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Research shows that certain facts can still change conservatives’ minds
There’s a debate between social scientists about whether climate change facts can change peoples’ minds or just polarize them further. For example, conservatives who are more scientifically literate...
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From the eMail Bag: Carbon Isotopes, Part 1: The Basics
We occasionally receive excellent questions and/or comments by email or via our contact form and have then usually corresponded with the emailer directly. But, some of the questions and answers deserve...
View ArticleOne Planet Summit: Finance Commitments Fire-Up Higher Momentum for Paris...
This is a re-post from UN Climate Change NewsUN Climate Change News, Paris, Dec 12 – Today at the One Planet Summit, on the 2nd anniversary of the Paris Agreement, world leaders gathered once again in...
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New research, December 11-17, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #4.Climate change1. The Response of Ice Sheets to Climate Variability"Resulting oscillations in grounded ice...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #51
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickIceland's most trusted politician is a feminist environmentalist who is the...
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How blogs convey and distort scientific information about polar bears and...
This is a re-post from My view on climate changeOur article on sea ice and polar bears proved to be a hot-button issue in the blogosphere. This was not entirely unexpected, of course. What is striking...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #51
Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Graphic of the Week... SkS Spotlights... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in Review... 97 Hours of...
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Some curious things about Svensmark et al. reference list
The hypothesis of significant effect of cosmic-rays to climate has been shown wrong many times. This is a pet hypothesis of Henrik Svensmark, who continues to push papers on the subject to scientific...
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From the eMail Bag: Carbon Isotopes, Part 2: The Delta Notation
We occasionally receive excellent questions and/or comments by email or via our contact form and have then usually corresponded with the emailer directly. But, some of the questions and answers deserve...
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US government climate report looks at how the oceans are buffering climate...
In the recently released US Global Change Research Program Report, one of the chapters I was most interested in was about the changes we’ve observed in the world’s oceans. The oceans are really the key...
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New research, December 18-24, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #62.Climate change impacts1. The Sectoral and Regional Economic Consequences of Climate Change to 2060"The...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #52
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickVive la résistance: 10 ways people stood up for the planet in 2017 Grist /...
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #52
Happy New Year!... Story of the Week... Analysis of the Week... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... SkS Week in Review... 97 Hours of Consensus...Happy...
View ArticleOn its hundredth birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry...
Benjamin Franta (@BenFranta) is a PhD student in history of science at Stanford University who studies the history of climate change science and politics. He has a PhD in applied physics from Harvard...
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New research, December 25-31, 2017
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change mitigation1. Renewable technologies in Karnataka, India: jobs potential and co-benefits"We show that enhancing green...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #1
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickShow this cartoon to anyone who doubts we need huge action on climate change...
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Evaluating biases in Sea Surface Temperature records using coastal weather...
Science is hard. Some easy problems you can solve by hard work, if you are in the right place at the right time and have the right skills. Hard problems take the combined effort of multiple groups...
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The Key To Slowing Global Warming
We all know that global warming is causing climate change characterised by increasingly severe weather events which damage property, destroy food crops and is likely to have catastrophic effects with...
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The 'imminent mini ice age' myth is back, and it's still wrong
This post has been incorporated into the rebuttal to the myth A grand solar minimum could trigger another ice ageRoughly every two years we’re treated to headlines repeating the myth that Earth is...
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New research, January 1-7, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #20.Climate change1. Climate Change on Newfoundland and Labrador Shelves: Results From a Regional Downscaled...
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