Atmospheric
- Climate Tipping Points From The Past Can Help Better Predict What May Happen Next
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A tipping point in climate computer estimates is a threshold where large and perhaps irreversible changes occur. Some estimates are silly, 20 foot ocean rises, etc., but without data from recent times it is hard to make models more reliable. There was a pe ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2021 - 3:43pm
- The Warming Rate Of The Last 150 Years Surpasses Rate Of Change Over The Last 24,000
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For the last 10,000 years the earth has been in a warming cycle. The latest ice age ended around that time, a recurring phenomenon in nature where 90,000 of every 100,000 years were ice ages. How warm has it gotten compared to other warming bursts since th ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2021 - 12:49pm
- Spurious Correlation: Epidemiology Paper Links Virtual Air Pollution To Fatty Liver Disease
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A new study hopes to link long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a name change from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease because it is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 10 2021 - 2:48pm
- How To Predict Lightning Using AI
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There is a saying that goes 'lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice' but it was never wise to bet your life on it. What it means is that getting hit at all is rare, for a human well over a 1 in 1,000,000 chance, but even if only 30 ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2021 - 11:59am
- Warming And Clean Air Caused The Little Ice Age During The Renaissance
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The Little Ice Age, lasting from early 15th to mid-19th centuries, was one of the coldest periods of the past 10,000 years- since the last real Ice Age ended. Why it happened is one of the persistent questions in historical climatology. The cold spell set ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2021 - 7:36pm
- Air Pollution From Wildfires Can Do In One Day What PM2.5 'Virtual' Pollution Never Will
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When you see a TV weather personality put up an air quality map for the last 10 years, it might make you believe that pollution is far worse than when you were young. ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 10 2022 - 4:40pm
- The Next Pollution Target Is Your Dryer Lint- Fabric Softener To The Rescue?
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A new study says that drying a load of laundry in a machine releases "microfibers" into the air but chemicals made by a $76 billion company will save us. Microfibers? Is that a thing? Sure, we have defined healthy down to such an extent that no o ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 8 2022 - 9:26am
- If Droughts Are Predictable Because They Self-Propagate, Not Planning For Them Is Irresponsible
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Everyone knows droughts are bad. They increase risk of wildfires and damage life in the affected region. They are not always predictable, when I lived in Pennsylvania in the early 1990s there was a drought with no known mechanism involved, but they are oft ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 25 2022 - 2:22pm
- Innovations In Air Filtration Technology
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Article - Mark Pierce - Jun 20 2022 - 10:10am
- Observations From The Past Can Help Inform Climate Changes
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Prior to the 1980s, most thermometers were both inaccurate and not placed using scientific methodology. But tree rings need time and ice cores even longer, which means for recent periods of time have to rely on observational claims and hope to control for ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 7 2022 - 1:20pm
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