#EGU26 took place last week and, apart from the interesting contributions in my field, I have learned about other topics that I find really interesting 🌍
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@jorgeluis it was nice to see these posts in my feed!
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is currently reviewing the Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and will likely reduce the amount of them. The new ones will be enforced in 2028.
Researchers have found that the 2008 global economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant decrease in air pollution in big cities. Mostly because people were commuting to work about 3-4 days a week.
There are several studies showing this impact. What impressed me is that they have observed that the effect of the 2008 crisis was significantly stronger than the pandemic.
The paper they published is available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231025006247
Another interesting topic was related to WMO's Climate Indicators (https://climatedata-catalogue-wmo.org/climate_indicators). Thomas Popp gave a talk about the possibility of including a new indicator related to aerosol and cloud properties. This new indicator would be called "aerosol and cloud cooling" and be reported in °C 🌨️
Last but not least, I have learned that fossilized dinosaur shit is called "coprolite" 💩
