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Visioni: IPCC estimates surface aerosols masked 0.3 to 0.4°C of warming
“Right now, the IPCC estimates that aerosol emissions from the surface have probably hidden a small fraction of the overall global warming, probably 0.3 to 0.4 Celsius. Whereas Pinatubo itself, just by that outburst of that tiny fraction of sulfate compared to …”
Visioni: IMO 2020 cut shipping sulfate emissions by 7-8 megatons
“But so we, the estimate for now is that there was probably a reduction of around seven to eight megatons of sulfate emitted less from shipping. That's 10% of the overall emissions right now of sulfate from the whole world, from anthropogenic emissions.”