2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #18

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

Sun Apr 24

Mourning Loomis Reef - the heart of the Great Barrier Reef's coral bleaching disaster by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Guardian, Apr 21, 2016
"Global Elite's Theater": Paris Deal Is Mere Starting Point for Climate Justice by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, Apr 22, 2016
Why Even President Trump Won’t Kill The Climate Deal by Casey Williams, Huffington Post, Apr 23, 2016
New Maps Chart Greenland Glaciers' Melting Risk, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Apr 21, 2016
Lessons From Underwater Miami, Op-ed by Peter Brannen, Sunday Review, New York Times, Apr 23, 2016
Carbon Pricing Becomes a Cause for the World Bank and I.M.F. by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Apr 23, 2016
Tribes have up close perspective on climate change, Op-ed by Fawn Sharp, Seattle Times, Apr 22, 2016
Climate Change Is Fueling Violence, and Women Bear the Brunt by Daniel Oberhaus, Motherboard, Apr 22, 2016

Mon Apr 25

Is divesting from fossil fuels the best tactic for tackling climate change? by Suzanne McGee, Guardian, Apr 24, 2016
World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters, risk expert warns by Sam Jones, Guardian, Apr 24, 2016
Indigenous leaders seek forest protection role in global climate fight by Nádia Pontes, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 24, 2016
Heat wave sweeping Southeast Asia hits Myanmar, mizzima, Apr 22, 2016
Clinton snubs Koch endorsement over climate change denial by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 24, 2016
We’re Easily Confused About What Experts Really Think, New Research Shows by Carol Linnit, DeSmog Canada, Apr 25, 2016
UK envoy: Carbon pricing ‘too sluggish’ to meet climate goals by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 25, 2016
David Attenborough says the Great Barrier Reef is in ‘grave danger’ – it’s time to step up by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg & Tyrone Ridgway, The Convesation US, Apr 24, 2016
Billionaire green donor launches U.S. millennial voter drive by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Apr 25, 2016

Tue Apr 26

A global coalition mapping and motivating decarbonization by Joseph Robertson, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Apr 25, 2016
The Arctic is melting – and scientists just lost a key tool to observe it by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 25, 2016
New York signing marks a new age in climate cooperation by Emmanuel De Guzman, Climate Home, Apr 25, 2016
This is an incredible visualization of the world's shipping routes by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 25, 2016
Following Temperature Record Announcements, Oil Industry Ads Outpaced Climate-Related Coverage By Almost 5-To-1 by Kevin Kalhoefer, Media Matters, Apr 25, 2016
Mapped: The climate change conversation on Twitter by John Swain, Right Relevance/Carbon Brief, Apr 26, 2016
There is no doubt”: Exxon Knew CO2 Pollution Was A Global Threat By Late 1970s by Brendan DeMelle & Kevin Grandia, DeSmog, Apr 26, 2016
The political hurdles facing a carbon tax — and how to overcome them by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 26, 2016

Wed Apr 27

CO2 fertilization greening the Earth, Phys.org, Apr 25, 2016
Lawmakers Take Note - Business Community Eager to Tackle Climate Change, Op-ed by Mindy Lubber, Forbes, Apr 26, 2016
Abandon hype in climate models by Tim Kruger, Oliver Geden & Steve Rayner. Guardian, Apr 26, 2016
Carbon copy: Are we (Australians) in for another scare campaign over climate change? by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 27, 2016
Japanese Monks Recorded the Climate for 700 Years by Michelle Nijhuis, National Geographic, Apr 26, 2016
This Could Be One of the Greatest Hurdles for Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US by John Dyer, Tipping Point, Vice News, Apr 26, 2016
Many More Republicans Now Believe in Climate Change by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Apr 27, 2016
Labor’s climate policy: back in the game but missing detail by Lynette Molyneaux, John Foster & Karen Hussey, The Conversation US, Apr 27, 2016
Activists Step Up Long-Running Campaign to Hold Oil Industry Accountable for Climate Damages by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Apr 27, 2016

Thu Apr 28

Carbon Fee Debate Goes Mainstream in Washington State by John Upton, Climate Central, Apr 26, 2016
Warren Buffett Faces Pressure to Invest for the Climate, Not Just for Profit by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Apr 26, 2016
Climate scientists are now grading climate journalism by Daniel Nethery and Emmanuel Vincent, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Apr 26, 2016
It May Soon Be Too Late to Save the Seas by Jeff Nesbit, Climate Nexus/US News & World Report, Apr 27, 2016
Can the Republican Party solve its science denial problem? by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Apr 28, 2016
How Climate Deniers Try to Sow Confusion by Jeffrey Kluger, Ideas, Time, Apr 28, 2016
Identity 2016: 'Global citizenship' rising, poll suggests by Naomi Grimley, BBC News, Apr 28, 2016

Fri Apr 29

This massive seagrass die-off is the latest sign we’re failing to protect the Everglades by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 27, 2016
Stanford scientists find Amazon rain forest responds quickly to extreme climate events by Ker Than, Stanford News, Apr 28, 2016
Great Barrier Reef bleaching would be almost impossible without climate change by Andrew King, David Karolay, Mitchell Black, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg & Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, The Conversation US, Apr 28, 2016
Greenland ice sheet melting has started early by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 29, 2016
New evidence shows conservatives are warming up to climate change by John Sutter, two^o, CNN, Apr 29, 2016
Deadly heat wave is shattering all-time records in Southeast Asia and India by Tyler Essary & Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Apr 29, 2016

Sat Apr 30

What we’re getting wrong in the carbon tax debate by Clayton Aldern, Grist, Apr 29, 2016
France goes it alone on carbon price floor by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 26, 2016
Trump’s foreign policy plan has one giant, baffling hole by Melissa Cronin, Grist, Apr 28, 2016
'Perilous': Bureau of Meteorology boss Rob Vertessy exits with climate warning by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 30, 2016
Climate scientists are now grading climate journalism by Daniel Nethery and Emmanuel Vincent, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Apr 26, 2016
Brazil losing forest the size of two football fields per minute by Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 29, 2016
A Crusader in the Coal Mine, Taking On President Obama by Jad Mouawad, Energy & Environment, New York Times, Apr 30, 2016
Millennials love clean energy, fear climate change, and don’t vote. This campaign wants to change that. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 30, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 30 April, 2016

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