2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #4
Posted on 23 January 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Jan 17
- Danger ahead: migration, climate top risks for Davos leaders by Ben Hirschler, Reuters, Jan 14, 2016
- Djibouti launches solar power project, plans for wind project, Reuters, Jan 15, 2016
- Climate change, El Niño & Pacific Decadal Oscillation could result to unbearable summer this year by Urmi Goswami, Economic Times, Jan 16, 2016
- Rapid switch to renewable energy can put Paris climate goals within reach by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Jan 16, 2016
- Paris climate deal offers flame of hope, says UN official by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Jan 17, 2016
- The World Is Hemorrhaging Methane, and Now We Can See Where by Christina Nunez, National Geographic, Jan 13, 2016
- What is climate change doing to our health? by Marcus Ranney, World Economic Forum, Jan 176, 2016
Mon Jan 18
- Marine protected areas around the world do not support corals and fish: researchers by Lucy Cormack, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15, 2016
- Thousands Of Starved Dead Birds Wash Up On Alaska’s Coasts, And Climate Change Could Be The Culprit by Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Climate Progress, Jan 15, 2016
- False emissions reporting undermines China's pollution fight by David Stanway & Kathy Chen, Reuters, Jan 17, 2016
- Ted Cruz fact check: which temperature data are the best? by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Jan 18, 2016
- Study: Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997 by Seth Borenstein, The Big Story AP, Jan 18, 2016
- Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2015 by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 18, 2016
- Geoengineering’s Moral Hazard Problem by George Collins, Slate, Jan 15, 2016
Tue Jan 19
- Oil below $30: what does it mean for action on climate change? by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Jan 18, 2016
- Mother Nature's Invisible Hand Strikes Back Against the Carbon Economy, News Analysis by by JP Sottile, Truthout, Jan 16, 2016
- Hazelwood owner Engie launches push for 1,000GW of solar by Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, Jan 19, 2016
- Higher beef production could lower Brazil’s emissions, study says by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 18, 2016
- Congress Actually Dealt with Climate Change in the 2016 Budget Bill. Really. by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Jan 19, 2016
- Why Psychology Should Be A Part Of The Fight Against Climate Change by Carolyn Gregoire, The Huffington Post, Jan 18, 2016
- How Climate Change Endangers Microbes--And Why That's Not a Good Thing by Aspen T Reese, Scientific American, Jan 19, 2016
Wed Jan 20
- Climatologist Wants To Keep Working With Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Climate Deniers Attack Him by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Jan 19, 2016
- Warmer Indian Ocean could be 'ecological desert', scientists warn by Amantha Perera, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Jan 19, 2016
- These Two Experts Answered Your Burning Geoengineering Questions, Future Tense, Slate, Jan 19, 2016
- China ban on new coal mines overshadowed by surplus capacity by Kathy Chen and David Stanway, Reuters, Jan 18, 2016
- It’s official: 2015 ‘smashed’ 2014’s global temperature record. It wasn’t even close by Chris Mooney & Joby Warrick, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 20, 2016
- A striking resemblance between testimony for Peabody Coal and for Ted Cruz by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Jan 20, 2016
- California to investigate whether Exxon Mobil lied about climate-change risks by Ivan Penn, Los Angeles Times, Jan 20. 2016
- Atlantic, Caribbean storms more destructive as temperatures rise - study by Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Jan 20, 2016
Thu Jan 21
- This Winter Storm Could Set Coastal Flood Records by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Jan 20, 2016
- Australia’s Two Largest Solar PV Plants Completed, Doubles Large-Scale Capacity by Joshua S Hill, Ars Technica, Jan 20, 2016
- AP FACT CHECK: Ted Cruz misstates science of climate change by Seth Borenstein and Scott Bauer, AP, Jan 21, 2016
- Thorough, not thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data by Scott K Johnson, Ars Technica, Jan 21, 2016
- Analysis: How 2015 became the hottest year on record by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Jan 20, 2016
- Getting 196 Countries To Agree On Climate Change Was ‘The Easy Part’ by Jo Confino, The Huffington Post, Jan 20, 2016
- Indonesia’s Fires Blamed For Potent Greenhouse Gases by John Upton, Climate Central, 21, 2016
- Refugee crises, climate change are top risks in next 10 years, experts say by Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center, Jan 21, 2016
Fri Jan 22
- Court Rejects Bid to Delay Obama Rule on Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Jan 21, 2016
- Fighting climate change means protecting forests and wildlife by Russell A. Mittermeier, Mongabay, Jan 19, 2016
- The facts of climate change foolishly refuse to modulate their hectoring by Tom Toles, Washington Post, Jan 21, 2016
- What Will It Take For America To Go 100 Percent Renewable? by Natasha Geiling, Climate Progress, Jan 21, 2016
- Why Big Blizzards In Winter Don’t Disprove Global Warming by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Jan 22, 2016
- The hottest year on record signals that global warming is alive and well by Kevin Trenberth, The Conversation AU, Jan 21, 2016
- Climate Change and Poverty — The Underappreciated Link by Katherine Tan, The Huffington Post, Jan 20. 2016
- Can climate change cause earthquakes too? by Tom Toles, Washington Post, Jan 22, 2016
Sat Jan 23
- The Future of ‘Epic Blizzards’ in a Warming World by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Jan 22, 2016
- In global warming bets, record 2015 heat buoys mainstream science by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Jan 20, 2016
- U.S. Moves to Limit Emissions of Planet-Warming Methane by Coral Davenport, Jan 22, 2016
- Unthinkable Thoughts: Climate Change And The “Desire-Not-To-Know” by Kaela Bamberger, The Leap, Jan 12, 2016
- S.E.C. Is Criticized for Lax Enforcement of Climate Risk Disclosure by David Gelles, New York Times, Jan 23, 2016
- Do Hundreds of Other Gas Storage Sites Risk a Methane Leak Like California's? by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Jan 22, 2016
- The high tech of low carbon by David Abel, Boston Globe, Jan 23, 2016
- “The Blob” Disrupts What We Think We Know About Climate Change, Oceans Scientist Says by Judith Lavoie, DeSmog Canada, Jan 23, 2016
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