{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67fd1ac310b3098e4a3b2e25/69e61e9423929c3a2a202eb8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Natural Experiment in the Sky: Shipping, Clouds, and Climate","description":"<p>Cleaner ship fuel created a climate experiment. Meteorologist Dr. Michael Diamond explains how shipping emissions influence cloud formation above the ocean and how the IMO sulfur cap changed that signal. Combined with disruptions to major shipping routes, the policy gave researchers a rare natural experiment for studying aerosols, clouds, and climate. The results also inform current questions about marine cloud brightening without turning past pollution into an argument for deployment.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Support</strong> our science communication directly by <a href=\"https://www.pineforestpods.com/engage/support-pfm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">donating to Pine Forest Media</a> or directly on <a href=\"https://www.paypal.biz/pineforestmedia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Guests</strong>: Dr. <a href=\"https://diamondclimate.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Diamond</a></p><p>Find Dr. Diamond’s <a href=\"https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/8259/2023/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published article</a> on the impacts of the IOM regulation and <a href=\"https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-3735/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">preprint</a> on the impacts of a changed shipping route.&nbsp;</p><p>Review Dr. Diamond’s publications on<a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IaeCM9sAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Google Scholar</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listen to Pine Forest Media’s NEWEST PODCAST <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/green-frequency\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GREEN FREQUENCY</a></p><p>Episode Transcript&nbsp;and more information on the <a href=\"http://pineforestpods.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pine Forest Media </a>website</p><p>Follow Pine Forest Media on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pineforestmedia/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@pineforestmedia</a></p><p>Hosted, produced, and edited by Clark Marchese&nbsp;</p><p>Cover art by<a href=\"https://jomiro.webflow.io/about\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Jomiro Eming</a></p><p>Theme music by <a href=\"http://nelaruizcomposer.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nela Ruiz</a></p><p><br></p><p>Find some more Pine Forest Media podcasts below</p><p>Listen to Plastic Podcast on <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/4Iv20PynWeNKEZtq5O5UOj?si=MW-ZYI8zS0mUroec9T_lfA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a> or <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plastic-podcast/id1737963995\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a></p><p>Listen to South Pole on <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/292f9HcD3eCI2V6hLQG2Hi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a> or <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1748730442?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a></p><p>Listen to Something in the Water on <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/5HGQytPxV6FfcX03OUBXYf?si=YszhS8C4ToafplCEsEErAQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a> or <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-in-the-water/id1740586381\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a></p>","author_name":"Pine Forest Media | Environmental Science Podcasts"}