Real Global Temperature Trend, part 3 – Global Dimming declining, but could still mask 50 percent of CO2 warming(!)

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Amidst a storm of climate records here at Bits of Science we’re searching for ‘The Real Global Temperature Trend’. Today is part three of the series – the second episode about ‘Global Dimming‘. Although worldwide aerosol pollution is slowly declining … Continue reading →

Vanished Brazilian Atlantic Forest still has negative carbon balance

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Not so long ago Brazil was home to not one, but two of the Earth´s largest tropical rainforest biomes, the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest. Including true rainforest, dry tropical forest and mangroves the Atlantic Forest used to span an … Continue reading →

Indian aerosol pollution stimulates tropical cyclones over Arabian Sea – because of monsoon disturbance

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

White sulfur aerosols cool the climate; black carbon soot warms the climate. So when you mix the two kinds of aerosol pollution up in the Asian brown cloud, one would expect climate effects to even out. Unfortunately in our physical … Continue reading →

New IPCC report, raised emissions scenarios?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

If we can’t bring actual emissions down to within the IPCC projections range – than why don’t we bend the spectrum upwards. It’s easier.

Anti-soot policy can solve 15% climate change within decade

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

And that could be achieved in addition to climate mitigation through reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.