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Could cuts in sulfur from coal and ships help explain the 2015 spurt in Northern Hemisphere temperatures?
20 May, 2016
- Daniel S. Cohan, Nir Y. Krakauer, James J. Corbett, Daran Rife, Rui Zhang, Anna Ruth Halberstadt and Leah Y. Parks
Temperature anomalies in 2015
Sulfur’s Influence on Climate
Coal Sulfur in China and Elsewhere
Satellite Observations of SO2
Anomalies and Diurnal Temperature Range in 2015
Figure 3: SO2 over China observed by OMI satellite, averaged over 2005-2007 (top) and 2011-2014 (bottom). Image Credit: NASA