MEERTALK - Sunday June 5 - Leon Simons
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MEERTALK - Sunday June 5 - Leon Simons
ulfur Aerosols, Global Dimming, and the Risk of a Warming Planet
About this event
The most recent IPCC report concludes sulfur emissions decreased global warming by about 0.5 °C. This is significant, but there is an uncertainty between 0.1-0.9°C. Now that the world is rapidly reducing sulfur emissions for environmental and health regulations through the use of cleaner fuels and with flue gas cleaning systems, the world could experience rapid warming from reduced dimming. Sulfur particles (aerosols) are light and bright particles, which also act to make clouds more reflective. The reduction of ~80% of sulfur emissions from shipping provides a research opportunity to help quantify the effect of these changes. Leon will present the first results of their study.
Leon Simons is a climate expert at Club of Rome Netherlands and is working with renowned Earth scientists on a study to quantify the effects of reduction in sulfur emissions on regional and global radiation changes and its impact on global climate change.
Date and time
Sun, June 5, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Location
Online event