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• International Satellite to Track Impacts of Small Ocean Currents
  SWOT’s solar panels unfold as part of a test in January at a Thales Alenia Space facility in Cannes, France, where the satellite is being assembled. SWOT will measure elevations…
• Will Humanity Ever Reach 2XCO2? Possibly Not
  Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog February 1st, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Summary The Energy Information Agency (EIA) projects a growth in energy-based CO2 emissions of +0.6%/yr through 2050. But translating future emissions into atmospheric...
• Pathway 2045 (6)
  Here are links to Part 1 ,  Part 2,   Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5~ctm Guest post by Rud Istvan, This is the sixth and final guest post dissecting SoCalEd’s new roadmap to full California (well, at least their southern California service territory)...
• Rock-solid climate solutions: Negative emissions technology
  Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions funds $1.5 million research project University of Victoria A team of international researchers plan to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into rock by permanently injecting it beneath the Earth’s ocean...
• New study shows a 1-in-20 chance climate change will cause a complete societal collapse
  Most of the world's human population, and the health of ecosystems across the planet, could face an existential threat by the end of the century if rapid, forceful action is not taken to combat climate change...
• The Secret Life of Half-Life
  Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I first got introduced to the idea of “half-life” in the 1950s because the topic of the day was nuclear fallout. We practiced hiding under our school desks if the bomb went off, and talked about how long you’d...
• The Revenge of the Climate Reparations
  Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Much of the current angst at the UN regarding climate has to do with the idea of “climate reparations”. These are an imaginary debt supposedly owed by the major CO2 emitting nations to the countries …...
• Study Finds US Urban Trees Provide $50 Billion in Economic Value
  Central Park photo from Shutterstock Have you hugged a tree lately? If not, you might want to show your appreciation with a good squeeze. According to a recent state-by-state US Forest Service study, urban forests are responsible for storing 708 million    
• Study Finds US Urban Trees Provide Billions in Economic Value
  Have you hugged a tree lately? If not, you might want to show your appreciation with a good squeeze. According to a recent state-by-state US Forest Service study, urban forests are responsible for storing 708 million tons of carbon. As an environmental...
• Rogue Geoengineering Experiment Creates Massive Algae Bloom in Pacific Ocean
  Photo via Shutterstock The Guardian is reporting that a July dump of 100 tonnes of iron sulphate in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, by California businessman Russ George has fueled a plankton bloom as large as 10,000 square...

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