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Aerosols may not be so helpful

Aerosols may not be so helpfulSo. And what do you think, Mr. Fuller?What's your job anyway? Fill ZDNet with the daily mandatory amount of alarmist nonsense? How do you feel about that?So you're suggesting we do nothing?Though why am I asking you that? You'll never respond anyhow.Silly me.RE: Aerosols may...

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Discussion threads 2009-06-29

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Global dimming and climate change

There's now a summary of the current research findings on global dimming. That is essentially the measurement of the amount of solar radiationthat reaches the earth's surfacer at a given point. Highly relevant to weather, climate, temperatures. The findings are published in a special edition of the Journal...

Tags: Earth, Carbon Dioxide, British Broadcasting Corp., Climate Change, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-04

News to know: Windows 7; Dell; IT salaries; Enterprise 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different? Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Photograph, Salary, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Aerosols may not be so helpful

New research indicates atmospheric aerosols are not going to be a big help in combatting greenhouse gases. Research in Norway says the aerosols are likely to counter only about 10% of the greenhouse gas effects in our atmosphere. Earlier it had been hoped aerosols could reverse up to...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-29

America's #1 global warmer

America's #1 global warmerThe Biggest Global CoolerBack in the late 1970's, Hansen was also the father of the Global Cooling scare. Nobody seems to want to talk about how he was wrong back then too.Science of Fear = Government FundingWhat else needs to be said? Even a third grader...

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Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Don't inhale, it's legal but it's toxic

That's the conclusion of a United Nations report on the atmosphere above large sections of Asia. Guess all that economic growth comes with a little extra. Nasty plumes of smoke, soot, toxic gases and other fine manmade crud are found all over the planet, but the...

Tags: China, Sunlight, U.N., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-13

What are we breathing now? Let me guess...

There may be a partial answer at a newly created section of the EPA website. It lists all admitted toxic emissions from factories, government operations and other facilities around the U.S. Here's where you can go search your own zip code, or the one for your kid's school....

Tags: Food, ZIP Code, Refinery, Chevron Corp., Food & Beverage, Web Site Development, Financial Statements, Web Technology, Manufacturing, Internet, Financial Accounting, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds

Satellites seeing clearly despite cloudsThe key...The key to sampling clear-air for aerosols and other obscurants is through multi-spectral sampling. The algorighms help, but the problem is that current operational met satellites operate in the incorrect wavelengths. The future EOS sensors do have more spectral sensing capabilities and should...

Tags: Network technology, satellite, Roland

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds

Two researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL have developed a mathematical tweak which dramatically improves air pollution detection on cloudy days. They've found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as much as ten-fold in some cases. 'Because clouds represent one...

Tags: Wavelength, Pollution, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-13

UAVs will study Californian smog

The California Energy Commission is funding a research effort named CAPPS, short for California AUAV Air Pollution Profiling Study. CAPPS will use autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles AUAVs to gather meteorological data as the aircraft fly through clouds over Southern California. The goal is to study smog and its consequences as...

Tags: Southern California, Researcher, Pollution, Aircraft, Global Warming, UAV, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-07

North America polluted by East Asia?

In a recently released study, NASA researchers have confirmed that air pollution travels around the world. They've used new satellite sensor capabilities to measure pollution traveling from East Asia to North America between 2002 and 2005. According to NASA, the amount of pollution arriving in North America is equivalent to...

Tags: NASA, Pollution, Satellite, North America, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Why study colloids on the ISS?

Colloids are simply fine particles of solids, liquids, or gases suspended in a fluid. And you can find colloidal systems almost everywhere in nature and in industrial processes, such as in butter, milk, aerosols or paints. All of these substances are examples of colloidal dispersions or suspensions. But that's on...

Tags: phase separation, BCAT-3, Colloids

Blog posts 2005-10-04