2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #12

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

Sun Mar 13

Polar Bears Far from ‘Strong and Healthy’ by Vanessa Schipani, FactCheck.org, Mar 8, 2016
An oilman's $7 billion lesson in the economics of climate change by Steven Mufson, The Washington Post/Alasaka dispatch News, Mar 11, 2016
Zimbabwe looks to the sun as drought hits hydropower by Andrew Mambondiyani, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 11, 2016
China Sets Energy Consumption Cap For First Time by Kathy Chen & David Stanway, Reuters/Climate Central, Mar 12, 2016
February obliterated global heat records, NASA confirms by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Mar 12, 2916
El Niño’s Disastrous Worldwide Consequences Are Just Getting Started by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Mar 7, 2016
Science and Politics Clash as Humanity Nears Climate Change Tipping Point by Greg M Schwartz, EcoWatch, Mar 13, 2016
Scorching start to autumn smashed national heat records, Bureau of Meteorology says by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 12, 2016

Mon Mar 14

Tipping point: how we predict when Antarctica’s melting ice sheets will flood the seas by Felicity Graham, David Gwyther, Lenneke Jong & Sue Cook, The Conversation AU, Mar 14, 2016
How climate denial gained a foothold in the Liberal Party, and why it still won’t go away by Marc Hudson, The Conversation AU, Mar 10, 2016
Record-Shattering February Warmth Bakes Alaska, Arctic 18°F Above Normal by Joe Romm. Climate Progress, Mar 13, 2016
Repercussions of climate change, not debate over its existence, dominate MU conference by Alicia Stice, Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune, Mar 13, 2016
How the refineries came to own our air pollution regulators by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, Mar 11, 2016
Rising Sea Levels May Disrupt Lives of Millions, Study Says by Tatianna Scholssberg, New York Times, Mar 14, 2016
Sanders, Clinton, Rubio, and Kasich answer climate debate questions by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Mar 14, 2016
Developers don't get it: climate change means we need to retreat from the coast by Orrin H Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis & Keith C Pilkey, Guardian, March 14, 2016

Tue Mar 15

Warming ocean water undercuts Antarctic ice shelves, Press Release, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Mar 14, 2015
Climate Change and Conservative Brain Death by Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine, Mar 14, 2016
Climate change could boost toxic algae along Pacific coast: study by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press/National Observer, Mar 13, 2016
Meltdown Earth: the shocking reality of climate change kicks in – but who is listening? by James Dyke, The Conversation AU, Mar 15, 2016
Canadian companies supporting fight against U.S. climate plan: report by Mike De Souza, National Observer, Mar 13, 2016
How a Monster El Niño Transforms the World’s Weather by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Mar 15, 2016
How cleaner air could actually make global warming worse by Chesea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 14, 2016
Louisiana's vanishing island: the climate 'refugees' resettling for $52m by Lauren Zanolli, Guardian, Mar 15, 2016

Wed Mar 16

Naomi Klein: How Clinton Failed the Climate Megaphone Test by Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, Mar 15, 2016
February’s global temperature spike is a "wake-up call" by Steve Sherwood & Stefan Rahmstorf, The Conversation AU, Mar 16, 2016
Why Obama changed his mind — and won't allow oil drilling in the Atlantic after all by Brad Plumer, Vox, Mar 15, 2016
13 Million in US Could Become Climate Refugees: Top Counties Affected by Tia Ghose, Live Science, Mar 14, 2016
The economy is growing, but carbon emissions aren’t. That’s a big deal by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 16, 2016
Record-breaking temperatures 'have robbed the Arctic of its winter' by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, Mar 15, 2016
Global Warming: Satellites vs. Thermometers by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Mar 16, 2016
On Burning Ground: The Human Cost of India’s Push to Produce More Coal by Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360, Mar 15, 2016
Why aren’t Clinton and Sanders talking about international climate justice? by Ben Adler, Grist, Mar 16, 2016

Thu Mar 17

As temperatures soar, new doubts arise about holding warming to 2 degrees C by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 16, 2016
Cuts in Europe’s air pollution have boosted Arctic warming by 0.5C by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Mar 14, 2016
How the World Has Changed Since Paris Climate Pact by John Upton, Climate Central, Mar 16, 2016
Climate hopes raised as global energy emissions stall for second year by Alex Pashley, Climate Home, Mar 16, 2016
Variability of major oceanic currents driven by climate change, by Christopher Packham, Phys.org, Mar 17, 2016
As NASA releases climate “bombshell”, more questions raised over fracking’s climatic impact by Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, Mar 14, 2016
The vast, shrinking northern glaciers that we never even talk about by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 16, 2016
Beyond record hot, February was 'astronomical' and 'strange' by Seth Borenstein, AP/Phys.org, Mar 17, 2016

Fri Mar 18

How much are trees feeling the heat of climate change? by Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2016
A Travesty Of Journalism": Experts React To Broadcast Networks' Decline In Climate Change Coverage by Andrew Seifter, Media Matters, Mar 17, 2016
The 'clock is ticking' on climate and development goals, researcher warn by Priya Dadlani, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 17, 2016
2016 on course to be hottest on record, says US climate agency by Ed King, Climate Home, Mar 17. 2016
Waters Off New York Opened For Offshore Wind Farm by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Mar 17, 2016
Germany mulls ‘mammoth’ 95% cut in emissions by 2050 by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Mar 18, 2016
Doubling renewables by 2030 could save $4.2 trln/yr - research by Nina Chestney, Reuters, Mar 17, 2016
Warmer Winter Brings Forest-Threatening Beetles North by Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times, Mar 18, 2016

Sat Mar 19

Alpine Glacier Mass Balance in 2015: Competes for Record Loss by Mauri Pelto, AGU Blogosphere, Mar 17, 2016
Ed Miliband: Tories far too able to 'do wrong things' on climate change by Adam Vaughn, Guardian, Mar 17, 2016
Worst Mediterranean drought in 900 years has human fingerprints all over it by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Mar 19, 2016
The Warmer, Wetter Arctic Is Becoming a New Source of Carbon by Emily J. Gertz, takepart, Mar 19, 2016
Why more than 200 planned new dams will be a disaster for the Amazon rainforest by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 18, 2016
Ontario to convert largest coal plant in North America to solar farm, cleantech Canada, Mar 11, 2016
5 Questions: What Does China’s New Five-Year Plan Mean for Climate Action? by Geoffrey Henderson, Ranping Song and Paul Joffe, World Resources Institute (WRI), Mar 18, 2016
Australia's emissions rising and vastly underestimated, says report by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Mar 18, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 19 March, 2016

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