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Climate Science Denial Explained
Lonnie Thompson, a climate scientist, was told by his doctor that he needed a heart transplant.He denied it. “You’re crazy! I’ve been climbing the highest mountains in the world for…” he paused,...
View ArticleNew research, April 2-8, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change impactsMankind1. Vulnerabilities and resilience of European power generation to 1.5 °C, 2 °C and 3 °C warming (open...
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Pageduring the past week.Editor's PickAvoid Gulf stream disruption at all costs, scientists warnHow close the world is...
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Climate Science Denial Explained: Tactics of Denial
Continued from Part 1What they decline to understandThousands of climate scientists are working on all kinds of interesting subjects, from glaciology to oceanography to ecology to atmospheric physics....
View ArticleNew research, April 9-15, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change mitigation1. Pathways limiting warming to 1.5°C: a tale of turning around in no time? (open access)2. Climate change...
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Glacier loss is accelerating because of global warming
With global warming, we can make predictions and then take measurements to test those predictions. One prediction (a pretty obvious one) is that a warmer world will have less snow and ice. In...
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2018 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.Editor's PickEarth Day and the Hockey Stick: A Singular Message Credit: Freestylephoto Getty...
View ArticleNew research, April 16-22, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate changeTemperature, precipitation, wind1. Time Scales and Sources of European Temperature Variability (open access)"We find...
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2018 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.Editor's PickGlobal temperatures have dropped since 2016. Here’s why that’s normal. It was...
View ArticleAmerica's best scientists stood up to the Trump administration
Anyone who has read this column over the past five years knows that I tend to be unfettered in my criticism of people who lie and distort climate science to further their political ideologies. At the...
View ArticleThe missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels
Dr. Ploy Achakulwisut is a Postdoctoral Scientist at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. She has a PhD in Atmospheric Science from Harvard University.While the...
View ArticleNew research, April 23-29, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change impacts1. Projected shift of Köppen–Geiger zones in the central Europe: A first insight into the implications for...
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SkS Analogy 11 - Cabinets, airplanes, and frame of reference
Tag LineThe elevation of an airplane landing on a runway is only useful if measured relative to the ground (i.e., height), and not to sea level (i.e., altitude).Elevator StatementWhile determining the...
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The 1970s Global Cooling Zombie Myth and the Tricks Some People Use to Keep...
Ten years ago, Thomas Peterson, William Connolley and John Fleck published a paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society which looked back at the climate science of the 1970s: "The...
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2018 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.Editor's PickEarth’s atmosphere just crossed another troubling climate change threshold...
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The 1970s Global Cooling Zombie Myth and the Tricks Some People Use to Keep...
In Part I of this look back at 1970s climate science I reviewed the findings of Peterson, Connolley, and Fleck's seminal 2008 survey of 1970s peer-reviewed literature (hereafter referred to as PCF08)...
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Global warming will depress economic growth in Trump country
A working paper recently published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond concludes that global warming could significantly slow economic growth in the US.Specifically, rising summertime temperatures...
View ArticleNew research, April 30 - May 6, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change mitigationClimate change communicationBringing the Heat Home: Television Spots about Local Impacts Reduce Global...
View ArticleGlobal warming is melting Antarctic ice from below
We all know intuitively that in a warmer world there will be less ice. And, since the North and South Pole regions contain lots of ice, anyone who wants to see evidence of climate change can look...
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2018 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 PickMethane, Climate Change, and Our Uncertain FutureMethane is generally considered...
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