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Can We Trust Climate Models? Increasingly, The Answer is ‘Yes’

By Yale Environment 360 on February 4, 2011 Comments Off on Can We Trust Climate Models? Increasingly, The Answer is ‘Yes’ airflow, Antarctica, atmosphere, atmospheric carbon dioxide, biosphere, climate, Climate Central, Climate Change, climate models, climate projections, climate scientists, climate skeptics, climate system, climate variations, CO2, computer models, cumulus clouds, Dust Bowl, El Nino, energy balance, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, GFDL, GHG, global carbon cycle, Global climate models, global temperature, greenhouse gases, Greenland, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, James Hurrell, Keith Dixon, La Niña, Livermore National Laboratory, Michael D. Lemonick, National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR, ocean dynamics, oceans, parameterization, Peter Gleckler, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, radiation, rainfall patterns, sea level, sea-ice, Synthesis Report, weather forecasting

Forecasting what the Earth’s climate might look like a century from now has long presented a huge challenge to climate scientists. But better understanding of the climate system, improved observations of the current climate, and rapidly improving computing power are slowly leading to more reliable methods.

European Space Agency Supports Young Researchers: Calls For Proposals for Changing Earth Science Network Initiative

By Nicholas Varilone on March 14, 2010 Comments Off on European Space Agency Supports Young Researchers: Calls For Proposals for Changing Earth Science Network Initiative atmosphere, atmospheric, Changing Earth Science Network Initiative, cryosphere, earth observation, Earth Observation Centre, Earth Observation programs, Earth thematic areas, Envisat, ESA, ESRIN, European Space Agency, Frascati, geophysical, Italy, land, MERIS, oceanic, oceans, post-doctoral, Sciamachy instrument, scientists, solid earth, STSE, Support to Science Element, Synthetic Aperture Radar data, The Changing Earth Science Network

The European Space Agency is now accepting proposals from young researchers undertaking innovative research projects that are focused on understanding Earth’s systems. This call for proposals is headlined under the Changing Earth Science Network Initiative. The Changing Earth Science Network Initiative, which was launched last year accommodates post-doctoral scientists for two years to undertake research […]

EPA Concludes that Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment

By Chris de Morsella on December 7, 2009 1 Comment and sulfur hexafluoride, asthma, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, CH4, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, CO2, Department of Transportation, energy efficiency, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, GHG, global warming, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, health endangerment, heat wave, HFCs, hydrofluorocarbons, Lisa P. Jackson, methane, motor vehicle, N2O, National Highway Safety Administration, national security, nitrous oxide, Obama, ozone pollution, perfluorocarbons, PFCs, public health, respiratory illness, SF6, Supreme Court, U.S.

In a major new announcement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare also explicitly stating that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat. This conclusion by the EPA has been reached after a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments.