2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #11
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5 reasons the Arctic’s extremely warm winter should alarm you
You can see dramatic climate change impacts even in the dead of Arctic winter.
This polar bear is alarmed. LightRocket via Getty Images
Cape Morris Jesup in Greenland is just about the northernmost piece of land on planet Earth. It’s located just 400 miles south of the North Pole, on Greenland’s craggy, desolate north shore. This is a place so far north that the sun doesn’t rise for most of the winter months.
In February, in the dark of winter, Cape Morris Jesup’s weather station recorded nearly 60 hours of temperatures above freezing — a new record. On February 24, the temperature reached a high of 43 degrees Fahrenheit.
Think of it like this: On February 24, you could be standing on the northernmost bit of land in the entire world, in darkness, in shorts and a T-shirt. That you wouldn’t quickly die is astounding because the cape’s temperatures are usually closer to minus 30 degrees in February.
It’s often said that on this warming planet, nowhere is changing faster than the Arctic. But this winter is providing stunning new evidence of a region in extraordinary, worrying flux. It’s also a hint of the future to come: an Arctic Ocean that’s not permanently frozen and all the disastrous consequences that come with that.
Here are five of the most alarming observations of the Arctic from the beginning of this year.
5 reasons the Arctic’s extremely warm winter should alarm you by Brian Resnick, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 16, 2018
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Sun Mar 11, 2018
- The Carbon Brief Profile: Brazil by Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, Mar 7, 2018
- China’s CO2 emissions grew less than expected in 2017, Guest Post by Jan Ivar Korsbakken, Robbie Andrew & Glen Peters, Carbon Brief, Mar 8, 2018
- Exxon-Funded Study Rebuts Research That Showed It Deceived Public on Climate by Karen Savage, Climate Liability News, Mar 8, 2018
- This mind-boggling study shows just how massive sea level rise really is by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 10, 2016
- In Iceland, global warming no longer a joke - president by Sophie Hares, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 10, 2018
- Yes, Exxon Is Accusing Local Governments of Misleading Investors on Climate Change by Justin Mikulka, DeSmog, March 10, 2018
- Northeast preps for 3rd winter storm in the past 10 days by Eric Levenson & Haley Brink, CNN, Mar 11, 2018
- A must-do list for climate change in Greater Boston, Opinion by Editorial Board, Boston Globe, Mar 11, 2018
Mon Mar 12, 2018
- Climate-threatened African nations to get profiles of drought and flood risk by Nicole Hoey, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 9, 2019
- Economic Equality Is Key to Solving Climate Change, Report Show by Jeremy Hodges, Bloomberg News, Mar 5, 2018
- Scott Pruitt’s terrible plan to “objectively” assess climate science by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 10, 2018
- How Air Pollution Has Put a Brake on Global Warming by Richard Shiffman, Yale Environment 360, Mar 8, 2018
- Q & A: Climate change causing Calgary to alter how it plans for the future, CBC News, Mar 8, 2018
- The Trump administration just failed to stop a climate lawsuit brought by 21 kids by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 7, 2018
- The government is close to finishing a major climate change report. Trump won’t like it by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 12, 2018
- Burning coal may have caused Earth’s worst mass extinction by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Mar 12, 2018
Tue Mar 13, 2018
- California Utilities, Climate Change and Wildfires: A Liability Quagmire by Ucilia Wang, Climate Liability News, Mar 12, 2018
- Solar geoengineering: Risk of ‘termination shock’ overplayed, study says by Robert McSweeney, Caron Brief, Mar 12, 2018
- EPA Youth Advisors Urge Agency to Act on Climate Change by Niina Heikkinen, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 12, 2018
- How Climate Activists Failed to Make Clear the Problem with Natural Gas by Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360, Mar 13, 2018
- Third nor'easter in 2 weeks is pummeling New England by Madison Park & Jason Hanna, CNN, Mar 13, 2018
- Interior Officials Are Citing Coal Execs And Crank Bloggers To Defend Climate Stances by Alexander C. Kaufman & Chris D’Angelo, Politics, HuffPost, Mar 9, 2018
