Benefits of curbing climate change far outweigh costs
Those who oppose policies to cut carbon pollution and slow climate change always claim that doing so will be too expensive and cripple the economy. They argue that instead we should maximize economic...
View ArticleThe legal fight to leave the dirtiest fossil fuels in the ground
Tar sands are the dirtiest fossil fuels. These are low-quality heavy tar-like oils that are mined from sand or rock. Much of the mining occurs in Alberta Canada, but it is also mined elsewhere, in...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #25
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.Editor's Pick2018 Arctic sea ice melt season just got a big headstart Pack ice after sunset...
View ArticleLife after PhD
This is a re-post from ClimateSightTo continue my tradition of trying out all the Commonwealth countries, since my last post I have moved to the UK and begun a postdoc at the British Antarctic Survey...
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30 years later, deniers are still lying about Hansen’s amazing global warming...
30 years ago, James Hansen testified to Congress about the dangers of human-caused climate change. In his testimony, Hansen showed the results of his 1988 study using a climate model to project future...
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Trump should inspire us all, but not in the way you might guess
Scientists like me – and really, everyone – can learn from President Donald Trump’s mastery of viral messaging.True, he has turned the United States into a pariah nation, one reviled for ripping...
View ArticleWhat happened last time it was as warm as it’s going to get later this century?
This is a re-post from Ars Technica"What's past is prologue"- Shakespeare’s The Tempest.The year 2100 stands like a line of checkered flags at the climate change finish line, as if all our goals expire...
View ArticleNew research, June 18-24, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate changeOn the Time of Emergence of Tropical Width ChangeModeling the climate and carbon systems to estimate the social cost of...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #26
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.Editor's PickA city in Oman just posted the world’s hottest low temperature ever recorded:...
View ArticleNew research, June 25 - July 1, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change impactsMankindQuantifying transnational climate impact exposure: New perspectives on the global distribution of...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #27
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.Editor's PickClimate change will get a whole lot worse before it gets better, according to...
View ArticleRepublicans try to save their deteriorating party with another push for a...
The Republican Party is rotting away. The problem is that GOP policies just aren’t popular. Most Americans unsurprisingly oppose climate denial, tax cuts for the wealthy, and putting children...
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Future projections of Antarctic ice shelf melting
This is a re-post from ClimateSightClimate change will increase ice shelf melt rates around Antarctica. That’s the not-very-surprising conclusion of my latest modelling study, done in collaboration...
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Declare energy independence with carbon dividends
Taking action on climate is about a lot more than our energy economy. Climate disruption is the leading threat to our built environment, an accelerant of armed conflict, and a leading cause of mass...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #27
Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Reviews... Poster of the Week... SkS Week in Review... Story of the Week...Global warming may be...
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