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Humans on the verge of causing Earth’s fastest climate change in 50m years
A new study published in Nature Communications looks at changes in solar activity and carbon dioxide levels over the past 420 million years. The authors found that on our current path, by mid-century...
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Yes, we can do 'sound' climate science even though it's projecting the future
Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Reto Knutti, Professor, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) ZürichThis article was originally...
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SkS Analogy 1 - Speed Kills
Tag lineSpeed KillsElevator StatementDeceleration from 60 mph to 0 in …30 seconds (base rate): Normal exit from a freeway; no drinks spilled, life goes on.3 sec (10 times base rate): Slam on the...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #16
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Articles of signifigance as determined by the editor are highlighted in the Editor's Picks'...
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SkS Analogy 2 - Ferrari Without Gas
Tag LineA Ferrari without gasoline goes nowhere.Greenhouse gases without infrared radiation cause no warming.Elevator StatementThe concentration of greenhouse gases is like the size of a car engine:...
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Cold Comfort from Ice Core Records of Climate
When it comes to climate change imagery, the ice core record is kind of a rock star. Graphs of ice core data have become as common as pictures of polar bears and traffic-jammed Los Angeles freeways....
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The Big Heat
Records for cold are being smashed across the US, and the rate of global warming has been anemic of late. Here’s why climate scientists are confident a hotter future lies ahead if we don’t rein in...
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New study: global warming keeps on keeping on
As humans continue to dump heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the Earth continues to warm. In fact, it has been warming for decades and we now routinely hit temperatures that...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Articles of signifigance as determined by the editor are highlighted in the Editor's Picks'...
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NY Times hired a hippie puncher to give climate obstructionists cover
Yesterday, New York Times subscribers were treated to an email alert announcing the first opinion column from Bret Stephens, who they hired away from the Wall Street Journal. Like all Journal opinion...
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SkS Team - Marching for Science around the globe
Many articles have already been written about the recent March for Science - Dana's Guardian post "March against madness" being a case in point. So, this one will not have a lot of words and will let...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #18
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Articles of high signifigance are highlighted in the Editor's Picks' section.Editor's...
View ArticleMedical scientists report on the impact climate change is having on health
As a climate scientist, I spend time and energy studying how fast the Earth is warming and what is causing the warming. This knowledge helps us predict what the future will look like. But, what most...
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SkS Analogy 3 - Greenhouse Effect is a Cloudy Night
Tag LineThe greenhouse effect is like a warm, cloudy night.Elevator StatementAt night clouds trap infrared radiation emitted from the ground, similar to greenhouse gases, and re-emit some of the...
View ArticleMore errors identified in contrarian climate scientists' temperature estimates
Human emission of heat-trapping gases is causing the Earth to warm. We’ve known that for many decades. In fact, there are no reputable scientists that dispute this fact. There are, however, a few...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #19
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickGlobal Climate Policy in an Uncertain State of Flux What would happen if the US...
View ArticleNY Times’ Stephens can’t see the elephant in the room on climate change
There was tremendous outcry when the New York Times hired opinion columnist Bret Stephens, who has a long history of making misinformed comments about climate change. Stephens didn’t assuage those...
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SkS Analogy 4 - Ocean Time Lag
Tag LineGreenhouse gases (GHG) determine amountof warming, but oceans delaythe warming.Elevator StatementTo see how the oceans delay warming of the atmosphere, try the following thought...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Articles of high signifigance are highlighted in the Editor's Picks' section.Editor's...
View ArticleStudy: inspiring action on climate change is more complex than you might think
We know humans are causing climate change. That is a fact that has been known for well over 100 years. We also know that there will be significant social and economic costs from the effects. In fact,...
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