2012 SkS Weekly Digest #5

SkS Highlights 

Kevin Trenberth's guest post, Check With Climate Scientists for Views on Climate is the response from a number of prominent climate scientsts to  a letter signed by 16 scientists and engineers that was  recently published in the Wall Street Journal. The "Gang of 16's" letter was also squarely addressed by Dana in The Latest Denialist Plea for Climate Change Inaction

Still Going Down the Up Escalator by Dana also garnered a lot of attention by commentors and other websites. MarkR's Measurements show Earth heating up, think tanks & newspapers disagree addressed denialist propaganda recently published in certain UK news outlets. The creative graphics embedded in the article also received attention by other websites.

Toon of the Week

2012 Toon of the Week #5

H/T to Joe Romm's Climate Progress.

Issue of the Week

During the past 12 months approximately how many times have you used the icon buttons (Christy Crocks, etc. which are posted on the top of the left-hand column of this web page) to access one or more articles in a particular series? Do you believe these buttons serve a useful purpose? Would you like to see SkS add more topical buttons? If so, what buttons would you recommend be added?

The Week in Review

A complete listing of the articles posted on SkS during the past week.

  • Major Study of Ocean Acidification Helps Scientists Evaluate Effects of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Marine Life by John Hartz
  • NASA scientists expect more rapid global warming in the very near future (part 2) by Rob Painting
  • Cool climate papers 2011 by Ari Jokimäki
  • Still Going Down the Up Escalator by Dana
  • Check With Climate Scientists for Views on Climate by Kevin Trenberth
  • Measurements show Earth heating up, think tanks & newspapers disagree by MarkR
  • Climate change policy: Oil's tipping point has passed by John Hartz
  • New research from last week 4/2012 by Ari Jokimäki
  • The Latest Denialist Plea for Climate Change Inaction by Dana

    • Coming Soon

    A list of articles that are in the SkS pipeline. Most of these articles, but not necessarily all, will be posted during the week.

    SkS in the News

    Carbon Brief re-posted MarkR's witty graphics from Measurements show Earth heating up, think tanks & newspapers disagree. 

    CSIRO Report Cover SkS Spotlights

    CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. To access the CSIRO homepage, click here. 

    In June, 2011, CSIRO published, Climate Change: Science and Solutions for Australia. This book provided the latest scientific knowledge on a series of climate change topics relevant to Australia and the world. It drew on peer-reviewed literature contributed to by thousands of researchers. To access this free eBook, click here. 

     

     

    Posted by John Hartz on Monday, 6 February, 2012

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