2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #17
Posted on 23 April 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Apr 17
- Ancient volcanoes could be key to predicting impact of climate change by Andrew Good, USC News, Apr 13, 2016
- The new climate rallying cry: keep it in the ground by Sammy Roth, USA Today, Apr 13, 2016
- El Niño is Earth's rechargeable heat battery by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
- Doubting climate change is not enough, Op-ed by Thomas Levenson, Ideas, Boston Globe, Apr 17, 2016
- How can we reduce concrete’s hefty carbon footprint? by Nate Berg, Ensia, Apr 13, 2016
- World's biggest wealth fund excludes 52 coal-related groups by Agence France-Presse/Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
- The New World: March 2016 Is the Sixth Temperature Record-Breaking Month in a Row by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Apr 16, 2016
- Scientists Just Confirmed The Scientific Consensus On Climate Change by Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Climate Progress, Apr 13, 2016
Mon Apr 18
- The Clinton-Sanders exchange on climate change was a dumpster fire by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 17, 2016
- US firms knew about global warming in 1968 – what about Australia? by Marc Hudson, The Conversation US, Apr 17, 2016
- Climate change slowly stifling life on Mount Kilimanjaro by Deu Ngow, Daily News (Tanzania), Apr 17, 2016
- Sydney's corals now bleaching in 'pretty shocking' sign of warming waters by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 18, 2016
- Brazil’s thriving soy industry threatens its forests and global climate targets by Peter Richards & Jeffrey Hoelle, The Conversation US, Apr 17, 2016
- There Is An Overwhelming Consensus Among Climate Scientists That We're To Blame For Climate Change by Stephen Luntz, IFL Science!, Apr 18, 2016
- Fantala Strongest Cyclone on Record for Indian Ocean; Massive Flash Flood in Houston by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Apr 18, 2016
- Dalai Lama, Archbishop Tutu sign interfaith climate statement by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 18, 2016
Tue Apr 19
- Miami-Dade flooding to increase as engineers start identifying miles of risky U.S. coast by Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, Apr 15, 2016
- New report outlines climate change challenges on Canada's Arctic coast by Sima Sahar Zerehi, CBC News, Apr 18, 2016
- Climate Change (I): Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’? by Baher Kamal, Inter Press Service (IPS), Ap 18, 2016
- Historic Flooding Ongoing as Houston Records Its Rainiest Day Ever—Before Noon by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Apr 18, 2016
- Study: humans have caused all the global warming since 1950 by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - 97%, The Guardian, Apr 19, 2016
- Does premature Paris climate deal risk a painful birth? by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 18, 2016
- Consensus on consensus by Andy Skuce, Corporate Knights, Apr 19, 2016
- Bill Nye Challenges Climate Change Denier With $20,000 Bet by Chris D’Angelo, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
- A New Dark Age Looms, Op-ed by William B Gail, New York Times, Apr 18, 2016
- Palin ‘as Much a Scientist’ as Bill Nye? by Vanessa Schipani, FactCheck.org, Apr 18, 2016
- 250 Faith Leaders Demand Nations Ratify Paris Climate Deal by Jeremy Deaton & Jack Jenkins, Climate Progress, Apr 18, 2916
Wed Apr 20
- The Great Barrier Reef: 93% hit by coral bleaching, surveys reveal by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morining Herald, Apr 19, 2016
- Clinton's Carbon Corruption: Why Hillary Won't Say Yes to a Carbon Tax by Raillan Brooks, Village Voice, Apr 19, 2016
- Climate change denier Sarah Palin: 'Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am', by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, Apr 15, 2016
- Exxon Tries To Bury Climate Documents By Claiming First Amendment Rights by Kate Sheppard & Shane Ferro, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
- The IPCC’s priorities for the next six years: 1.5C, oceans, cities and food security by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Apr 14, 2016
- Senate Republicans Want To Cut Funding For UN Climate Change Agency, Because Palestine by Kate Shepard & Jessica Schulberg, Huffington Post, Apr 19, 2016
- Warmest March in Global Recordkeeping; 2016 Roars Ahead of Pack by Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, WunderBlog, Weather Underground, Apr 19, 2016
- Spikes in U.S. Air Pollution Linked to Warming Climate by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Apr 20, 2016
Thu Apr 21
- Indian drought 'affecting 330 million people' after two weak monsoons, Agence France-Presse in Dehli/Guardian, Apr 20, 2016
- The Great Barrier Reef: 93% hit by coral bleaching, surveys reveal by Tom Arup, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 20, 2016
- Non-linear events can affect climate change, Op-ed by Gwynne Dyer, The Border Mail (Australia), Apr 20, 2016
- Leaders Roll Up Sleeves on Climate, but Experts Say Plans Don’t Pack a Wallop by Justin Gillis & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Apr 21, 2016
- Historic Houston Floods Bear Classic Climate Signature, Climate Nexus, Apr 19, 2016
- Fate of World’s Coastlines Rests on Melting Antarctic Ice by John Upton, Climate Central, Apr 21, 2016
- The climate change generation gap by Dana Nuccitelli, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Apr 21, 2016
Fri Apr 22
- Corporations Move to Curb Global Warming by Benjamin Hulac, ClimateWire/ Scientific American, Apr 21, 2016
- Studies Show Link Between Red Meat and Climate Change by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Apr 20, 2016
- Climate Change May Turn Crops Into Junk Food by Tove Danovich, TakePart, Apr 18. 2016
- Poor countries must find $4tn by 2030 to avert catastrophe, says climate study by John Vidal, Guardian, Apr 22, 2016
- 7 things we've learned about Earth since the last Earth Day by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 22, 2016
- Explainer: The adoption, signing and ratification of the UN climate deal by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Apr 19, 2016
- The Key Players in Climate Change, New York Times, Apr 21, 2016
- Scientists compare climate change impacts at 1.5C and 2C by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Apr 21, 2016
Sat Apr 23
- Action on climate change needs our hearts and heads: uniting our faith and science by Katharine Hayhoe, Asma Mahdi, Ed Maurer, and Vaishali Naik, AGU Blogosphere, Apr 22, 2016
- China, U.S. pledge to ratify Paris climate deal this year by Michelle Nichols & Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Apr 20, 2016
- Pressure grows for price on carbon ahead of UN signing by Matt McGrath, Science & Environment, BBC News, Apr 21, 2016
- Interview: UN members fear U.S. 'sabotage' of Obama's climate commitments by Louis Charbonneau, Reuters, Apr 20, 2016
- Has climate change really improved U.S. weather? by Kevin Trenberth, Environment & Energy, The Conversation US, Apr 22, 2016
- Unfriendly Climate by Sonja Smith, Texas Monthly, May 2016 edition
- Paris deal's carbon cuts miss critical warming target, Op-ed by Mario Molina, V. Ramanathan & Durwood Zaelke, USA Today, Apr 22, 2016
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