Posted on 22 June 2025 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Science and Research (6 articles)

• Climate Crisis 'Evil Twin' Is Coming for Marine Life Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study. Newsweek, Thomas Westerholm, Jun 16, 2025.
• Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century A new paper describes how humans were influencing Earth's climate by cooling the stratosphere in the late 19th century. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, Ben Santer et al. , June 16, 2025.
• Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950 Phys.org, Seth Borenstein (AP), Jun 17, 2025.
• Why imperfect climate models are more helpful than you think Even flawed models are helping scientists unlock new truths about our changing planet. Yale Climate Connections, Ryan O’Loughlin, Jun 17, 2025.
• Guest post: Why 2024`s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising Human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2024 continued to drive global warming to record levels. Carbon Brief, Piers Forster and Debbie Rosen, Jun 18, 2025.
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #25 2025 Our latest listing of research on anthropogenic climate change, how it's changing our lives now, and how we'll deal with the problem we've created. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Jun 19, 2025.

Climate Policy and Politics (6 articles)

• What the Nation Stands to Lose Without climate.gov Council on Strategic Risks, Center for Climate and Security, June 11, 2025.
• How Trump`s assault on science is blinding America to climate change E&E News, Politico, Scott Waldman, Jun 16, 2025.
• The World`s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth The biggest funders of fossil fuel expansion are U.S. banks that, like those in other countries, are retreating on their climate commitments. Inside Climate News, Georgina Gustin, Jun 17, 2025.
• Voters Are Concerned About Rising Costs and Think Climate Change Will Financially Affect Them This report illustrates a growing split between US voters and leadership of the federal government on how matters of energy and climate are being handled. Data For Progress, Brynne Robbins and Elias Kemp, June 17, 2025.
• Trump cuts to NOAA, NASA 'blinding' farmers to risks, scientists warn TheHill.com, Saul Elbein, Jun 18, 2025.
• NOAA`s climate information portal to go silent The Trump adminstration continues to efficiently generate synthetic ignorance. E&E, Politico, Daniel Cusick, Jun 18, 2025.

Climate Education and Communication (4 articles)

• The REAL STORY of Climate Skeptics New Favorite Graph Youtube, PBS Terra, May 21, 2025.
• Warming Stripes Spark Climate Conversations: From the Ocean to the Stratosphere The inventors of ''Climate Stripes'' describe how this powerful climate communications tool came to be, and how the signal it captures is visible everywhere in Earth's climate system. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Ed Hawkins et al. , May 28, 2025.
• The scientist who paints the climate The Brilliant, Sam Illingworth, May 29, 2025.
• Show your Stripes Day on June 21 2025 Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler and Doug Bostrom, June 20, 2025.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (3 articles)

• re:publica 25: Johan Rockström - Decisive Decade: From Global Promises to Planetary Action re:publica on Youtube, Johan Rockström, May 29, 2025.
• On Ireland`s peat bogs: climate action clashes with tradition - in pictures The Guardian, Photographs by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters, Jun 15, 2025.
• As wars intensify, their carbon toll remains off climate summit agendas From Gaza to Ukraine, the environmental cost of conflict rivals top emitters but is missing from global climate policy and accountability frameworks. Business Standard, Abhijeet Kumar, Jun 16, 2025.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (2 articles)

• Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe - major report False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised The Guardian, Damian Carrington, Jun 19, 2025.
• Fact brief - Is modern warming just a rebound from the Little Ice Age? Skeptical Science, Sue Bin Park, Jun 21, 2025.

Climate Change Impacts (2 articles)

• Guest post: How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather Recent years have seen a rapid succession of climate-related records broken , withuy Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Jun 13, 2025.
• Climate crisis could hit yields of key crops even if farmers adapt, study finds Production of staple crops projected to fall by as much as 120 calories per person per day for every 1C of heating The Guardian, Ajit Niranjan, Jun 18, 2025.

Miscellaneous (2 articles)

• Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims A longtime critic of U.S. biofuels says an expansion of biofuels policy under President Donald Trump would lead to more greenhouse gas emissions and fewer food crops. Inside Climate News, Georgina Gustin, Jun 13, 2025.
• 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #24 A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 8, 2025 thru Sat, June 14, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler & Doug Bostrom, Jun 15, 2025.

Climate Law and Justice (1 article)

• What Lliuya v. RWE Means for Climate Change Loss and Damage Claims Climate Law Blog, Maxim Bönnemann and Maria Antonia Tigre, Jun 19, 2025.

Health Aspects of Climate Change (1 article)

• Trump Takes Aim at the Climate A physician inventories how the US public is being harmed by an administration fostering ignorance of climate risks and inability to defend against climate harms. MedPageToday.com - medical news for physicians, Roger Hicks, MD, Jun 17, 2025.

International Climate Conferences and Agreements (1 article)

• Global Climate Talks Resumed This Week in Germany, For the First Time in 30 Years Without the United States At a Bonn conference on climate, some participants say there’s a chance to make progress with the world’s biggest economy, America, no longer in the room. Inside Climate News, Bob Berwyn, Jun 17, 2025.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Solutions (1 article)

• What is the effect of hot or cold water on EVs? Sabin Rebuttal #33 answering the question "What is the effect of hot or cold weather on EVs? Septical Science, Sabin Climate Team, June 17, 2025.