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New research, February 5-11, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The Figure is from paper #61.John's new paper1. Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors"Misinformation can...

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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #7

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickVast bioenergy plantations could stave off climate change—and radically reshape...

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On model development, and sanity

This is a re-post from ClimateSightWhen I was a brand-new PhD student, full of innocence and optimism, I loved solving bugs. I loved the challenge of it and the rush I felt when I succeeded. I knew...

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News network climate reporting soared in 2017 thanks to Trump

In 2016, US TV network news coverage of climate change plummeted. News coverage was focused on the presidential election, but the corporate broadcast networks didn’t air a single segment informing...

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Pollen data shows humans reversed natural global cooling

In order to understand today’s global warming, we need to understand how Earth’s temperatures varied in the past. How does the rapid warming we see now compare with past natural climate changes? Also,...

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New research, February 12-18, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The Figure is from paper #24.Climate change1. Climate Change Attribution: When Is It Appropriate to Accept New Methods?2. Does the...

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Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world

Chris Fogwill, Professor of Glaciology and Palaeoclimatology, Keele University; Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Sciences and Climate Change, UNSW, and Zoe Robinson, Reader in Physical Geography and...

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Standing Rock is everywhere: one year later

Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the 19th Keeper of the Sacred Bundle and Spiritual Leader of the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota People.One year after the closing of the camp at the Standing Rock Reservation,...

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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #8

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickSeas Will Rise for 300 YearsAnd the longer it takes to reduce carbon emissions,...

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New research, February 19-25, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change impactsBiosphere1. Warmer winters reduce the advance of tree spring phenology induced by warmer springs in the...

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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #9

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickWe’ve radically underestimated how vulnerable Americans are to floodingNew...

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Impact of climate change on health is ‘the major threat of 21st century’

This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy DunneThe health of millions of people across the world is already being significantly harmed by climate change, a major new report finds.From driving up the...

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Scientists have detected an acceleration in sea level rise

As humans emit heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide, the planet warms, and over time consequences become more apparent. Some of the consequences we are familiar with – for instance, rising...

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What role did climate change play in this winter’s US freezes, heat, and...

This is a re-post from the Citizens' Climate Lobby Blog by Dana Nuccitelli and Doug Sinton, CCL Science Policy Network TeamThere is growing scientific evidence suggesting that human-caused global...

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Actions today will decide Antarctic ice sheet loss and sea level rise

A new study published in Nature looks at how much global sea level will continue to rise even if we manage to meet the Paris climate target of staying below 2°C hotter than pre-industrial temperatures....

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New research, February 26 - March 4, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #57.Climate change mitigation1. How modifications of China's energy data affect carbon mitigation...

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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #10

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's PickClimate change threatens ability of insurers to manage riskExtreme weather is...

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Jet fuel from sugarcane? It’s not a flight of fancy

by Deepak Kumar, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Stephen P. Long, Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and...

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New research, March 5-11, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.The figure is from paper #57.Climate change1. Insights into Atmospheric Predictability Through Global Convection-Permitting Model...

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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week. Editor's Pick5 reasons the Arctic’s extremely warm winter should alarm youYou can see...

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