Republicans and Democrats alike want more clean energy
It’s almost an accepted dogma that in the United States (and in several other countries), liberals are much more in favor of taking actions to curb climate change whereas conservatives block such...
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Trump questionnaire recalls dark history of ideology-driven science
By Paul N. Edwards, Professor of Information and History, University of MichiganPresident-elect Trump has called global warming “bullshit” and a “Chinese hoax.” He has promised to withdraw from the...
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2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #52
In MemoriumPiers J. Sellers on a mission to the International Space Station in May 2010. Credit NASA, via ReutersPiers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist for NASA who remained optimistic about...
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Russian email hackers keep playing us for fools
A batch of stolen emails was released to the public, with evidence pointing towards Russian hackers. The media ran through the formerly private correspondence with a fine-toothed comb, looking for...
View ArticleInfographic: climate change and 2015’s year of wild weather
By Andrew King, Climate Extremes Research Fellow, University of MelbourneThe annual review of extreme weather and climate events published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society today...
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2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #52
Story of the Week... SkS Highlights... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Graphic of the Week... SkS in the News... SkS Spotlights... Video of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the...
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Record-breaking Arctic warmth ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Roz PidcockExceptionally high temperatures across the Arctic this winter are unprecedented in the modern record, and extremely unlikely to occur were it not for...
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A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Dec 25, 2016Government to outline climate change risks facing UK in new report by...
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2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #53
Story of the Week... SkS Highlights... La Niña Update... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Graphic of the Week... SkS in the News... SkS Spotlights... Video of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS......
View ArticleClimate change in 2016: the good, the bad, and the ugly
This past year had so many stories involving human-caused climate change – it will be forever in our memories. Here is a summary of some of the high points, from my perspective. When I say “high...
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A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Jan 1, 2017The 15 Most Ridiculous Things That Media Figures Said About Environmental...
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A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Jan 8, 2017California Megaflood: Lessons from a Forgotten Catastrophe by B Lynn...
View ArticlePress complaints process is ‘exercise in futility’ for scientists
This is a comment article authored for Carbon Brief by two scientists who have made complaints to regulators about coverage of climate science in the media. The first case is written by Dr Phil...
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Zika outbreak ‘fuelled by’ El Niño and climate change
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Robert McSweeneyThe combination of a strong El Niño event and human-caused climate change created optimal conditions for the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in...
View ArticleParts of United States are heating faster than globe as a whole
Global warming obviously refers to temperature increases across the entire globe. We know the Earth is warming, we know it is human-caused, we have a pretty good idea about how much the warming will be...
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So what did-in the dinosaurs? An update.
Of all the great mass extinctions, the end-Cretaceous is the only one credibly linked to an asteroid impact. It’s also the one that most people have heard about – the one that got the dinosaurs.Most...
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A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Jan 15, 2017Are the billionaire American Koch brothers playing climate politics in...
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A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Jan 22, 2017Interactive: How much does El Niño affect global temperature? by Roz...
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We may be closer than we thought to dangerous climate thresholds
We don’t want the Earth to warm more than 1.5–2°C (2.7-3.6°F) compared to the pre-industrial climate. These targets are not magical; they are expert judgements about what it takes to avoid some of the...
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Joint Statements on Climate Change from National Academies of Science Around...
This is a re-post from Significant Figures by Peter GleickNational academies of sciences from around the world have published formal statements and declarations acknowledging the state of climate...
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