© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study R. R. Neely III, O. B. Toon, S. Solomon, J. P. Vernier, C. Alvarez, J. M. English, K. H. Rosenlof, M. J. Mills, C. G. Bardeen, J. S. Daniel, and J. P. Thayer, Recent anthropogenic increases in SO2 from Asia have minimal impact on stratospheric aerosol, Geophysical [...]
Categories: Air pollution,Climate,Climate change,Environment,Global warming,Science
Tagged: and J. P. Thayer, C. Alvarez, C. G. Bardeen, CIRES, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, J. M. English, J. P. Vernier, J. S. Daniel, K. H. Rosenlof, M. J. Mills, not pollutants, O. B. Toon, optical depth, R. R. Neely III, Recent anthropogenic increases in SO2 from Asia have minimal impact on stratospheric aerosol, S. Solomon, SO2, sulfur dioxide, tamped down recent Earth warming, Volcanic aerosols
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- 4 March 2013 – 17:46
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Air pollution apparently reduces the monsoonal wind shear that previously destroyed powerful cyclones in the region During monsoon season, easterly upper level winds and southwesterly lower level winds create wind shear that generally destroys Arabian Sea cyclones after they reach about 85 kilometer per hour (kph) wind speeds. However, since about 1998, five large storms [...]
Categories: Air pollution,Climate,Science
Tagged: aerosol, Amato T. Evan, Arabian Sea, black carbon, Chul ‘Eddy’ Chung, cyclone, easterly, James P. Kossin, Janet Raloff, monsoon, pollution, shear, southwesterly, V. Ramanathan, vertical wind shear, wind
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- 3 November 2011 – 08:14
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- By BrainiYak
Paul Krugman spotlighted this sad game Economist/columnist Paul Krugman wrote about the Senate’s failure in passing a climate bill: If you want to understand opposition to climate action, follow the money. The economy as a whole wouldn’t be significantly hurt if we put a price on carbon, but certain industries — above all, the coal [...]
Categories: Air pollution,Climate,Climate change,Economy,Environment,Global warming
Tagged: coal, cowardice, John McCain, maverick, oil, Paul Krugman, West Virginia, Who Cooked the Planet?, Wyoming
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- 28 July 2010 – 13:48
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- By BrainiYak
Question: What do the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill and geoengineering have in common? Answer: Potentially catastrophic risk-taking with unproven technology in contexts not governed by even a semblance of sane law. Geoengineering is a sly term for climatic engineering that is aimed predominantly at off-setting global warming. Done large sacle, the following [...]
Categories: Air pollution,Climate,Climate change,Climatic engineering,Geoengineering,Global warming,Public Health
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- 14 June 2010 – 17:38
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- By BrainiYak
Nanoparticle enginnering is usually subject of exaggerated media optimism, but in reality nanoparticles’ first major impact is in making people literally less bright. (Or more stupid, depending on one’s view of the human condition.) Nanoparticle air pollution (probably metallic) appears to increase deposition of amyloid-beta and alpha-synuclein in the human brain. These deposits are customarily associated with Alzheimer’s and [...]
Categories: Air pollution,Medicine,Neuroscience,Public Health
Tagged: air, brain, nano, nanoparticle, pollution, traffic corridor
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- 13 June 2010 – 16:52
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- By BrainiYak