2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #35

A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.

Sun, Aug 23

Extreme weather events of 2015: Is climate change to blame? by Freya Palmer, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 21, 2015
Environmentalists Blast Obama's Decision to Let Shell Drill in Arctic by by Reynard Loki, Alternet, Aug 23, 2015
Too warm, too few fish: Health warning for world’s oceans by Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network, Aug 23, 2015
More Than 12,000 Firefighters Battling 17 Wildfires Across California, CBS Sacramento, Aug 22, 2015
Typhoon Goni batters Japan with record 159 mile-per-hour winds by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Aug 23, 2015
Betting against climate change not a smart punt by John Collee, The Age, Aug 24, 2015

Mon, Aug 24

Cutting back on wasted electricity is the cleanest power source of all – as our household shows by Anthony James, The Conversation US, Aug 23, 2015
For a glimpse into the future: Can we predict climate change? by Daniel Bardsley, The National.UAE, Aug 22, 2015
The drought's hidden victim: California's native fish by Bettina Boxhall, Los Angeles Times, Aug 24, 2015
World's fastest-melting glacier loses massive chunk in 2 days By Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Aug 23, 2015
Which religions are supporting climate change? Muslims are the most recent to speak up by Gary Nguyen, World Religious News, Aug 22, 2015
Adapting to air pollution with clean air stands in China by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
Climate change and Hurricane Katrina: what have we learned? by Kerry Emmanuel, The Conversation US, Aug 24, 2015

Tue, Aug 25

Cutting Tropical Deforestation is Key to Curbing Climate Change, And It's Cheap by Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, Aug 24, 2015
Let’s learn from mistakes by rasmus, Real Climate, Aug 23, 2015
Great Barrier Reef species more at risk from climate change, says study by Joshua Robertson, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
Carbon-credit scheme linked to increased greenhouse-gas production by Richard Hodson, Nature, Aug 24, 2015
Climate Change: A Warning From Islam by Bill Mckibben, New York Review of Books, Aug 24, 2015
Barack Obama singles out Koch brothers over fossil fuel lobbying by Joanna Walters, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
For Pope Francis’s D.C. visit, environmental rally of up to 200K planned by Juliet Eilperin & Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, Aug 25, 2015
Here’s what happens when you try to replicate climate contrarian papers by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 25, 2015
Bushfires, heatwaves and early deaths: the climate is changing before our eyes by Tim Flannery, The Guardian, Aug 25, 2015

Wed, Aug 26

Climate Change's Overlooked Sociological Side by Jan Ellen Spiegel, InsideClimate News, Aug 25, 2015
From a March to a Movement: Mobilizing More Than Greens for Climate Action by Eddie Bautista, Common Dreams, Aug 25, 2015
Fire crews eye weather as heat, wind build in parts of West by Nicholas K. Geranios, AP/SF Gate, Aug 26, 2015
Alaska Experiences Dramatic Climate Change by Jean Chemnick & Christa Marshall, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 26, 2015
Snowy Canada Suffers Drought, Heat, Fires as Earth Gets Warmer by Jeremy Van Loon, Bloomberg Business, Aug 26, 2015

Thu, Aug 27

Celebrating soils: Why are they so important for our climate? by Pete Smith, The Carbon Brief, Aug 26, 2015
Katrina: Lasting Climate Lessons for a Sinking City by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Aug 26, 2015
Newcastle, home to world's biggest coal port, moves to curb fossil fuel links by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 26, 2015
World sea levels set to rise at least one metre over next 100-200 years, NASA says AFP/ABC (Australia), Aug 26, 3015
When firefighters speak out on climate change, we ought to listen up by Char Miller, The Guardian, Aug 24, 2015
European ‘extreme weather belt’ linked to worst drought since 2003 by Arhtur Neslen, The Guardian, Aug 27, 2015

Fri, Aug 28

Run for your lives, climate campaigners are sophisticated and can tie their own shoelaces by Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, Aug 27, 2015
7 Lessons Learned About the Politics of Climate Change by Heather Taylor-Miesle, EcoWatch, Aug 24, 2015
New NASA videos show stark ice loss from Earth's ice sheets by Roz Pidcock, The Carbon Brief, Aug 27, 2015
From Katrina, an ‘Amazing’ Decade of Climate Research by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central. Aug 28, 2015
Canada government suspends scientist for folk song about prime minister by by Nicky Woolf, The Guardian, Aug 28, 2015
There’s another way to combat climate change — but let’s not call it geoengineering by Anita Talberg & Tim Flannery, The Conversation AU, Aug 25, 2015

Sat, Aug 29

Digging into big coal's climate connections by Michael Halpern, The Guardian, Aug 28, 2015
The ‘green-tech’ future is a flawed vision of sustainability by Samuel Alexander, The Conversation AU, Aug 28, 2015
Carbon Emissions From Power Plants Hit 27-Year Low by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Aug 28, 2015
As sea ice retreats, 5,000-6,000 walruses confirmed on Alaskan shore by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 28, 2015
Would warming stop after greenhouse gas emissions end? Not quite by Scott K. Johnson, arstechnica, Aug 28, 2015
China passes new pollution law, sets sights on coal consumption by David Stanway and Kathy Chen, Reuters, Aug 29, 2015
Obama defends Arctic drilling decision on eve of Alaska climate change trip by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Aug 29, 2015
Largest Ever Citizen Consultation on Climate Change, UNEP News Release, Aug 28, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 29 August, 2015

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