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Tag Archives: climate
President Obama takes the offensive on climate change
Wow. What a speech this afternoon by President Obama on the Georgetown University campus – and a beautiful follow up to his Inaugural Address in January and his State of the Union speech shortly thereafter – noting one satire piece … Continue reading
Posted in Group News
Tagged climate, global environmental change, global warming, impacts, USA
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May 2013 climate in North Carolina and the world
With global warming and all of the impacts, it’s very important to constantly consider the question of time and space scales. May 2013 is a good example for those of us living in the Southeastern USA or North Carolina. Namely, … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer
Tagged climate, data analysis, data visualization, global environmental change, global warming, NCDC, NOAA, north carolina, USA
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Twitter and science
I’ve been starting to use twitter – mainly to supplement my research interests. I have zero confidence in facebook as a useful platform for anything remotely scientific or supportive of science, but twitter somehow seems different. The first twitter account … Continue reading
Posted in Earth System Observer
Tagged air quality, climate, interdisciplinary research, teaching, twitter
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Global carbon emissions increased in 2012
Unlike the somewhat misleadingly rosy picture painted by President Obama about (USA) carbon emissions in his Inaugural Address and his State of the Union speech in 2013, the global carbon emissions are what matter. So if the USA continues to … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, climate, global environmental change, USA
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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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Tagged carbon, climate, data visualization, global environmental change, global warming, NOAA
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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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