A Switch to Hydrogen Could Cause “Non-negligible” Global Warming – Watts Up With That?
Essay by Eric Worrall Leaks from Hydrogen storage and pipelines will apparently slow down the destruction of atmospheric methane. New climate chemistry model finds ‘non-negligible’ impacts of potential hydrogen fuel leakage by Nancy W. Stauffer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology … But while burning hydrogen won’t emit GHGs, any hydrogen that’s leaked from pipelines or storage or fueling facilities […]
Peak Climate Derangement Syndrome?! No packing necessary — Japan Airlines’ pushes ‘rental clothes’ to travelers at their destination ‘to reduce the weight of baggage & reduce carbon emissions’
From CLIMATE DEPOT By Marc Morano Bloomberg News: Holiday Air Travel Is Easier With a Handbook – November 21, 2024 Excerpt: You can finally fly with (almost) no clothes The grim environmental effects of flying were weighing on Miho Moriya. “I love to travel but also felt guilty about using flights that produce CO2,” says […]
“Atmospheric Electricity for Climate project” is on Zooniverse
By: Dr. Hripsime Mkrtchyan, Prof. Giles Harrison, Prof. Keri Nicoll AtmosEleC – Atmospheric Electricity for Climate is a digitisation project designed to help researchers investigate the connections between atmospheric electricity and climate change. It has recently been launched on Zooniverse and is seeking volunteers to help with digitisation. You can be part of a citizen […]
6.3 Million Properties At Risk Of Flooding–Say Env Agency – Watts Up With That?
From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness We’re all going to drown! The Environment Agency has today (Tuesday 17 December) published new data showing 6.3 million properties across England are based in areas at risk of flooding from one or a combination of rivers, the sea and surface […]
Can data assimilation be useful for estimating sea ice model parameters?
By: Dr. Yumeng Chen “The world is not perfect. Every measurement should come with an error bar.” This is what I learned before I stepped into the fluid dynamics lab as a student many years ago. This statement still echoes now when I work on data assimilation (DA). Because neither observations nor model forecasts are […]
U.S. Water Woes – Northeast – Watts Up With That?
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen — 18 December 2024 — 2000 words For the last couple of months, the press in the United States has been hammering on about drought conditions, in front page stories such as: In a Record, All but Two U.S. States Are in Drought and What’s Going On in This Graph? […]
The Met Department Research Away-Day makes a return!
By: Dr. Patrick C. McGuire After a hiatus of 10 years, the Met Department has held a Research Away-Day once again. Over 150 Away-Day participants sauntered all the way to the Palmer Building. The Palmer Building is still on the University of Reading Whiteknights campus, but critically *away* from the Brian Hoskins and Harry Pitt […]
Wrong, NBC News, Climate Change Isn’t Causing Rising Coffee Prices, Production Is Increasing – Watts Up With That?
NBC News recently published an article asserting that climate change is driving up coffee prices by adversely affecting production titled Your daily cup of coffee could get more expensive because of climate change. Production data proves this claim blatantly false. NBC News writes: The price of arabica coffee beans, the high-quality beans found in most restaurants and […]
Tackling The Eddy-Permitting Grey Zone
By: Dr. Thomas Wilder The term “numerical grey zone” might seem abstract to many, but for those involved in atmospheric and oceanic modeling, it represents a challenging predicament. The numerical grey zone describes any numerical model that can resolve processes in some regions but not others, e.g. mesoscale eddies in low and high latitudes, respectively. […]
Outside Study Confirms Natural Gas Needed to Run Data Centers – Watts Up With That?
From the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy By Steve Haner Another analysis of the energy dilemma facing Virginia, this one commissioned by a Democrat-controlled legislative panel, has concluded that use of natural gas to make electricity is going to have to grow over coming decades, not shrink. Virginia’s anti-hydrocarbon energy laws are doomed to […]