Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
Solar Radiation
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Rajasthan solar energy policy, 2011
<p>The Rajasthan State will promote setting up of solar power projects. The total capacity under this category will be distributed equally between SPV and solar concentrating thermal power plants. Rajasthan has come up with an new Solar Energy Policy, named as, Rajasthan Solar Policy 2011. The State of Rajasthan receives maximum solar radiation intensity in India with very low average rainfall.
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Another Antarctic rhythm
<p>A novel explanation for the long-term temperature record in Antarctic ice cores invokes local solar radiation as the driving agent. This proposal will prompt palaeoclimate scientists to pause and to go back to basics.</p>
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Casting a critical eye on climate models
<p><i>Today's climate models are more sophisticated than ever – but they're still limited by our knowledge of the Earth. So how well do they really work?</i></p>
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Simulation of distributions and radiative impacts of biomass-burning aerosols
Distributions and climate impacts of biomass-burning aerosols were simulated by a global aerosol climate model, SPRINTARS, which was fully coupled to a general circulation model. The model included calculations
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A determination of the cloud feedback from climate variations over the past decade
Estimates of Earth's climate sensitivity are uncertain, largely because of uncertainty in the long-term cloud feedback. I estimated the magnitude of the cloud feedback in response to short-term climate
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Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: 2010 assessment
The Ozone Secretariat has released a report of the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, titled "Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion and its Interactions with Climate Change: 2010 Assessment." The report outlines the interactions between climate change and the ozone layer, including changes in atmospheric conditions that affect the chemical production and loss of stratospheric ozone.
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Synchronized Northern Hemisphere climate change and solar magnetic cycles during the Maunder Minimum
The Maunder Minimum (A.D. 1645
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Observed 20th century desert dust variability: impact on climate and biogeochemistry
<p><span class="pb_abstract">Desert dust perturbs climate by directly and indirectly interacting with incoming solar and outgoing long wave radiation, thereby changing precipitation and temperature, in addition to modifying ocean and land biogeochemistry.
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Photophoretic levitation of engineered aerosols for geoengineering
Aerosols could be injected into the upper atmosphere to engineer the climate by scattering incident sunlight so as to produce a cooling tendency that may mitigate the risks posed by the accumulation of greenhouse gases. Analysis of climate engineering has focused on sulfate aerosols.
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Everest brown haze puzzles scientists
Italian scientists have confirmed a