2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #21

Sun May 15

• Global warming won’t just change the weather—it could trigger massive earthquakes and volcanoes by Akshat Rathi, Quartz, May 14, 2016
• The House science committee hates science and should be disbanded by J. D. Trout, Salon, May 14, 2016
• Naomi Klein argues climate change is a battle between capitalism and the planet by Paul Gillespie, Irish Times, May 14, 2016
• 4 Reasons Why It’s Time to Break Free by Annie Leonard, EcoWatch, May 11, 2016
• Queensland academic wins climate award: Four climate myths busted by Jorge Branco, Sydney Morning Herald, May 11, 2016
• Shock impacts hit Greenland’s ice by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, May 14, 2016
• Why is climate champion Richard Branson allowing deniers on a Virgin podcast? by Graham Readfearn, Guardian, May 12, 2016
• April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs by Michael Slezak, Guardian, May 15, 2016

Mon May 16

• UN climate talks in Bonn seek to turn Paris agreement into action by Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle, May 13, 2016
• How hot could Manitoba get with climate change? Pretty hot, say scientists by Holly Caruk, CBC News, May 13, 2016
• After the Fort Mac fire, a frank talk is needed by Gary Mason, Globe & Mail, May 13, 2016
• Even for the fast-melting Arctic, 2016 is in ‘uncharted territory’ by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, May 16, 2016
• What does the Paris Agreement mean for the oceans?, Guest Post by Jean-Pierre Gattuso & Alexandre K. Magnan, Carbon Brief, May 16, 2016
• After Fort McMurray: where are the world's most fire-prone cities? by Nate Berg, Guardian, May 16, 2016
• Why even the people who worry the most about climate change often take little action by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, May 16, 2016

Tue May 17

• Global Warming to Spur More Fires in Alaska, in Turn Causing More Warming by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, May 16, 2016
• Climate change puts 1.3bn people and $158tn at risk, says World Bank by Larry Elliott, Guardian, May 16, 2016
• What Sir David King gets wrong about carbon pricing by Judy Hindley & Brian Utton, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, May 17, 2016
• Remarkable facts about Sydney's late-season heatwave by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, May 17, 2016
• Australia to Lay Off Leading Scientist on Sea Levels by Michael Innis, New York Times, May 16, 2016
• Introducing the Scientific Trust Tracker, Climate Feedback
• Negotiators Try to Figure Out What the Paris Climate Agreement Means by Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, May 17, 2016
• As Drought Grips South Africa A Conflict Over Water and Coal by Keith Schneider, Yale Environment 360, May 16, 2016

Wed May 18

• How Soil Microbes Fight Climate Change by Esther Ngumbi, Scientific American, May 17, 2016
• Sea Level Rise Could Help Marshes Ease Flooding by John Upton, Climate Central, May 16, 2016
• Stop screaming at us about climate change–and start inspiring us to take action by Jill Neimark, Quartz, May 17, 2016
• Exclusive: Skeptical Trump says would renegotiate global climate deal by Emily Flitter & Steve Holland, Reuters, May 18, 2016
• When should we worry about climate change? by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, May 18, 2016
• Trump threat to renegotiate U.N. climate deal causes dismay abroad by Alister Doyle & Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, May 18, 2016
• As global temperatures continue to rise, so will people by Hoda Baraka, 350.org, Thomas Reuters Foundation News, May 17, 2016
• The US is badly underinvesting in electricity infrastructure by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 12, 2016

Thu May 19

• March … I mean April 2016 Is the Sixth … I MeanSeventh Temperature Record-Breaking Month in a Row by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, May 17, 2016
• With women at the top, UN climate body has chance for real change by Ed King, Climate Home, May 18, 2016
• We are living in the planet’s most unusually warm period in modern history by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, May 18, 2016
• Climate scientists, mourning Earth's losses, should make their voices heard by Sarah Myhre, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, May 19, 2016
• Why Trump’s idea of ‘renegotiating’ the Paris climate agreement is so bizarre by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, May 18, 2016
• ‘Fundamentally unstable’: Scientists confirm their fears about East Antarctica’s biggest glacier by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, May 18, 2016
• India just set a new all-time record high temperature — 123.8 degrees by Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, May 19, 2016

Fri May 20

• ‘99 Percent Chance’ 2016 Will Be Hottest Year by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, May 18, 2016
• Climate denial lives on at Exxon by Philip Warburg, Boston Globe, May 18, 2016
• Trump’s Bizarre Climate Beliefs Would Jeopardize Meaningful Global Climate Action by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, May 18, 2016
• Why I Choose to Challenge Climate Change Deniers by Bill Nye, Huffington Post, May 19, 2016
• Answers to Critics of Climate Change Consensus by John Cook, Real Clear Science, May 16, 2016
• Far From Turning a Corner, Global CO2 Emissions Still Accelerating by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, May 19, 2016
• Analysis: Only five years left before 1.5C carbon budget is blown by Robert McSweeney & Rosaumnd Pearce, Carbon Brief, May 19, 2016

Sat May 21

• The Insidious Way The Media Downplays Climate Science by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, May 19, 2016
• India Records Highest Temperature Ever As Drought Drives Despair by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, May 20, 2016
• State Officials Investigated Over Their Inquiry Into Exxon Mobil’s Climate Change Research by John Schwartz, New York Times, May 19, 2016
• Let's give up the climate change charade: Exxon won't change its stripes, Op-ed by Bill McKibben, Guardian, May 20, 2016
• Big Oil Could Have Cut CO2 Emissions In 1970s — But Did Nothing by Chris D'Angelo, Huffington Post, May 19, 2016
• Sydney And Melbourne Copping Record May Heat. The Reason Why Is Scary by Anthony Sharwood, Huffington Post Australia, May 17, 2016
• Trump vs. Clinton: What the Election Could Mean for Climate Policy by Renee Cho, State of the Planet (Earth Instititue, Columbia University), May 18, 2016
• What created the Fort McMurray wildfire? El Niño, scientist says by David Stapleton, Edmonton Journal, May 20, 2016