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2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #7
Posted on 13 February 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Feb 7
- Deceleration of the Greenland ice sheet caused by 11,000-year-old events by Catherine Jex, Science Nordic, Feb 5, 2016
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Lisa Nandy by Leo Hickman, Carbon Brief, Feb 3, 2016
- As Rubio Waffles, Two Floridians in the House Seek Bipartisan Climate Solutions by Andrew Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times, Feb 6, 2016
- Climate Economists React to Obama’s Proposed Oil Tax by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 6, 2016
- U.S., India in talks to settle solar power trade dispute by David Lawder, Reuters, Feb 5, 2016
- National Climate Framework At Centre of Federal-Provincial Meeting in Vancouver, March 3rd by Derek Leahy, DeSmog Canada, Feb 5, 2016
- Green Groups to Obama: Take Oceans Out of Offshore Drilling 'Crosshairs' by Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, Feb 3, 2016
- World's largest offshore windfarm to be built off Yorkshire coast by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Feb 3, 2016
Mon Feb 8
- Australia, the US and Europe are climate ‘free-riders’: it’s time to step up by Glenn Althor,& James Watson & Richard Fuller, The Conversation AU, Feb 5, 2016
- Heat to stay on CSIRO climate cuts amid claims Malcolm Turnbull was 'blindsided' by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 7, 2016
- Alberta creates dedicated climate change office by Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, Feb 2, 2016
- CSIRO head Larry Marshall defends climate research cuts as angry scientists protest in Melbourne, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 8, 2016
- No climate conspiracy: NOAA temperature adjustments bring data closer to pristine by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Feb 8. 2016
- Scientists just uncovered yet another troubling fact about Antarctica’s ice by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 8, 2016
- Sea-level rise 'could last twice as long as human history' by Damian Carrington, The Guardian, Feb 8, 2016
- Rising CO2 in the ocean will make fish ‘intoxicated,’ scientists predict by Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, Feb 8, 2016
Tue Feb 9
- US Renewable Energy Eclipses Fossil Fuels For Second Year Running, Says BNEF by Joshua Hill, ArsTechnica, Feb 5, 2016
- If you thought solar was going to hurt utilities, get a load of solar+storage by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Feb 5, 2016
- New Hampshire Republicans Are Really, Really Anti-Science by Jeremy Schulman, Mother Jones, Feb 8, 2016
- Climate Change Keeps Coming Up At GOP Campaign Stops — And People Are Clapping by Amanda Terkel, The Huffington Post, Feb 8, 2016
- Australia to be 'isolated' from global research after CSIRO climate cuts: WMO by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 9, 2016
- U.N. Agency Proposes Limits on Airlines’ Carbon Emissions by Jad Mouawad & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Feb 8, 2016
- Sea level research says only a ‘brief window’ to cut emissions by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 8, 2016
- Supreme Court blocks Obama climate change rules by Ariane de Vogue and Dan Berman, CNN, Feb 9, 2016
- Climate change driving species to the Earth's poles faster than predicted, scientists say by Felicity Ogilvie, ABC News, Feb 9, 2016
Wed Feb 10
- Melting Greenland ice changing ocean circulation, Earth's gravitational field by Sima Sahar Zerehi, CBC News, Feb 8, 2016
- Will John Roberts Destroy His Reputation And A Livable Climate At The Same Time? by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Feb 9, 2016
- Is Australia's retreat from climate change research start of a global trend? by Jason Thomson, Christian Science Monitor, Feb 9, 2016
- Just a half Degree of Separation by David Hosansky, Atmos News, Feb 9, 2016
- Australian bushfires on the rise, new research finds by Tom Arup, The Age, Feb 10, 2016
- Supreme Court Halts Clean Power Plan, with Implications Far Beyond the U.S. by John H Cushman Jr, inside Climate News, Feb 10, 2016
- The gutting of CSIRO climate change research is a big mistake by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Feb 10, 2016
- 12 ways to mobilise the money needed to stop climate change by Rachel Banning-Lover, The Guardian, Feb 9, 2015
Thu Feb 11
- US President Obama signs Africa electricity plan into law, BBC News, Feb 9, 2016
- ANALYSIS - UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate - experts by Magda Mis, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Feb 10, 2016
- Obama's Clean Power Plan May Be on Hold, Coal's Fate Is Not by Mark Chediak, Bloomberg News, Feb 10, 2016
- Checking Ted Cruz's climate science denial howlers by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, The Guradian, Feb 10, 2016
- Australian cuts to climate change research may hit drive into Asia by Jarni Blakkarly, Reuters, Feb 10, 2016
- What these Christians are giving up for Lent: Fossil fuels by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 10, 2016
- California's New Methane Rules Would Be the Nation's Strongest by Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Feb 11, 2016
Fri Feb 12
- Bolivia's second-largest lake has disappeared by Carolina Chimoy, Deutsche Welle, Feb 10, 2016
- Bernie Sanders Singles Out Climate Change in Victory Speech by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Feb 10, 2016
- New study suggests northern tundra shifting from carbon sink to carbon source by Lauren Lipuma, GeoSphere, Feb 11, 2016
- Water stored on land stopped recent sea level rise being up to 22% higher by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 11, 2016
- What is the best description of the greenhouse effect? by Rasmus Benestad, Real Climate, Feb 12, 2016
- These 9 EU Countries Are Leading the Renewable Charge by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 10, 2016
- New UN report reveals devastating human toll of disasters in 'hottest year on record', UN News Centre, Feb 11, 2016
- Bernie and Hillary Have Major Differences on Climate. If Only the Debate Moderators Would Ask. by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Feb 12, 2016
Sat Feb 13
- Majority of Science Teachers Are Teaching Climate Change, but Not Always Correctly by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Feb 11, 2016
- We may have just seen a truly ominous new weather record by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 11, 2016
- More Rain, Less Snow for U.S. Winters by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Feb 11, 2016
- Strong El Niño Will Weaken and Could Transition to La Niña This Fall, NOAA Says by John Erdman & and Chris Dolce, The Weather Channel, Feb 11, 2016
- The new age of climate exploration by Joseph Robertson & David Thoreson, Climate Consesus - the 97%, The Guardian, Feb 12, 2016
- Over half the world’s population suffers from ‘severe’ water scarcity, scientists say by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 12, 2016
- Oh Great. A Climate Change Skeptic Is Moderating Tonight's GOP Debate. by Jeremy Schulman, Mother Jones, Feb 13, 2016
- The GOP just despises science: No, really — why would Trump, Rubio and Cruz rather live in a sizzling hellscape than face reality? by Phil Torres, Salon, Feb 13, 2016
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