2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #17

Sun Apr 17

• Ancient volcanoes could be key to predicting impact of climate change by Andrew Good, USC News, Apr 13, 2016
• The new climate rallying cry: keep it in the ground by Sammy Roth, USA Today, Apr 13, 2016
• El Niño is Earth's rechargeable heat battery by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
• Doubting climate change is not enough, Op-ed by Thomas Levenson, Ideas, Boston Globe, Apr 17, 2016
• How can we reduce concrete’s hefty carbon footprint? by Nate Berg, Ensia, Apr 13, 2016
• World's biggest wealth fund excludes 52 coal-related groups by Agence France-Presse/Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
• The New World: March 2016 Is the Sixth Temperature Record-Breaking Month in a Row by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Apr 16, 2016
• Scientists Just Confirmed The Scientific Consensus On Climate Change by Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Climate Progress, Apr 13, 2016

Mon Apr 18

• The Clinton-Sanders exchange on climate change was a dumpster fire by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 17, 2016
• US firms knew about global warming in 1968 – what about Australia? by Marc Hudson, The Conversation US, Apr 17, 2016
• Climate change slowly stifling life on Mount Kilimanjaro by Deu Ngow, Daily News (Tanzania), Apr 17, 2016
• Sydney's corals now bleaching in 'pretty shocking' sign of warming waters by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 18, 2016
• Brazil’s thriving soy industry threatens its forests and global climate targets by Peter Richards & Jeffrey Hoelle, The Conversation US, Apr 17, 2016
• There Is An Overwhelming Consensus Among Climate Scientists That We're To Blame For Climate Change by Stephen Luntz, IFL Science!, Apr 18, 2016
• Fantala Strongest Cyclone on Record for Indian Ocean; Massive Flash Flood in Houston by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Apr 18, 2016
• Dalai Lama, Archbishop Tutu sign interfaith climate statement by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 18, 2016

Tue Apr 19

• Miami-Dade flooding to increase as engineers start identifying miles of risky U.S. coast by Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, Apr 15, 2016
• New report outlines climate change challenges on Canada's Arctic coast by Sima Sahar Zerehi, CBC News, Apr 18, 2016
• Climate Change (I): Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’? by Baher Kamal, Inter Press Service (IPS), Ap 18, 2016
• Historic Flooding Ongoing as Houston Records Its Rainiest Day Ever—Before Noon by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Apr 18, 2016
• Study: humans have caused all the global warming since 1950 by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - 97%, The Guardian, Apr 19, 2016 
• Does premature Paris climate deal risk a painful birth? by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 18, 2016
• Consensus on consensus by Andy Skuce, Corporate Knights, Apr 19, 2016
• Bill Nye Challenges Climate Change Denier With $20,000 Bet by Chris D’Angelo, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
• A New Dark Age Looms, Op-ed by William B Gail, New York Times, Apr 18, 2016
• Palin ‘as Much a Scientist’ as Bill Nye? by Vanessa Schipani, FactCheck.org, Apr 18, 2016
• 250 Faith Leaders Demand Nations Ratify Paris Climate Deal by Jeremy Deaton & Jack Jenkins, Climate Progress, Apr 18, 2916

Wed Apr 20

• The Great Barrier Reef: 93% hit by coral bleaching, surveys reveal by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morining Herald, Apr 19, 2016
• Clinton's Carbon Corruption: Why Hillary Won't Say Yes to a Carbon Tax by Raillan Brooks, Village Voice, Apr 19, 2016
• Climate change denier Sarah Palin: 'Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am', by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
• Exxon Tries To Bury Climate Documents By Claiming First Amendment Rights by Kate Sheppard & Shane Ferro, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
• The IPCC’s priorities for the next six years: 1.5C, oceans, cities and food security by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Apr 14, 2016
• Senate Republicans Want To Cut Funding For UN Climate Change Agency, Because Palestine by Kate Shepard & Jessica Schulberg, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
• Warmest March in Global Recordkeeping; 2016 Roars Ahead of Pack by Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Apr 19, 2016
• Spikes in U.S. Air Pollution Linked to Warming Climate by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Apr 20, 2016

Thu Apr 21

• Indian drought 'affecting 330 million people' after two weak monsoons, Agence France-Presse in Dehli/Guardian, Apr 20, 2016
• The Great Barrier Reef: 93% hit by coral bleaching, surveys reveal by Tom Arup, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 20, 2016
• Non-linear events can affect climate change, Op-ed by Gwynne Dyer, The Border Mail (Australia), Apr 20, 2016
• Leaders Roll Up Sleeves on Climate, but Experts Say Plans Don’t Pack a Wallop by Justin Gillis & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Apr 21, 2016
• Historic Houston Floods Bear Classic Climate Signature, Climate Nexus, Apr 19, 2016
• Fate of World’s Coastlines Rests on Melting Antarctic Ice by John Upton, Climate Central, Apr 21, 2016
• The climate change generation gap by Dana Nuccitelli, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Apr 21, 2016

Fri Apr 22

• Corporations Move to Curb Global Warming by Benjamin Hulac, ClimateWire/ Scientific American, Apr 21, 2016
• Studies Show Link Between Red Meat and Climate Change by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Apr 20, 2016
• Climate Change May Turn Crops Into Junk Food by Tove Danovich, TakePart, Apr 18. 2016
• Poor countries must find $4tn by 2030 to avert catastrophe, says climate study by John Vidal, Guardian, Apr 22, 2016
• 7 things we've learned about Earth since the last Earth Day by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 22, 2016
• Explainer: The adoption, signing and ratification of the UN climate deal by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Apr 19, 2016
• The Key Players in Climate Change, New York Times, Apr 21, 2016
• Scientists compare climate change impacts at 1.5C and 2C by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Apr 21, 2016

Sat Apr 23

• Action on climate change needs our hearts and heads: uniting our faith and science by Katharine Hayhoe, Asma Mahdi, Ed Maurer, and Vaishali Naik, AGU Blogosphere, Apr 22, 2016
• China, U.S. pledge to ratify Paris climate deal this year by Michelle Nichols & Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Apr 20, 2016
• Pressure grows for price on carbon ahead of UN signing by Matt McGrath, Science & Environment, BBC News, Apr 21, 2016
• Interview: UN members fear U.S. 'sabotage' of Obama's climate commitments by Louis Charbonneau, Reuters, Apr 20, 2016
• Has climate change really improved U.S. weather? by Kevin Trenberth, Environment & Energy, The Conversation US, Apr 22, 2016