Joanna Haigh on Negative Emissions and Solar Geoengineering

May 6, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

“Solar geoengineering, I’m afraid I think it’s a fool’s paradise, and I’ve been saying the same thing for many years.” –Professor Joanna Haigh, The Carbon Brief

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Netherlands Climate Envoy on Cutting Carbon Emissions

May 4, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

“In the Netherlands, the government recognizes that it needs to be carbon neutral around halfway through this century, which comes out of the Paris Agreement. This is translated through concrete policies,” Marcel Beukeboom, Climate Envoy for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said.

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The Cleanest Air: Understanding the Pristine Air of the Southern Ocean

April 14, 2024 / activist360

This article explores the relationship between mesoscale cellular convection cloud patterns and aerosol levels over the Southern Ocean, utilizing data from the Kennaook/Cape Grim Observatory. It discusses how open, puffy cloud patterns contribute to more substantial rainfall and reduced aerosol levels compared to closed, flat clouds, highlighting implications for climate models and our understanding of pre-industrial climate conditions.

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