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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

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The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by the University of Bristol and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), puts the rise in part down to the chemicals, known as chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs, being used to make other ozone-friendly alternatives to CFCs.

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Study Finds Stratospheric Water Vapor Is An Important Driver of Decadal Global Surface Climate Change

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Earlier observations from satellites and balloons suggest that stratospheric water vapor probably increased between 1980 and 2000, which would have enhanced the decadal rate of surface warming during the 1990s by about 30% compared to estimates ignoring this change, according to the authors. —Solomon et al.

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Met Office Climate Scientist: “Apocalyptic Predictions” Of Climate Change Can Impede Understanding Of Long-Term Warming Trends

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News headlines vie for attention and it is easy for scientists to grab this attention by linking climate change to the latest extreme weather event or apocalyptic prediction. But in doing so, the public perception of climate change can be distorted. This has been picked up on the climate sceptics’ websites.

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Study projects future EVs to have 30-70% lower environmental impacts that current EVs when changes to electricity generation are considered

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Now, a team of researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland, with colleagues at Leiden University (Netherlands) and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency have used Monte Carlo and global sensitivity analysis to quantify parametric uncertainty of the impacts.

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Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

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Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), University of Colorado Boulder, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México performed a “CT Scan” of the atmosphere, moving along latitudes and longitudes, measuring particle concentrations and compositions in the upper troposphere. Source: College of Engineering.

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Hart Gets Funding on Indirect Land Use Change Project for Biofuels

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The project will also be peer reviewed by a group of experts including Rob Cox, Technical Director, IPIECA, UK; Robert Larson, Associate Director, Transportation and Climate Division, US EPA; Bruce Dale, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science / DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Michigan; Bliss Baker, (..)

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A Roomba for Rivers

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University of Washington has designed tiny sensors that mimic the shape and aerodynamic capability of the dandelion’s fuzzy, seed-bearing spores. Mark Stone/University of Washington AI on the Fusion Menu. Texas A&M University. A team of researchers at the. But it’s actually a tokamak fusion reactor.

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