Monthly Archives: March 2018

Estimating the risks of climate change: what are the effects of climate policy?

Posted on 26 March, 2018 by Stephen Burt

By Nigel Arnell I am writing this from Beijing, where the 13th National People’s Congress has just reaffirmed the Chinese commitment to control future emissions of greenhouse gases and meet the aspirations of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Climate change, Climate modelling, Conferences, drought, Environmental hazards, Greenhouse gases | Leave a comment

Is the Montreal Protocol really working?

Posted on 19 March, 2018 by

By Michaela Hegglin The Montreal Protocol, which celebrated its 30th birthday last year, is an international treaty established in 1987 to protect the ozone layer from human-made ozone depleting substances. The Montreal Protocol has been hailed as the most effective … Continue reading →

Posted in Atmospheric chemistry, Climate, Environmental hazards, Stratosphere | Tagged | Leave a comment

Improving estimates of soil moisture over Ghana

Posted on 12 March, 2018 by Stephen Burt

By Ewan Pinnington This work aims to improve estimates of soil moisture over Ghana as part of the ERADACS project. In regions where the population relies on subsistence farming it is soil moisture, rather than precipitation per se, that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Climate modelling, data assimilation, Hydrology, land use, Numerical modelling, soil moisture | Tagged | Leave a comment

A simple way to find out where the moisture for regional rainfall comes from

Posted on 5 March, 2018 by Stephen Burt

by Liang Guo Moisture tracing is an interesting scientific topic that has fascinated meteorologists and hydrologists for decades. Methods for tracing moisture are numerous, from observations to numerical modelling, from water isotopes to remote sensing, from online tracking to off-line … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Climate, Climate modelling, Hydrology | Leave a comment