“Toasted, roasted and grilled” or already over the hump?
Last week news stories came out that said that global human carbon emissions may have peaked, essentially implying that we could already be over the hump and on the way to solving climate change—while...
View ArticleNew research, November 6-12, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #32.Climate change impacts1. Nitrogen availability dampens the positive impacts of CO2 fertilization on...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #46
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's Pick‘Planet at a crossroads’: climate summit makes progress but leaves much to...
View ArticleAn Inconvenient Sequel – the science, history, and politics of climate change
Al Gore’s new movie ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ is, in some ways, similar to his groundbreaking Inconvenient Truth project, but different in other ways. Those key differences are why I recommend you watch...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #46
Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in Review... 97 Hours of Consensus...Story of the...
View ArticleNew research, November 13-19, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The Canadian hockey stick shown above in blue is from paper #17.Climate change mitigation1. Warning signs for stabilizing global CO 2...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #47
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickShould a healthy environment be a human right? These Norwegians think so...
View ArticleBattered by extreme weather, Americans are more worried about climate change
The latest climate change survey from Yale and George Mason Universities is out, and it shows that Americans are still poorly-informed about the causes of global warming. Only 54% understand that it’s...
View ArticleNew research, November 20-26, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Figure is from paper #6.Climate change1. Acceleration in the global mean sea level rise: 2005-2015"Our results show that the...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #48
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickClimate Change Panel Talks ‘Hope and Despair’ David Wallace-Wells, Cam Webb,...
View ArticleAmerican leaders should read their official climate science report
The United States Global Change Research Program recently released a report on the science of climate change and its causes. The report is available for anyone to read; it was prepared by top...
View ArticleThere once was a polar bear – science vs the blogosphere
This is a re-post from My View on Climate ChangeBlogs on which man-made climate change and its impacts are downplayed are far removed from the scientific literature. That is the conclusion of a new...
View ArticleNew research, November 27 - December 3, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Figure is from paper #38.Climate change impacts1. Phenotypic plasticity and climate change: can polar bears respond to longer Arctic...
View ArticleUS government report finds steady and persistent global warming
The US Global Change Research Program recently released a Climate Science Special Report. It is clearly written – an authoritative summary of the science, and easy to understand.The first main chapter...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #49
Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... SkS Spotlights... Video of the Week... Reports of Note... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #49
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickClimate Science On Trial AgainOUR CHILDRENS TRUSTOn Monday, before a panel of...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #50
Story of the Week... Editorial of the Week... Toon of the Week... Graphic of the Week... Photo of the Week... SkS Spotlights... Reports of Note... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... SkS Week...
View ArticleNew research, December 4-10, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #26.Climate change mitigation1. The fiscal benefits of stringent climate change mitigation: an overview"We...
View Article2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #50
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickMass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging the land to deathThe...
View ArticleThe US is penny wise and pound foolish on the climate
The United States is great in many respects. But we certainly aren’t perfect; we’ve made some pretty silly choices. One of the dumb choices politicians in the United States want to make is to defund...
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