A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Oct 30, 2016
- Hoax or crisis? Trump, Clinton clash on climate by Thomas Content, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Oct 29, 2016
- Indian farmers fight against climate change using trees as a weapon by Cathy Watson, Guardian, Oct 29, 2016
- Brazil Greenhouse Gas Emission Spike Blamed on Deforestation by Brittany Patterson, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Oct 28, 2016
- Just 90 companies are accountable for more than 60 percent of greenhouse gases by Dan Drollette Jr, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Oct 26, 2016
- Rainfall changes threaten food production by Jan Rocha, Climate News Network, Oct 30, 2016
- Years of Living Dangerously Returns To Television Sunday by John Light, Bill Mowers & Company, Oct 28, 2016
- Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops by Danny Hakim, New York Times, Oct 29, 2016
- Two thirds of the world’s vertebrate wildlife could be gone by 2020, report warns by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 27, 2016
- World's largest marine park created in Antarctic Ocean by Colin Packham, Reuters, Oct 28, 2016
- Turnbull wants to change Australia’s environment act - here’s what we stand to lose by Samantha Hepburn, The conversation AU, Oct 31, 2016
- Elon Musk Reveals Solar Roof Made of Glass Tiles in L.A. by Dana Hull, Bloomberg News, Oct 28, 2016
- The carbon bubble: why investors can no longer ignore climate risks by Carol J Clouse, Guardian, Oct 27, 2016
Mon Oct 31, 2016
- Crib notes: UN climate deal to enter into force on 4 November by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Oct 30, 2016
- We Don’t Need a ‘War’ on Climate Change, We Need a Revolution, Op-ed by Eric S. Godoy and Aaron Jaffe, New York Times, Oct 31, 2016
- Coal doesn’t help the poor; it makes them poorer by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Oct 31, 2016
- Canada not ready for climate change, report warns by Shawn McCarthy, Globe & Mail, Oct 30, 2016
- Polar heatwaves have ice in retreat at both ends of the planet by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 31, 2016
Tue Nov 1, 2016
- Berkeley Lab Suggests We’re Underestimating Potential & Uncertainty Of Wind Energy Cost Reductions by Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, Oct 31, 2016
- As Earth Warms, the Diseases That May Lie within Permafrost Become a Bigger Worry by Sara Goudarzi, Scientific American, Nov 2016 Print Issue
- Prince Charles joins clean soil project to combat climate change by Fiona Harvey, Guardian, Oct 28, 2016
- Exxon “Enters No Man’s Land” by Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, Oct 31, 2016
- Polar vortex shifting due to climate change, extending winter, study finds by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 31, 2016
- Lord Stern: we need negative emissions to avoid 2C warming, Climate Home, Oct 28, 2016
- Ghost Forests: How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands by Roger Real Drouin, Yale Environment 360, Nov 1, 2016
- Clouds dampened warming since 1980s, study shows by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Oct 31, 2016
Wed Nov 2, 2016
- In rare move, China criticizes Trump plan to exit climate change pact by Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters, Nov 1, 2016
- If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention? by Sarah Parsons, World Resources Insititute (WRI), Oct 28, 2016
- It’s time to clear the air on Canada’s coal-fired electricity by Kim Perrotta & Granger Avery, Globe & Mail, Oct 28, 2016
- Energy Watch Group Accuses IEA Of Lowballing Renewable Energy Forecasts, Again by Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, Nov 1, 2016
- Geo-engineering unlikely to work, conservation group says by Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, Nov 1, 2016
- The Doubt Machine: Inside The Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science, Real News Network, Oct 31, 2016
- Arctic warming gives US and Europe the chills by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 2, 2016
- Global warming could be breaking up this 200 million year old relationship by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 2, 2016
Thu Nov 3, 2016
- Barack Obama is the first climate president by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Oct 31, 2016
- Climate change is real and the world is in denial, Op-ed by Martin Wolf, Financial Review, Nov 2, 2016
- Indigenous rights are key to preserving forests, climate change study finds by Jonathan Watts, Guardian, Nov 2, 2016
- ‘Everyone Needs to Act’: What Experts Expect From the Summit by Matt Richtel, New York Times, Nov 3, 2016
- Why Republicans Still Reject the Science of Global Warming by Andy Kroll, Rolling Stone Magazine, Nov 3, 2016
- 5-4-3-2-1: Counting Down Obama’s Legacy on Climate Resilience by Christina DeConcini & C Forbes Tompkins, World Resouces Instittue (WRI), Nov 2, 2016
- World needs to cut another quarter off greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Nov 3, 2016
- What the election outcome will really mean for climate and energy by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 3, 2016
Fri Nov 4, 2016
- Paris climate agreement enters into force: international experts respond by Bill Hare, Harald Winkler, Julia Jones, Luke Kemp, Pep Canadell, Meraz Mostafa & Stefan Rahmstorf, The Conversation AU, Nov 4, 2016
- African Wetlands Project: A Win For the Climate and the People? by Winifred Bird, Yale Environment 360, Nov 3, 2016
- The Paris Agreement on Climate Change Is Official. Now What? by Keith Bradsher, New York Times, Nov 3, 2016
- The US keeps shutting down nuclear power plants and replacing them with coal or gas by Brad Plumer, Vo, Nov 3, 2016
- Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Before the Flood’: A Review by Rob Hopkins, Post Carbon Instittue, Nov 2, 2016
- ExxonMobil tells independent groups to preserve records of their climate case communications — including with the press by Steven Muson, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 3, 2016
- Plant biodiversity at risk as climate changes by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 4, 2016
- Trump just proposed ending all federal clean energy development by Joe Romm, Think Progress, Nov 4, 2016
Sat Nov 5, 2016
- For second time in a week, China berates Trump on climate pact threat by Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters, Nov 4, 2016
- Climate Pledges Will Fall Short of Needed 2 Degree C Limit by Umair Irfan, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Nov 3, 2016
- Climate change chain reactions, bad and good by Dawn Stover, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Nov 4, 2016
- US election result to dominate COP22 UN climate summit by Ed King, Climate Home, Nov 1, 2016
- The average U.S. family destroys a football field's worth of Arctic sea ice every 30 years by Warren Cornwall, Science, Nov 3, 2016
- Preview: The UN’s COP22 climate talks in Marrakech by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Nov 3, 2016
- Big Question on Climate Crisis: How to Inspire Innovation by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Nov 3, 2016