A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Oct 9, 2016
- Oil, Gas and Cows Culprits in Methane Spike, Study Says by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Oct 7, 2016
- Explainer: Paris Agreement on climate change to ‘enter into force by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Oct 6, 2016
- Rising sea levels could reduce several UK mountains to hills by Maev Kennedy, Guardian, Oct 9, 2016
- Exxon's Big Bet on Oil Sands a Heavy Weight To Carry by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Sep 30, 2016
- Matthew Flings All-Time Surge and Rainfall Records Across Southeast by Jeff Masters, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Oct 8, 2016
- Matthew no longer a hurricane, but still just as dangerous by Doug Criss, Ralph Ellis & Faith Karimi, CNN, Oct 9, 2016
- Let’s Not Forget That Donald Trump Would Be A Total Disaster On Climate Change by Kate Shepard, Huffington Post, Oct 9, 2016
Mon Oct 10, 2016
- World Bank says Paris climate goals at risk from new coal schemes by Larry Elliott, Guardian, Oct 9, 2016
- Australia likely to see a rise in cyclone activity after record low season: BoM by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 10, 2016
- We have money to fight climate change. It's just that we're spending it ondefense, Op-ed by Kenneth Pennington, Guardian, Oct 8, 2016
- Climate Change Treated as Afterthought in Second Presidential Debate by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Oct 10, 2016
- US death toll from Matthew climbs to 20; 1,500 stranded in NC city by Max Blau and Holly Yan, CNN, Oct 10, 2016
- Global demand for energy will peak in 2030, says World Energy Council by Rob Davies, Guardian, Oct 10, 2016
- How Scientists Can Engage the Public without Risking Their Careers by Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, & Devin Powell, Scientific American, Oct 2016 Issue
- 'Shameful': Another Presidential Debate Basically Ignores Climate Change by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Oct 10, 2016
- Ancient Andes glaciers have lost half their ice in just 40 years by Chelsea Whyte, New Scientist, Oct 10, 2016
Tue Oct 11, 2016
- Caring for Creation makes the Christian case for climate action by John Abraham, Climate Consesnus - the 97%, Guadian, Oct 10, 2016
- 'Significant opportunities' for low-carbon cities by Mark Kinver, Science & Environment, BBC News, Oct 5, 2016
- Trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought by Hamish Gordon & Cat Scott, The Conversation UK, Oct 10, 2016
- Sandy’s Surge Was Extreme. It Could Become Normal by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Oct 10, 2016
- Only 5% of oil and gas companies pay resource tax by Heath Aston, The Age, Oct 11, 2016
- Climate Change Blamed for Half of Increased Forest Fire Danger by Tatiana Scholssberg, New York Times, Oct 10, 2016
- The First Signs Of A Political Climate Change Consensus Are Appearing In Florida by Jessica Lieber, Coexist, Oct 11, 2016
- The difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on climate change is really quite simple by Brad Plumer, Vox, Oct 10, 2016
- Top green group to spend at least $40 million this election, shattering past records by Juliet Eilperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 10, 2016
- Hurricane Matthew: '1.4 million need help in Haiti', Al Jazeera, Oct 11, 2016
- Hurricane Matthew Floodwaters Slowly Recede; Hurricane Watch for Nicole in Bermuda by Jeff Masters, Wunder Blog, Weather Underground, Oct 11, 2016
- Al Gore and Hillary Clinton just strongly linked Hurricane Matthew to climate change by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 11, 2016
Wed Oct 12, 2016
- A clean energy transition is already happening, but it is at risk by Alexander White, Environment, Guardian, Oct 10, 2016
- Court battle threat hangs over climate change law by Pilita Clark, Financial Times, Oct 11, 2016
- A Plan To Defend Against the War on Science by Shwan Otto, Scientific American, Oct 9, 2016
- How looking into space can help our understanding of climate change on Earth by Nathan Mayne, The Conversation UK, Oct 11, 2016
- Plans for an electric car charging point in every new home in Europe by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, Oct 11, 2016
- Katharine Hayhoe, a Climate Explainer Who Stays Above the Storm by John Schwartz, New York Times, Oct 1o, 2016
- Emerging Climate Accord Could Push A/C Out of Sweltering India’s Reach by Ellen Barry & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Oct 12, 2016