- U.S. government sued after failing to submit climate change report by Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 13, 2018
- Pompeo, who has raised doubts about climate change, would lead State during key climate negotiations by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 13, 2018
Wed Mar 14, 2018
- La Niña ends, El Niño-Southern Oscillation returns to neutral, ENSO Warp-up Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Mar 13, 2018
- 22 National Science Academies Urge Government Action on Climate Change by Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News, Mar 13, 2018
- Ignoring Science at Our Peril by Jane E Brody, New York Times, Mar 12, 2018
- Rain or shine: new solar cell captures energy from raindrops by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, Mar 13, 2018
- Warm Arctic Means Colder, Snowier Winters in Northeastern U.S., Study Says by Ken Branson, Rutgers Today, Mar 13, 2018
- Here’s what real science says about the role of CO2 as Earth’s preeminent climatic thermostat by Tom Yulsman, ImaGeo, Discover Magzine, Mar 12, 2018
- Warm Arctic? Expect Northeast Blizzards: What 7 Decades of Weather Data Show by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Mar 13, 2018
- New maps pinpoint the potential for BECCS across the US by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Mar 12, 2018
Thu Mar 15, 2018
- Predicted spike in Ottawa temperatures worries experts, councillor by Susan Burgess, CBC News, Mar 9, 2018
- Climate Change May Be Hazardous to Your Health by Renee Cho, State of the Planet, Earth Institute, Columbia University, March 12, 2018
- The fast-melting Arctic is already messing with the ocean’s circulation, scientists say by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 13, 2018
- Chain reaction of fast-draining lakes poses new risk for Greenland ice sheet by Sarah Collins, News, Cambridge University, Mar 14, 2018
- Fear, fun or facts? Researchers look at what drives climate action by Nicole Hoey, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 14, 2018
- If business leaders want to regain our trust, they must act on climate risk, Opinion by Ian Dunlop, Environment, Guardian, Mar 14, 2018
- Biofuels can help solve climate change, especially with a carbon tax by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Mar 14, 2018
- Climate Change Goes Firmly in the “Loss” Column for Insurers by Benjamin Hulac, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 15, 2018
Fri Mar 16, 2018
- INSIGHT-Weathering Trump's skepticism, US officials still fighting global warming byTimothy Gardner & Alister Doyle, Reuters, Mar 15, 2018
- Easter Island Is Eroding by Nicholas Casey, Climate, New York Times, Mar 15, 2018
- Trump just put a climate science doubter in charge of the department that leads international climate talks by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 13, 2018
- Trump EPA Sued Over Refusal to Release Heartland Institute Communications by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Mar 15, 2018
- Pruitt Expected to Limit Science Used to Make EPA Pollution Rules by Scott Waldman & Robin Bravender, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 16, 2018
- 5 reasons the Arctic’s extremely warm winter should alarm you by Brian Resnick, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 16, 2018
- FEMA Drops 'Climate Change' From Its Strategic Plan by Richard Gonzales, NPR News, Mar 15, 2018
- It's 50 years since climate change was first seen. Now time is running out. Opinion by Richard Wiles, Climate, Guardian, Mar 15, 2018
Sat Mar 17, 2018
- New research, March 5-11, 2018 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Mar 16, 2018
- Beyond Three Thirds, The Road to Deep Decarbonization by Michael Liebreich, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Mar 13, 2018
- Mashup Messaging: How To Create Effective Climate Change Communication by Carolyn Fortuna, CleanTechnica, Mar 14, 2018
- Half a degree more global warming could flood out 5 million more people by Liz Fuller-Wright, Princeton Research, Mar 15, 2018
- Tree Farms Will Not Save Us from Global Warming by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 13, 2018
- Power utilities forced to adapt as climate change brings wilder weather, Canadian Press/CBC, Mar 15, 2018
- Red Cross Turns to Climate Attribution Science to Prepare for Disasters Ahead by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Mar 12, 2018
- On the Louisiana Coast, A Native Community Sinks Slowly into the Sea by Ted Jackson, Yale Environment 360, Mar 15, 2018
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 17 March, 2018
