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Brian Magi
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Geography and Earth Sciences
UNC Charlotte
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9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001Meta
Author Archives: Brian Magi
CO2 time line for May 2013
The month of May is officially over, and perhaps the Earth is about to take a big breath in and begin to draw down CO2 from its year 2013 peak. The last tweets by @Keeling_curve showed a relatively (emphasis on … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer
Tagged carbon, CO2, data visualization, global environmental change, global warming, NOAA
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Climate science movies
I held a screening of Thin Ice: The Inside Story Of Climate Science on Earth Day in April 2013, the day the film was released. The response from the students was good – they liked seeing Earth scientists working on … Continue reading
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Tagged Chasing Ice, climate, data visualization, global environmental change, global warming, Thin Ice
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CO2 in the very merry month of May
The whole month has been an edge-of-your-seat wait-and-see when CO2 will stop hovering above and below 400 ppm and just stay above. Unlike Miguel Cabrera‘s triple crown of 2012 or the thoughts that he could repeat that feat in 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, climate, CO2, global environmental change, global warming, NOAA
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CO2 and climate sensitivity
On Thursday, May 16, 2013, the official daily-averaged CO2 concentration in the atmosphere was reported by Scripps as (drumroll please)Like I pointed out, 400 ppm is inevitable because CO2 increases by 2 ppm every year, but to actually see a … Continue reading
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Cold spring and signs of summer
A great description of some of the unusual recent temperature swings in the north central part of the USA by Minnesota State Climatologist office with the original link here: A taste of summer air surged into Minnesota on May 14th, … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, global environmental change, NCDC, temperature, USA, Weather
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Another week of CO2 from Scripps
An update to my update from the original post. CO2 is rising 2 ppm/year and has been for about the last decade (see graph here). So the daily ups and downs and pretty miniscule. 2 ppm/year is 0.0055 ppm/day, or … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, climate, CO2, global warming
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CO2 hovering above and below 400 ppm
An update from the measurements being reported from Scripps that I discussed earlier. Here’s the screen shot when I checked the “box scores” for our favorite greenhouse gaswhew! I know if I patiently wait, the CO2 concentration will rise above … Continue reading
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Tagged 400 ppm, carbon, climate, CO2, global warming, IPCC, keeling, NOAA
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Carbon dioxide concentrations are nearly 400 ppm
The latest reported value from 4th of May 2013 was 399.68 ppm. That’s as close to 400 ppm as we (our civilization and planet, that is) have gotten. The best place to see the rapidly updated CO2 concentrations is at … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, CO2, global warming, Keeling curve
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North Carolina climate compared to the USA and globe
The first months of 2013 here in Charlotte have seemed unusually cool, but rather than relying on our gut feeling, let’s look at the numbers. Start by going to the NCDC website and mine out the data to find that … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, data analysis, global warming, NCDC, north carolina, statistics, USA
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UNC Charlotte undergraduate research
The Meteorology Program here at UNC Charlotte is embedded in the Geography and Earth Sciences Department. We have solid core of undergraduate Meteorology BSc majors and coursework in the major is mostly supported by 4 faculty – Dr Adams, Dr … Continue reading
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Tagged fire, graduate school, lightning, undergraduate research
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