From the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Earth sunblock only needed if planet warms easily Planet’s sensitivity to greenhouse gases will determine how much shading could be needed to slow temperature…
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Ship sprayed seawater cloud making V2.0
Willis covered this before on WUWT, with Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud. Its baaaack. Figure 1. Artist’s conception of cloud-making ships. Of course, the first storm would flip this over…
Texas A&M says freshwater hurricanes grow stronger
From Texas A&M University , a claim that fresh water intensifies hurricanes. At first blush, the concept seems wonky to me, as I don’t think there’s much difference between the…
Pollution enhanced thunderstorms warm the planet?
From the DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a new paper in GRL saying something that doesn’t make much sense to me. As shown in the diagram above, thunderstorms transport heat from…
Linked: aerosol pollutants and rainfall patterns
From the University of Maryland Rising air pollution worsens drought, flooding, UMD-led study shows COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Increases in air pollution and other particulate matter in the atmosphere can…
Mapping the guilt of fruits and vegetables out of state
From DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, probably the biggest load of crap I’ve seen in quite some time. I realize that’s harsh, and I don’t think I’ve ever used that sentence…
Real Climate on Spencer – Bad timing or just bad judgment?
UPDATE: After I sent an email to Dr. Steve Ghan, RC has suspended comments. See below. My thanks and kudos to them for doing so. – Anthony It strikes me…
Clouds, radiative forcing, and climate models – still tweaking
As most readers know, clouds are still poorly understood and under-represented in climate models. This new research may help. From: DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Effect of cloud-scattered sunlight on earth’s…
The Chinese peg the sulfur emissions worldwide
From PNNL: Worldwide sulfur emissions rose between 2000-2005, after decade of decline Shipping, China top emissions growth in new analysis of 150 years of emissions COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A…
