wonders what this will do to the albedo of sea ice. Numerous wildfires have dotted the Russian landscape this past summer fire season. Although…
Microbes, rain, and climate
From the American Chemical Society Dust — and the microbes hitching rides on it — influences rain, climate SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13, 2014 — Dusty air blowing across the Pacific…
Study: Large volcanic eruptions cause drought in eastern China
Via AGU, and the “science is settled” department, once again we learn things we didn’t know about climate. In most cases, the annual East Asian Monsoon brings heavy rains and…
The law of unintended climate consequences at work – study says 23% of warming in Europe since 1980 due to clean air laws
(Via the HockeySchtick) A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds that clean air laws which greatly reduced sulfur dioxide emissions explain 81% of the “brightening” of sunshine and…
New paper: man-made aerosols have had a net cooling effect since beginning of industrial revolution
More aerosols, means more clouds, which means cooler temperatures. Now that we are cleaning up aerosols worldwide, this may explain why the Earth is getting slightly warmer – more sunlight…
Oops! 'Dieselification' of London due to CO2 regulations have increased actual air pollution
London’s Dirty Secret: Pollution Worse Than Beijing’s Reader Drew H. submits this story. It’s the law of unintended consequences at work. European Union efforts to fight climate change favored diesel…
Some hype sorting on the claim that Asian pollution is intensifying Pacific Storms
Is Asian Pollution Intensifying Pacific Storms? Separating the Hype from Reality. By Cliff Mass The media over the past week have given a lot of play to a paper in…
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