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by kamilner 921 days ago
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-10-06-new-analysis-shipping-e... is the most recent example I can think of, not being an expert in the field.
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This article is so close to what I am asking about, but in the end it's once again about an unexpected increase in warming. Yet you can see that the information probably exists somewhere....

> ...analysed[sic] data on ship emissions as a model system for quantifying the climatic effect of human aerosol emissions in general.

This analysis could produce a whole set of factors and a relatively up-to-date numerical characterization of their impact. Some will be higher, but some may be lower (which also matters for planning!). Instead we get a report on a single factor that's most alarming.