2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #7

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

Sun Feb 12, 2017

Canada’s Censored Scientists Are Helping American Researchers Resist Trump by Stephen Beranyi, Motherboard, Feb 9, 2017
Droughts and flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather by Scott P Power, Brad Murphy, Christine Chung, François Delage & Hua Ye, The Conversation AU, Feb 9, 2017
Why NOAA updates its sea surface temperature record, Guest post by Peter Thorne, Carbon Brief, Feb 10, 2017
Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces by Melissa Davey, Guardian, Feb 12, 2017
Simple equation shows how human activity is trashing the planet by Owen Gaffney, New Scientist, Feb 10, 2017
We may live in a post-truth era, but nature does not, Opinion by Cynthia Barnett, Los Angeles Times, Feb 10, 2017
Open Season on Climate Science by Michael Mann, UnDark, Feb 10, 2017
Can a children's lawsuit force action on climate change? by Patrick Reilly, Christian Science Monitor, Feb 11, 2017

Mon Feb 13, 2017

Red hot: NSW smashes February statewide heat records two days in a row by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 12, 2017
Climate change fight will be won or lost in cities, say experts by Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Feb 10, 2017
In defiance of Trump gag order, environment agency workers will continue to speak out by Maya Shwayder, Deutsche Welle (DW), Feb 10, 2017
This is why conservative media outlets like the Daily Mail are 'unreliable' by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 13, 2017
Once-in-a-decade heatwave melting the Arctic ... for the third time this year. Why? by Charlie Wood, Christian Science Monitor, Feb 11, 2017
Why politicians think they know better than scientists – and why that’s so dangerous by Elizabeth Suhay, The Conversation US, Feb 12, 2017
Act now before entire species are lost to global warming, say scientists by Elle Hunt, Guardian, Feb 13, 2017
Sea Ice Hits Record Lows at Both Poles by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Feb 13, 2017

Tue Feb 14, 2017

Mish Michaels isn’t alone: Many meteorologists question climate change science by David Abel, Boston Globe, Feb 13, 2017
Diehard Coders Just Rescued NASA’s Earth Science Data by Megan Molten. Wired, Feb 13, 2017
Australia’s extreme heatwave is a preview of things to come by Alice Klein, New Scientist, Feb 13, 2017
Trudeau, Trump Meeting Sidesteps the Countries' Climate Change Agreements by Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News, Feb 13, 2017
When Canadian Scientists Were Muzzled by Their Government, Opinion by Wendy Palen, New York Times, Feb 14, 2017
Q&A: The social cost of carbon, Carbon Brief, Feb 14, 2017
Arctic Melt: What Will It Mean For The Planet?, Forces T, Feb 13, 2017
Heat Waves Scorch the Arctic, Australia, Parts of U.S. by Nicholas Kusnetz, Climate Central, Feb 13, 2017

Wed Feb 15, 2017

NASA launched an unprecedented study of Greenland’s melting. Now, the data are coming in by Chris Mooney, Energy & Envronment, Washington Post, Feb 10, 2017
Trump's likely science adviser calls climate scientists 'glassy-eyed cult' by Hannah Devlin, Guardian, Feb 15, 2017
Corporations like Exxon are using spurious free speech claims to fend off regulation by Jeff Clements and John Coates, Vox, Feb 14, 2017
It’s official: The oceans are losing oxygen, posing growing threats to marine life by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 15, 2017
Climate change: Scientists sad, frustrated as extreme weather becomes the new norm by Riley Stuart, ABC News, Feb 14, 2017
Climate Change Denial Is the Original Fake News by Eric Pooley, Time, Feb 14, 2017

Thu Feb 16, 2017

5 possible futures for the EPA under Trump by Brad Plumer, Vox, Feb 13, 2017
U.S. EPA staff told to prepare for Trump executive orders: sources by David Shepardson, Timothy Gardner & Richard Valdmanis, Reuters, Feb 15, 2017
Trump's vow to scrap the Paris climate change accord faces skepticism from corporations, GOP moderates by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Feb 15, 2017
Is anything wrong with Forbes Climate Reporting? by Sarah, Skeptical Science, Feb 15, 2017
This January Was the Third Warmest on Record Globally by Brian Kahn, Climate Central. Feb 16, 207
EPA Official, After Years of Work to Thwart the Agency's Mission, Returns to Carry Out Trump Agenda by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Feb 16, 2017
Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave by Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Andrew King & Matthew Hale, The Conversation AU, Feb 15, 2017
America’s Climate Pollution is Falling, EPA Report Says by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Feb 14, 2017

Fri Feb 17, 2017

Financial Backers Of EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Have Faced Hundreds Of Pollution Actions by Sharon Lerner, The Intercept, Feb 14, 2017
Scientists’ Group Launches Website to Help Federal Whistleblowers by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Feb 15, 2017
Scientists study ocean absorption of human carbon pollution by John Abraham, Climate Central - 97%, Guardian, Feb 16, 2017
Weather experts say new El Niño possible later this year by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Feb 16, 2017
Senate Confirms Scott Pruitt as E.P.A. Head by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Feb 17, 2017
NASA is defiantly communicating climate change science despite Trump’s doubts by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 16, 2017
Oklahoma Just Hit Temperatures of 100 Fahrenheit in the Depths of Winter by Fiona McDonald, Science Alert, Feb 17, 2017
Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis by Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, Feb 17, 2017

Sat Feb 18, 2017

Facebook Comments Skew Public Discourse by Karin Kirk, Yale Climate Connections, Feb 15, 2017
Trump's Repeal of Stream Rule Helps Coal at the Expense of Climate and Species by Nichlas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Feb 16, 2017
NASA study identifies new pathway for Greenland meltwater to reach ocean by Maria-José Viñas, NASA's Global Climate Change, Feb 15, 2017
Elevator Pitches - Chapter 01 - Ancient Sunlight by Rob Honeycutt, Skeptical Scince, Feb 17, 2017
‘Cluster of cold years’ behind New Zealand’s surprising glacier growth by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 14, 2017
Climate change could threaten entire financial system, APRA warns by Stephen Long, ABC News, Feb 17, 2017
Under Trump, scientists could face broader challenges than they did under George W. Bush by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Wahsington Post, Feb 18, 2017
Rising sea temperatures are shaping tropical storms in southern Africa by Jennifer Fitchett, The Conversation Africa, Feb 17, 2017

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 18 February, 2017

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