2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #15

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

Sun Apr 3

9 Times Bill Nye Blew Our Minds With Climate Change Knowledge by The Climate Reality Project, EcoWatch, Apr 1, 2016
Climate Change Worsening Colorado River Droughts by John Upton, Climate Central, Apr 1, 2016
Climate Catastrophe, Coming Even Sooner? by Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, Mar 31, 2016
The Wall Street Journal, Climate Change Denial, and the Galileo Gambit by Michael E Mann, Huffington Post, Mar 28, 2016
Massive deforestation found in Brazil's Cerrado, (e) Science News, Apr 1, 2016
Attention Must Be Paid (Except to Climate Change) by Marty Kaplan, Huffington Post Media, Apr 1, 2016
Even in a Warming World, It Will Still Snow Somewhere by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Apr 2, 2016
How do scientists know how hot it will be in 100 years?, Climate Reality Project, Apr 1, 2016

Mon Apr 4

It’s Hazy, but China’s Carbon Emissions May Have Peaked by Edward Wong, New York Tiems, Apr 3, 2016
Carmichael coal mine: Mining leases approved for $21 billion project in Queensland's Galilee Basin, ABC News, Apr 3, 2016
Decision on coal mine 'defies reason' by Tim Elliott, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 4, 2016
The similarities between Trump support and climate denial by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Apr 4, 2016
The WSJ’s Long Record of Protecting Polluters by U.S. Sen Shelton Whitehouse, Huffington Post, April 3, 2016
Another $1.2 Billion Substation? No Thanks, Says Utility, We'll Find a Better Way by Jan Ellen Spiegel, InsideClimate News, Apr 4, 2016
Green and Indigenous groups furious over Queensland's Carmichael coalmine lease approval, Australian AP/Guardian, Apr 3, 2016
Climate change puts trillions of dollars of financial assets at risk: study by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Apr 4, 2016

Tue Apr 5

A Student of ‘Cultural Environmentalism’ Explores the Many Views of Earth’s Anthropocene ‘Age of Us’ by Andrew C Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times, Apr 3, 2016
White House: Climate Change Poses Urgent Health Risk by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Apr 4, 2016
New web portal shines beacon on rising seas, NASA Global Climate Change, Apr 4, 2016
Don Beyer says 97 percent of scientists believe humans contribute to global warming by Sean Gorman, PolitiFact Virginia/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Apr 4, 2016
Tony Abbott's harmful legacy lives on in climate silence by Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 5, 2016
How to keep caring when it’s ‘staggeringly too late’ to stop climate change by Ariel Zirulnick, The New Tropic, Apr 4, 2016
Massive carbon capture investment 'needed to slow global warming' by Fiona Harvey & Kylie Noble, Guardian, Apr 4, 2016
Smithsonian Gives Nod to More 'Dark Money' Funding for Willie Soon by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Apr 5, 2016

Wed Apr 6

The 35 countries cutting the link between economic growth and emissions, Carbon Brief, Apr 5, 2015
Scientists sound West Coast global warming alarm by Diane Dietz, The Register-Guard, Apr 4, 2016
Constructively dealing with trolls in science communication by Aaron Huertas, Science Communications Media, Apr 3, 2016
Bureau of Meteorology plan to take over CSIRO climate change research by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 5, 2016
New climate study is frenemy of climate science driven policy, Greg Laden's Blog, Apr 6, 2016
CSIRO cuts were about taking focus off 'public-good research', emails show by Michael Slezak, The Guardian, Apr 5, 2016
Record patch of warm waters point to more global heat records being smashed by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 5, 2016
Why Evangelicals — Yes, Evangelicals — Are Rallying For Action On Climate Change In North Carolina by Jack Jenkins, Climate Progress, Apr 5, 2016

Thu Apr 7

This summer’s sea temperatures were the hottest on record for Australia: here’s why by Elaine Miles, Claire Spillman, David Jones &amp David Walland, The Conversation AU, Apr 5, 2016
Hundreds of coal plants are still being planned worldwide — enough to cook the planet by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 5, 2016
Groups want forests to help mitigate the climate damage from your next flight by Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay, Apr 6, 2016
Fossil fuel electricity with no pollution? This company is building a power plant to prove it. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 5, 2016
Factcheck: Are climate models ‘wrong’ on rainfall extremes? by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Apr 7, 2016
Climate Models May Overstate Clouds’ Cooling Power, Research Says by John Schwartz, New York Times, Apr 7, 2016
Should the World Ditch the 2-Degree Celsius Target? by Umair Irfan, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Apr 6, 2016
How Obama's reforms of federal coal leasing could cut carbon pollution by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 5, 2016

Fri Apr 8

Tesla’s Model 3 orders are through the roof. Here’s what that means for the planet. by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 6, 2016
One Fact About Climate Change That’s Worth Repeating by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Apr 6, 2016
Here’s everything we know about how to talk about climate change by Amelia Urry, Grist, Apr 7, 2016
Sixty world leaders to attend UN climate signing in New York on April 22 by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Apr 6, 2016
Sea sends early warning of heatwaves by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Apr 8, 2016
Analysis: the ‘highly unusual’ behaviour of Arctic sea ice in 2016 by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Apr 7, 2016
Trying to Put a Price on Big Oil's 'Climate Obstruction' Efforts by Eric Roston, Bloomberg News, Apr 7, 2016
Greenland and Antarctic melting isn’t just raising seas — it’s changing the Earth’s rotation by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 8, 2016
NASA Study Solves Two Mysteries About Wobbling Earth by Carol Rasmussen, NASA Earth Science News Team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Apr 8, 2016

Sat Apr 9

Treating Soil A Little Differently Could Help It Store A Huge Amount Of Carbon by Natasha Geiling, Climate Progress, Apr 7. 2016
World Bank ramps up help for poor to adapt to climate change by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 8. 2016
Climate Change Dries Up Nicaragua by José Adán Silva, Inter Press Service (IPS). Apr 5, 2016
The North Atlantic Blob: A Marine Cold Wave That Won’t Go Away by Bob Henson, Wunderblog, Weather Unerground, Apr 8, 2016
Think Tank With Fossil-Fuel Ties Subpoenaed in AG's Climate Inquiry by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Apr 8, 2016
Humans an Invasive Species Heading for a 'Crash,' Study Says by Nika Knight, Common Dreams, Apr 8, 2016
Will La Niña Follow One of the Strongest Ever El Niños? by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Apr 8, 2016
Federal judge in Eugene says court should not dismiss youths’ climate change lawsuit by Jack Moran, The Register-Guard, Apr 9, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 9 April, 2016

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