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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #2
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickClimate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam Harvesting rice....
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Flaws of Lüdecke & Weiss
Once again a paper that looks at solar-climate connection turns out to be deeply flawed. It contains bad methodology, bad result handling, bad conclusions, and a biased reference list.Data handling...
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The refugee crisis – particularly in the Mediterranean area – has received large amounts of new attention in the past few years, with people fleeing from Syria and entering the European Union...
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New research, January 8-14, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The Figure is from paper #30.Climate change impactsImpacts to mankind1. Structural property losses from tornadoes in Florida2....
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A ‘new’ measurement of climate sensitivity?
This was first posted on and Then There's Physics by SkS contributor Mark Richardson, who is currently a Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mark has a particular...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #3
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickWildfires, sea level rise, coral bleaching: Climate change is already here...
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Switching to electric cars is key to fixing America's 'critically...
In order to meet its share of the carbon pollution cuts needed to achieve the 2°C Paris international climate target, America’s policies are rated as “critically insufficient” by the Climate Action...
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New study ‘reduces uncertainty’ for climate sensitivity
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy DunneScientists have presented a new, narrower estimate of the “climate sensitivity” – a measure of how much the climate could warm in response to the...
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New research, January 15-21, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #63.Climate change mitigation1. Does replacing coal with wood lower CO2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #4
Breaking News... Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... Graphic of the Week... SkS in the News... John Cook Quoted... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... SkS Week in...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #4
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickWhy climate change is worsening public health problems Men in Port-au-Prince,...
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In 2017, the oceans were by far the hottest ever recorded
Among scientists who work on climate change, perhaps the most anticipated information each year is how much the Earth has warmed. That information can only come from the oceans, because almost all heat...
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Natural gas killed coal – now renewables and batteries are taking over
Over the past decade, coal has been increasingly replaced by cheaper, cleaner energy sources. US coal power production has dropped by 44% (866 terawatt-hours [TWh]). It’s been replaced by natural gas...
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New research, January 22-28, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #30.Climate change1. Whole Atmosphere Simulation of Anthropogenic Climate Change"The basic result was that...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #5
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickIce, fire, storms and heat: Climate change is now part of our everyday...
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Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?
Jennifer Francis is a Research Professor, Rutgers University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked...
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How to Change Your Mind About Climate Change
What causes someone to change their mind about climate change? It is no secret that climate change is a highly polarized subject with some people accepting what climate scientists tell us, and others...
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New research, January 29 - February 4, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change impactsMankind1. A quantitative method for determining the impact threshold of climate change for agriculture"We...
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Climate change is increasing flood risks in Europe
As humans continue to emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, the world continues to warm. We see that warming everywhere – in the atmosphere, in the oceans, with rising sea levels, and melting ice....
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #6
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickTesla is building a 'virtual power plant' using people's homes South Australia...
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