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Arctic climate change paces Antarctic carbon pump
The Southern Westerly Winds store vast volumes of greenhouse gas emissions in the ocean. Worryingly, climate change seems to reduce the effectiveness of this carbon pump. A new study uses hydrogen from fossil leaves to better understand the links between shifts in climate and wind strength.
Aerosol’s Fingerprint on Clouds: Increases in Cloud Cover appear to dominate the cooling effect
A new approach has been shown to successfully distinguish the fingerprint of aerosol’s climate influence in clouds from natural variability. This shows that aerosol climate cooling effect is dominated by increasing cloud cover, rather than enhancing cloud albedo as previously believed.
What will it take to make aviation climate neutral?
Although currently left out of international climate agreements, the aviation sector - if left unmitigated - could jeopardize achieving the Paris agreement. We explored what climate neutrality means for the aviation sector and assessed the magnitude of the necessary efforts.