- This is how you create a record-breaking hurricane by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2016
- Australia facing questions at UN over post-2020 climate change stance by Adam Morton, The Age, Oct 12, 2016
- Fewer than 1 in 10 conservative Republicans trusts climate scientists by John Timmer, Ars Technica, Oct 11, 2016
- Greenland is melting from above and from below — and scientists say they’re connected by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2016
Thu Oct 13, 2016
- 4 ways the ozone hole is linked to climate, and 1 way it isn’t by Rebecca Lindsey, NOAA's Climate.gov, Oct 12, 2016
- Seaweed could hold the key to cutting methane emissions from cow burps by Michael Battaglia, The Conversation AU, Oct 12, 2016
- From North Dakota to Kenya, People Power Fights Fossil Fuel Infrastructure by Farhiya Tifow, Oil Change International, Oct 12, 2016
- The new UN deal on aviation emissions leaves much to be desired by David Hodgkinson & Rebecca Johnston, The Conversation AU, Oct 10, 2016
- Past our peak: plants and a burgeoning problem with CO2 by Kate Ravilious, Guardian, Oct 12, 2016
- 23-Million-Year-Old Leaves Helped Solve an Antarctic Climate Mystery by Kate Luna, Motherbaord, Oct 12, 2016
- As prices plunge, Africa surges into clean, cheap solar energy by Maina Waruru, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Oct 11, 2016
- When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas by Roy Scranton, New York Times, Oct 7, 2016
- Hurricane Matthew’s Destructive Storm Surges Hint at New Normal by Laura Parker, National Observer, Oct 8, 2016
- Breakage of monumental B.C. iceberg quietly sounds climate change alarm by Mark Hume, Globe & Mail. Oct 12, 2016
- U.N. calls for deal to cut greenhouse gases at Rwanda talks by Clement Uwiringiyimana, Reuters, Oct 13, 2016
- CCC: UK ‘needs negative emissions’ to comply with Paris climate deal by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Oct 13, 2016
Fri Oct 14, 2016
- CCC: UK must act now to secure zero-carbon heat by 2050 by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Oct 13, 2016
- We Can’t Dig Our Way Out of the Fossil Fuels Hole by David Suzuki, DeSmog Canada, Oct 12, 2016
- As the Global Demand for Palm Oil Surges, Indonesia’s Rainforests Are Being Destroyed, Audobon Society, Audobon Magazine, Fall 2016
- Elon Musk hits back at coal baron who called him a 'fraud' over green subsidies by Nicky Woolf, Guardian, Oct 11, 2016
- Fight Pipeline, Drill for Oil: Either Way, Tribes Want Control of Their Lands by Catherine Traywick, Bloomberg News, Oct 12, 2016
- Leading Fossil Fuel Companies Fail Climate Responsibility Test by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Oct 13, 2016
- World's Largest Solar Project Would Generate Electricity 24 Hours a Day, Power 1 Million U.S. Homes by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Oct 12, 2016
- Antici...pation: October 2016 ENSO forecast by Emily Becker, NOAA's Climate.gov, Oct 13, 2016
- EPA Agrees Its Emissions Estimates From Flaring May Be Flawed by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Oct 13, 2016
- King tides arriving in South Florida with extra swell from Hurricane Nicole by Joey Flechas & Cresonia Hsieh, Miami Herald, Oct 12, 2016
- Climate scientists published a paper debunking Ted Cruz by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Oct 14, 2016
Sat Oct 15, 2016
- World Food Day: Focus on Climate Change, World Meterological Organization (WMO), Oct 14, 2016
- The Great Barrier Reef is under severe stress – but not dead yet by Oliver Milman, Gurdian, Oct 14, 2016
- Green Climate Fund approves $745 mln for projects, lags 2016 goal by Alister Doyle & Megan Rowling, Reuters, Oct 14, 2016
- The U.S. government just made its biggest clean energy purchase ever by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 14, 2016
- We’re placing far too much hope in pulling carbon dioxide out of the air, scientists warn by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 13, 2016
- Record Warmth Helps Shrink U.S. Carbon Emissions by Bobby McGill, Climate Central, Oct 12, 2016
- One-two punch: Storm hammers Western Washington Friday, more to come Saturday by Jessica Lee, Sattle Times, Oct 14/15, 2016
- What an ancient comet collision teaches us about global warming by Christina Beck, Christian Science Monitor, Oct 14, 2016
- Important global warming pollutants excluded from ‘historic’ aviation pact by Christopher Adams, National Observer, Oct 14, 2016
- Magnate’s Twin Goals: Fighting Climate Change and Electing Donald Trump by David Gelles, New York Times, Oct 15, 2016