2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #19
Story of the Week... Toon of the Week... Graphic of the Week... SkS in the News... SkS Spotlights... Video of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... SkS Week in Review... 97 Hours of...
View ArticleSkS Analogy 12 - A Sinking ship reaches new heights
Tag LineA sinking ship reaches new heights.Elevator StatementFor a sinking ship the stern may be unusually low, the bow unusually high, and on average, the whole thing is going down. We cannot infer...
View ArticleCalifornia, battered by global warming’s weather whiplash, is fighting to...
In 1988 – the same year Nasa’s James Hansen warned Congress about the threats posed by human-caused global warming – water expert Peter Gleick wrote about the wet and dry extremes that it would create...
View ArticleNew research, May 7-13, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate changeTemperature, precipitation, windComparing daily temperature averaging methods: the role of surface and atmosphere...
View Article2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.Editor's PickUrgent Climate Action Required to Protect Tens of Thousands of Species...
View Article2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #20
Story of the Week... El Niño/La Niña Update... 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...
View ArticleYes, EVs are green and global warming is raising sea levels
Last week, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held yet another climate science hearing similar to those from April 2017, February 2017, January 2016, May 2015, June 2014, December 2013,...
View ArticleClimate change is already making droughts worse
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Benjamin CookDr Benjamin Cook is a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.Few areas of the...
View ArticleGlobal warming made Hurricane Harvey more destructive
Last summer, the United states was pummeled with three severe hurricanes in rapid succession. It was a truly awesome display of the power of weather and the country is still reeling from the effects....
View ArticleClimate Science websites around the world
Skeptical Science is not alone when it comes to sharing reliable information about climate science. There are many websites around the world which regularly write about the latest studies or set the...
View ArticleNew research, May 14-20, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change impactsMankindAssessing the Impacts of Extreme Agricultural Droughts in China Under Climate and Socioeconomic Changes...
View Article2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #21
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.Editor's PickClimate change may lead to bigger atmospheric riversIn early 2017, the Western...
View ArticleNew research, May 21-27, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate change mitigationClimate change communicationClimate change as a polarizing cue: Framing effects on public support for...
View Article2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #22
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.Editor's PickIt’s time to think seriously about cutting off the supply of fossil fuelsA new...
View ArticleRestricting global warming to 1.5C could ‘halve’ risk of biodiversity loss
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy DunneLimiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels rather than 2C could halve the number of vertebrate and plant species facing severe range...
View Article2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #22
Story of the Week... Editorial of the Week... Toon of the Week... Quote of the Week... SkS in the News... Scholarly Paper of Note... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in...
View ArticleThe latest weak attacks on EVs and solar panels
Over the past two weeks, media attacks on solar panels and electric vehicles have been followed by Trump administration policies aimed at boosting their fossil fueled rivals.Efforts to undermine solar...
View ArticleClimate Science blogs around the world
After recently publishing an article about Climate Science websites around the world, some suggestions came in via comments or emails to add more sites to the post. But, these were mostly for blogs...
View ArticleNew research, May 28 - June 3, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.Climate changeOvercoming early career barriers to interdisciplinary climate change researchProjected climate over the Greater Horn of...
View ArticleTiny shrimp could influence global climate changes
When we think of global warming and climate change, most of us ignore the impacts that animals have on the environment. Climate affects animals, but is the reverse true? Can animals affect the...
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