2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #33

A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.

Sun, Aug 9

Torngat Mountains glaciers shrinking faster, says researcher, CBC News, Aug 8, 2015
Corrected sunspot history suggests climate change not due to natural solar trends, Astronomy Now, Aug 8, 2014
OMG… Greenland’s ice sheets are melting fast Robin McKie, The Observer, Aug 9, 2015
Iceland: Volcanic eruptions could be a consequence of melting glaciers by Luna Finnsson, IceNews, Aug 8, 2015
Car companies investing in EVs set for massive windfall by Jeremy Cato, Globe and Mail, Aug 5, 2015
Coal is not the answer to India's energy poverty, whatever Tony Abbott says, Op-ed by EAS Sarma, The Guardian, Aug 7, 2015
Feeding people on our stressed planet will require a “revolution” by Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News, Aug 5, 2015
Opinion: Climate change has arrived in Central Europe Op-ed by Jens Thurau, Deutsche Welle, Aug 9, 2015

Mon, Aug 10

Climate change crusade goes local by Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, Aug 9. 2015
How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory by John Schwartz, New York Times, Aug 7, 2015
The boom in wind energy couldn’t be coming at a better time Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 9, 2015
Evoking the Wrath of Nature by Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Aug 9, 2015
A Huge Algae Bloom Off the Pacific Coast Is Poisoning Shellfish and Sea Lions by Esha Dey, Vice News, Aug 10, 2015
Deadly Typhoon Smashes into China after Damaging Taiwan by Coco Liu, Gayathri Vaidyanathan and ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 10, 2015

Tue, Aug 11

Rising costs of flood defences could put world's major deltas at risk by Robert McSweeney, The Carbon Brief, Aug 6, 2015
UK butterflies could suffer ‘widespread extinction’ by 2050, study warns by Robert McSweeney, The Carbon Brief, Aug 10, 2015
Next step for Obama's climate rules: A court debate over wording 'glitch' by David Savage, Los Angeles Times, Aug 5, 2015
Dear Washington Times: Here's How People Of Color Really Feel About The Clean Power Plan by Cristina Lopez, Media Matters for America, Aug 11, 2015
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
Abbott government's 2030 emissions target dubbed 'pathetically inadequate' by Lenore Taylor, The Guardian, Aug 10, 2015
Fox News(!) on Coke, Climate and Fake Science by Peter Sinclair, Climate Denial Crock of the Week, Aug 11, 2015
Massive Toxic Algae Blooms May Prove a Sign of Climate Change to Come by Brittany Patterson, ClimateWire/Scientific American August 11, 2015
Risk, Climate Change, and Black Swans by John Atcheson, Common Dreams, Aug 11, 2015

Wed, Aug 12

Climate Change is REAL!, My Viewpoint, You Tube, Aug 10, 2015
A stunning five million acres have now burned in Alaskan wildfires this year by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 10, 2015
Australian Psychological Society "Disturbed" By Climate Denialist Group's "Misleading" Newspaper Advert by Graham Readfern, DeSmog Blog, Aug 11, 2015
Can Community Solar Meet the Needs of Large Energy Buyers? by Priya Barua and April Herleikson. World Resources institute (WRI), Aug 10, 2015
Revealed: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy by Martin Lukacs, The Guardian, Aug 11, 2015
2015 global temperatures are right in line with climate model predictions by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Aug 12, 2015
Why Misleading Americans About Climate Change Is Dangerous, Op-ed by Anna North, New York Times, Aug 11, 2015
Stephen Harper Forgets Stephen Harper’s Pledge to End Fossil Fuels by Carol Linnitt, DeSmog Canada, Aug 11, 2015
Environmentalists tackling climate change should take a page from the gay marriage playbook by Ramez Naam, Quartz, Aug 12, 2015
5 Ways To Convince People To Actually Do Something About Climate Change by Adele Peters, Co Exist, Aug 12, 2015

Thu, Aug 13

Can the Earth feed 11 billion people? Four reasons to fear a Malthusian future by James Dyke, The Conversation, Aug 12, 2015
Can the Planet Support 11 Billion People? by Malavika Vyawahare, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 12, 2015
Pope's climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil investments by Richard Valdmanis, Reuters, Aug 12, 2015
Ocean science group starts blog devoted to warm-water blob by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, Aug 11, 2015
Heat wave heightens danger in an already epic summer of fire by Joseph Serna, Corina Knoll & Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times, Aug 12, 2015
El Nino brings prolonged droughts, Deutsche Welle (DW), Aug 13, 2015
Can't Touch This: To Stave Off Climate Disaster, Arctic Oil Must Stay in Ground by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, Aug 13, 2015
Huge El Niño leaves parts of California vulnerable to flooding by Rong-Gong Lin II and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, Aug 13, 2015

Fri, Aug 14

Scientists get tool to mark online climate science media coverage and it's not a rusty teaspoon by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, The Guardian, Aug 13, 2015
5 Green Iphone Apps You Need in Your Life by Lydia Collins Donlon, Living Roots, Aug 14, 2015
If global warming really did pause, the planet just pressed ‘play’ again by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 13, 2015
Latin America Has Enormous Untapped Potential for Green Infrastructure by Diego Arguedas Ortiz, International Press News (IPS), Aug 12, 2015
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Big Oil in Retreat by Tom Englehardt/Michael Klare, TomDisptach, Aug 13, 2015
Paris climate deal ‘not a failure’ if it busts 2C goal by Megan Darby, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Aug 11, 2014
Extreme weather could trigger frequent global food shocks by Michael Le Page, NewScientist, Aug 14, 2015
Hottest July On Record Keeps 2015 On Track To Crush 2014 For Hottest Year by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Aug 14, 2015
Rich nations' climate plans fall short of hopes for Paris summit by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Aug 12, 2015
What live peer review looks like when the fate of the planet is at stake by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 14, 2015

Sat, Aug 15

Has there been a hiatus? by Kenneth Trenberth, Science, Aug 14, 2015
Photovoltaic Prices Drop for 5th Straight Year by Daniel Cusick, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 14, 2015
Untouchable: The Climate Case Against Arctic Drilling by Hannah McKinnon, Oil Change International/Common Dreams, Aug 14, 2015
Mammoth wind turbines reach new heights in renewable energy by The Canadian Press, National Observer, Aug 11, 2015
The Battle Over Global Warming Is All in Your Head by Kharunya Paramaguru, Time Magazine, Aug 19 Issue
Added Gene Can Make Rice More Climate-Friendly by Tim Radford, Climate News Network/Truthdig, Aug 14, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 15 August, 2015

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