Posted on 17 August 2025 by BaerbelW, John Hartz, Doug Bostrom

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts (14 articles)

• Atmospheric Rivers May be Diminishing on the West Coast and Surging in the East, Study Finds "Over a 20-year period, atmospheric rivers could double the amount of rain falling on part of the Southeast, the researchers found." Science, Inside Climate News, Chad Small, Aug 9, 2025.
• Fossil-fuelled heat has caused tropical birds to decline by `up to 38%` since 1950s An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. Carbon Brief, Daisy Dunne, Aug 11, 2025.
• Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’ "More than 470 Canadian fires classified as ‘out of control’ as scientists say climate change exacerbating the burning" World, The Guardian, Olivia Bowden in Toronto, Aug 11, 2025.
• Is Permafrost Really a Climate Time Bomb? ClimateAdam on Youtube, Adam Levy, Aug 11, 2025.
• July keeps the torrid pace going in one of Earth’s hottest years on record "Despite the absence of El Niño, the year 2025 is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record globally." Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, Jeff Masters & Bob Henson, Aug 12, 2025.
• Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing risk as mountain glaciers melt around the world The Conversation, Alton C. Byers, Aug 13, 2025.
• As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change Climate denial makes GOP appear as fools. AP News, Tammy Webber, Aug 14, 2025.
• Climate pollution is making GPS and communications satellites even more vulnerable to solar storms CNN Climate, Andrew Freedman, Aug 14, 2025.
• ‘No country is safe’: deadly Nordic heatwave supercharged by climate crisis, scientists say "Historically cool nations saw hospitals overheating and surge in drownings, wildfires and toxic algal blooms" Environment, The Guardian, Damian Carrington, Aug 14, 2025.
• Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise An acceleration of warming that started in 2023 continued through 2024, according to the latest annual climate assessment by the American Meteorological Society, as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to increase at a quickening rate. Inside Climate News, Dylan Baddour, Aug 15, 2025.
• Erin becomes the Atlantic season’s first hurricane. It’s set to rapidly intensify this weekend CNN Weather, Briana Waxman & Mary Gilbert, Aug 15, 2025.
• Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt "Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems" World, The Guardian, Ben Martynoga, Aug 15, 2025.
• `Global Glacier Casualty List` honors ice giants that are melting away The website marks the loss of glaciers to global warming. Yale Climate Connections, YCC Team, Aug 15, 2025.
• Hurricane Erin is now a Category 5. Next week, the storm is forecast to at least double or triple in size CNN Weather, Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar & Rebekah Riess, Aug 16, 2025.

Climate Policy and Politics (6 articles)

• Trump Is Turning Us Into a Doddering Industrial Giant Opinion, New York Times, Guest Post by Robinson Meyer, Aug 10, 2025 .
• Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate? The Trump administration included language in its proposal designed to head off new state rules and lawsuits. But legal experts predict years of battle ahead. Inside Climate News, Marianne Lavelle, Aug 12, 2025.
• 4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA`s plan to rescind the endangerment finding that underpins US climate policies The Conversation, H. Christopher Frey, Aug 12, 2025.
• Scientists rush to bolster climate findi "Some experts tee up public comment on EPA report calling fossil fuel concerns overblown, as others fast-track review" US News, The Guardian, Dharna Noor, Aug 13, 2025.
• Factcheck: Trump`s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to a Carbon Brief factcheck involving dozens of leading climate scientists. Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Aug 14, 2025.
• NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency NASA's charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however. ArsTechnica, Eric Berger, Aug 15, 2025.

Health Aspects of Climate Change (2 articles)

• Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds "Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies" Environment, The Guardian, Patrick Barkham, Aug 9, 2025.
• Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms The Guardian, Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Aug 12, 2025.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (1 article)

• Examining social questions around climate adaptation measures in the wake of a flood disaster Phys.org, Sabine Letz, Aug 12, 2025.

Climate Education and Communication (1 article)

• Can an AI chatbot of Dr Karl change climate sceptics` minds? He`s willing to give it a try The famous science communicator is planning to release a chatbot designed to answer questions on the climate crisis. Can it work? The Guardian, Jackson Ryan, Aug 10, 2025.

Climate Law and Justice (1 article)

• The EPA Is Abandoning the 10 Commandments of Climate Policy "By repealing the Endangerment Finding, Administrator Lee Zeldin is disabling the central moral and legal framework designed to keep us safe and healthy." Opinion, Common Dreams, Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Aug 12, 2025.

Climate Science and Research (1 article)

• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #32 2025 Misperceptions of atmospheric geoengineering, and beavers colonizing northern Alaska are among the findings in this week's collection of 194 newly published academic reports on climate change. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Aug 07, 2025.

Geoengineering (1 article)

• Can We Alter the Ocean to Counter Climate Change Faster? This Experiment Aims to Find Out "As corporate interest in ocean carbon removal grows, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are testing the safety and effectiveness of one such technique in the Gulf of Maine." Inside Climate News, Teresa Tomassoni, Aug 10, 2025.

International Climate Conferences and Agreements (1 article)

• COP experts: How could the UN climate talks be reformed? This year marks a decade since nations successfully negotiated the Paris Agreement, a landmark treaty that has been the guiding force for international climate politics ever since. Carbon Brief, Carbon Brief Staff, Aug 11, 2025.

Miscellaneous (1 article)

• 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #32 A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 3, 2025 thru Sat, August 9, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, John Hartz & Doug Bostrom, Aug 10, 2025.