simonfrancis.bsky.social
On blue sky mainly for climate change science
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Hope you find another job soon!
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I’m so sorry. Thank you for your brilliant work. It was an inspiration. Just hope this political madness gets resolved.
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This is correct imo. Putin won’t give way though which creates a huge problem in achieving a resolution
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I suppose this so2 emission reduction hypothesis and subsequent aerosol upper atmosphere reduction effect on surface temperature increase should reveal itself within the next few years.
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I tell them we need to decarbonise as rapidly as possible. I say go electric for almost everything. Worldwide we need 1/2 million offshore turbines and 400Kkm2 of solar pv with a system of interconnectors and grid storage plus some nuclear and hydro.
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Thanks for replying. On a general note, friends and relatives ask me about climate change in terms of what is going to happen and when and how much of a problem is it going to be. Also how can we resolve it? I know precise predictions are not possible but a general idea is useful.
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That’s 7% for each 1C increase?
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The continuous rate of world energy consumption is a bit less than 20TW
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This can’t be true, surely
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Excepting natural variability, temperature rise is in close alignment with net forcing. We need to ask what has happened to that forcing and what is the likelihood of future changes to the net forcing.
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Not sure I like the word acceleration which implies further increases. Maybe uptick is better.
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I’m sure Egypt would willingly take the money lol
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I despair but I listen and respect climate scientists. Those I attack and ridicule are the politicians and the powerful who show every tendency to obstruct the necessary action.
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AMOC collapse might save the Arctic for a few decades though
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It is not really a full traffic ban but just for those vehicles passing through. Buses, taxis and driving to somewhere within that zone is still permitted
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That’s 2W per m2 ! Why is this happening ?
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Would be nice to have a full screen iPad version
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Ocean heat content is often shown as a straight line progression but this graph indicates an acceleration IMO