2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #37
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Sep 3, 2016U.S. and China Ratify Paris Agreement, Upping Pressure on Other Nations by...
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Climate change and other human activities are affecting species migration
One of the reasons climate change is such an important topic is that it will affect (and already is affecting) the natural biological systems. Both plants and animals will have to respond to the...
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The Madhouse Effect, a review
This is a re-post from Critical AngleClimate scientist Michael Mann has teamed up with cartoonist Tom Toles to write TheMadhouse Effect: How Climate Change Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our...
View Article2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #38
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Sep 11, 2016Rice paddies raise methane threat by Santosh Koirala, Climate News...
View ArticleTrump and the Republican Party are doing Big Oil's bidding
The GOP has become the Grand Oil Party. The fossil fuel industry has now managed to dictate Republican Party actions on climate change in attorney generals offices, Congress, and for the party’s...
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The Climate Change Authority report: a dissenting view
Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University and David Karoly, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of...
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Climate change doubled the chances of Louisiana heavy rains, scientists warn
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Roz PidcockTorrential rains unleashed on south Louisiana in August were made almost twice as likely by human-caused climate change, according to a quick-fire...
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2016 SkS Weekly Digest #38
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A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Sep 18, 2016After a decade, UN chief disappointed in many world leaders by Edith M...
View Article375 top scientists warn of 'real, serious, immediate' climate threat
Yesterday, 375 of the world’s top scientists, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, published an open letter regarding climate change. In the letter, the scientists report that the evidence is clear:...
View ArticleHow climate science deniers can accept so many 'impossible things' all at once
Sometimes, climate science deniers will tell you that we can’t predict global temperatures in the future. Sometimes, they’ll say we’re heading for an ice age.Occasionally, contrarians will say that no...
View Article2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #40
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Sep 25, 2016Top Arctic Science Diplomats Convene at White House Next Week by Randy...
View ArticleThe Madhouse Effect of climate denial
A new book by Michael Mann and Tom Toles takes a fresh look on the effects humans are having on our climate and the additional impacts on our politics. While there have been countless books about...
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IPCC special report to scrutinise ‘feasibility’ of 1.5C climate goal
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Roz PidcockThe head of the United Nation’s climate body has called for a thorough assessment of the feasibility of the international goal to limit warming to...
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New MIT app: check if your car meets climate targets
In a new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, with an accompanying app for the public, scientists at MIT compare the carbon pollution from today’s cars to the...
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Sensitivity training
This article was originally published online at Corporate Knights Magazine and will appear in the publication's Fall 2016 hard-copy magazine. Climate scientists are certain that human-caused emissions...
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DOE charts show why climate doom and gloom isn't needed
A new report from the US Department of Energy paints a bright picture for our prospects to cut carbon pollution and prevent the most dangerous levels of climate change. The report looked at recent...
View Article2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #41
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.Sun Oct 2, 2016WMO: Rapidly Melting Arctic Sea Ice Signals Accelerated Global Warming by...
View ArticleThe future belongs to clean energy
Anders Runevad is CEO and Group President of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the global leader in wind energy.As we close out a summer marked by uncertainty in news and events, one trend for which analysts...
View ArticleCaring for Creation makes the Christian case for climate action
Most of you are aware of a growing movement amongst persons of faith to bring more action on dealing with climate change. The argument is powerful for the faithful – the Earth is God’s gift to...
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