The seas get cooler around Iceland-Some charts and anecdotes

Reader Steinar J writes: Included is a Word document describing sea temperatures in the vicinity of Iceland, sea ice extent and an excerpt, (translated from Swedish) from an eyewitness report from the Swedish icebreaker tour to The North Pole in 2018. Fig. 1  In this area of the ocean the temperature drops (cut from Google…

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Old stone walls record history of Earth’s magnetic wanderings

From AGU 27 February 2019  Posted by llester By Liza Lester https://youtu.be/G3OTG3_ih3c Under the forests of New York and New England, a hidden tracery of tumbledown stone walls marks the boundaries of early American farms, long abandoned for city jobs and less stony pastures in the West. These monuments of an agrarian past also mark…

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A new rechargeable battery based on zinc anode and NaV6O15 nanorod cathode

Chem. Commun., 2019, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC00897G, Communication

Saiful Islam, Muhammad Hilmy Alfaruqi, Balaji Sambandam, Dimas Yunianto Putro, Sungjin Kim, jeonggeun Jo, Seokhun Kim, Vinod Mathew, Jaekook Kim
We explore NaV6O15 (NVO) nanorod cathodes prepared by sol-gel method for aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion battery applications for the first time. The NVO cathode delivers a high capacity of 427 mAh...
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[ASAP] All-Scale Hierarchically Structured p-Type PbSe Alloys with High Thermoelectric Performance Enabled by Improved Band Degeneracy

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[ASAP] Superlocalized Three-Dimensional Live Imaging of Mitochondrial Dynamics in Neurons Using Plasmonic Nanohole Arrays

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[ASAP] Patterning Multicolor Hybrid Perovskite Films Top-Down Lithography

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[ASAP] Protonation–Deprotonation Treatment Modulating the Aggregate Structure and Fluorescence Property of (9-Anthryl)vinyl(4-pyridyl)vinylbenzene Position Isomers

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Ultrafine and monodispersed Iridium nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-functional carbon: an efficient oxidase mimic for glutathione colorimetric detection

Chem. Commun., 2019, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC00279K, Communication

Mujia Huang, Hua Wang, Daiping He, Ping Jiang, Yun Zhang
Ultrafine and monodispersed iridium nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-functional carbon materials (Ir/NC) were prepared and served as an efficient oxidase mimic for 3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) oxidation. Due to the inhibition effect of...
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Chiral induction in a pcu-derived network from achiral precursors

Chem. Commun., 2019, Accepted Manuscript
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Hui Xue, Kang Zhou, Luyao Liu, dong wu, Zixiao Hong, Qihui Chen, Feilong Jiang, Daqiang Yuan, Jian Zhang, Maochun Hong
Rational induction of chirality from achiral system is one of the most compelling challenges for chemists. Herein, the first chiral net derived from pcu topology has been prepared from the...
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A Disk-Type Polyarene Containing Four B←N Units

Chem. Commun., 2019, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC00769E, Communication

Jun Liu, Yang Min, Chuandong Dou, Hongkun Tian, Lixiang Wang
In this manuscript, we report a disk-type polyarene consisting of all-hexagons π-framework and four B←N units. It exhibits intriguing electronic structures and opto-electronic properties, such as local modulated (anti)aromaticity, strong...
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Steyer says proposed Green New Deal is a ‘first draft’

https://ift.tt/2Xuo4hp Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer praised Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's (D-N.Y.) proposed Green New Deal in an interview that aired Wednesday on Hill.TV, but said many changes would likely be made to the proposal. "I think she's done us a signal service by coming up with a plan that is larger enough to fit the problem […]

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WaPo: Trump set to escalate his fight against ‘climate science’ claims – The President is ‘openly skeptical’

https://ift.tt/2T6t7WQ By Juliet Eilperin and Toluse Olorunnipa February 28 at 3:35 PM From the earliest days of his administration, President Trump has been at war with his own government over climate change. He upbraided his first economic adviser by telling him that he didn't care that American executives backed the Paris climate agreement because "my voters don't […]

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Dems wrestle over how to vote on ‘Green New Deal’

https://ift.tt/2ECO9Dq BY ALEXANDER BOLTON Senate Democratic leaders are grappling over how to vote on a controversial climate change proposal that is being championed by progressives and mocked by conservatives. The plan, offered by firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will be voted on on the Senate floor later this year in a GOP-led effort to divide Democrats and […]

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Orcas in Peril, Part I: An Ocean Empty of Food

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HUGE pushback on science paywalls – University of California cancels Elsevier subscription

Breaking: UC terminates subscriptions with Elsevier in push for open access to publicly funded research Library Communications February 28, 2019 TO: The UC Berkeley academic community FROM: Paul Alivisatos, Executive Vice Chancellor and ProvostBarbara Spackman, Chair, Academic Senate – Berkeley DivisionJeff MacKie-Mason, University Librarian and Professor RE: Outcome of UC Negotiations with Elsevier Thursday, February 28,…

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[ASAP] Anisotropic Swelling Governed by Orientation-Dependent Interfacial Na Diffusion in Single-Crystalline Sb

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[ASAP] Nanoparticle-Assisted NMR Spectroscopy: Enhanced Detection of Analytes by Water-Mediated Saturation Transfer

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[ASAP] A Strategy for Increasing the Efficiency of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Mn-Doped Cobalt Ferrites

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[ASAP] High Li+ and Mg2+ Conductivity in a Cu-Azolate Metal–Organic Framework

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Climate Breakdown In 1948!

By Paul Homewood

 

The UK has broken the record for its warmest winter day for the second consecutive day, with a temperature of 21.2°C in Kew Gardens, London.

The UK has broken the record for its warmest winter day for the second consecutive day, with a temperature of 21.2°C in Kew Gardens, London.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47374936

 

There was a big song and dance about the new record temperature set at Kew this week, 21.2C or 70F.

We are told that summerlike temperatures at this time of year are unheard of. Caroline Lucas even ludicrously called it "climate breakdown"

 

Yet back in March 1948, we had even higher temperatures early in the month, on the 9th:

 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/library/archive-hidden-treasures/monthly-weather-report-1950s

 

The high of 75F recorded at Wealdstone that day is probably even more exceptional than the record at Kew this week , on the 26th.

We would expect March daytime temperatures to be maybe 4F higher than February, but given that there is only 11 days between 26th Feb and 9th March, the climatological difference for these dates would be much smaller, perhaps 2F.

So the temperature set at Wealdstone in 1948 would, in relative terms, be much more extreme than Kew's.

 

It will probably come as no surprise that the meteorological set up in 1948 was very similar to this week's, with high pressure sat over the south of England, and a deep low over Iceland, combining to pull up a warm airflow from Madeira:

 

https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/digitalFile_d33f541b-5294-4a79-bec9-aed78d801e4a/ 

 

While weather events such as this week's and 1948's are rare, they are just that – weather events.

Caroline Lucas and her alarmist friends should study a bit of history.

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Illinois Could Be America's Next Clean Energy Leader

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[ASAP] Enantioselective Synthesis of Homochiral Au13 Nanoclusters and Their Chiroptical Activities

Inorganic Chemistry

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[ASAP] Mapping Hot Spots at Heterogeneities of Few-Layer Ti3C2 MXene Sheets

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[ASAP] Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Fully Conjugated Fullerene C60 Derivatives as a Material with Exceptional Capability of Absorbing Electrons

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[ASAP] Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Internal Quantum Efficiencies in a P3HT/Nonfullerene Acceptor Solar Cell

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