2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #29
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
There Is No Escape for Corals
Deep waters have long been seen as potential refuges for endangered corals, but a new study suggests that they offer no sanctuary.
It’s faintly absurd to be in one of the most obscure parts of the planet—a creepy zone of perpetual gloom and imminent danger, where no other humans have ventured—and have a cartoonishly squeaky voice. That’s what Luiz Rocha and his team repeatedly experienced in their attempts to study the world’s deep coral reefs.
Picture a coral reef and you’ll likely imagine a sun-drenched world lying just below the ocean’s surface. But reefs also exist beyond these shallow waters, in the so-called mesophotic zone, from 100 to 500 feet down. To study the unfamiliar animals that live in this dim world, normal scuba skills won’t cut it. Divers need special training and equipment—including larger gas tanks, rebreathers that recycle the air that divers exhale, and special gas mixes that include helium. And the helium means that anyone who enters the mesophotic zone ends up with a high-pitched squeak when they try to communicate through their rebreathers.
There Is No Escape for Corals by Ed Young, Science, The Atlantic, July 19, 2018
Links posted on Facebook
Sun July 15, 2018
- 'Serious questions' over whether Australia's emissions cuts are real by Nicole Hasham, Politics, Sydney Morning Herald, July 13, 2018
- Mangroves and their deforestation may emit more methane than we thought by Morgan Erickson-Davis, Mongabay, July 13, 2018
- Stanford study reveals the pulse of the polar vortex – and a key to mapping future storms by Josie Garthwaite, Stanford News, July 10, 2018
- Heatwave sees record high temperatures around world this week by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, July 13, 2018
- Approving the climate security agenda by Thomas Gaulkin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 14, 2018
- This year’s global hurricane boom could go into overdrive by Eric Holthaus, Grist, July 13, 2018
- In-depth: UK can go low-carbon ‘at no extra cost’, say infrastructure advisors by Daisy Dunne, Simon Evans & Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, July 10, 2018
- Why Solar Power Should Be Builders' Next Step In The Real Estate Revolution by Daniel Neiditch, Forbes Real Estate Council, July 12, 2018
Mon July 16, 2018
- Ireland must take urgent action on water to cope with climate change, Opinion by John Sweeney, Irish Times, July 14, 2018
- New research proposes solutions for reducing environmental costs of feeding Earth’s 7.6-billion human population by Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay, July 13, 2018
- As Seas Rise, Americans Use Nature to Fight Worsening Erosion by John Upton, Climate Central, July 14, 2018
- Climate change is behind the global heat wave. Why won't the media say it?, Opinion by Leah C Stokes, Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2018
- Climate change to worsen urban air quality, lifting death toll by Peter Hannam, Environment, Canberra Times, July 16, 2018
- EU and China agree sweeping joint statement on climate action by Soila Apparicio & Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home News, July 16, 2018
- Comprehensive study: carbon taxes won't hamper the economy by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, July 16, 2018
- A scientist's final paper looks toward Earth's future climate by Patrick Lynch, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, July 16, 2018
Tue July 17, 2018
- UK politicians 'failing to rise to the challenge of climate change' by Matthew Taylor, Environment, Guardian, July 16, 2018
- Rapid rise of UK electric vehicles sees National Grid double its 2040 forecast by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, July 12, 2018
- That Self-Styled "Very Stable Genius" Is a Danger to Stability by Ben Santer, Scientific American, July 16, 2018
- Over a billion people struggle to stay cool as Earth warms by Alister Doyle, Reuters, July 16, 2018
- The Trump administration scrubs climate change info from websites. These two have survived. by James Rainey, NBC News, July 17, 2018
- June 2018 ties for third warmest June on record, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, July 17, 2018
- Can Carbon Farming Reverse Climate Change? by Neel V Patel, The Daily Beast, July 17, 2018
Wed July 18, 2018
- Big distances impair Queensland's renewable energy future: report by Tony Moore, Brisbane Times, July 17, 2018
- We Need to Capture Carbon to Fight Climate Change by Madison Freeman & David Yellen, Scientific American, Aug 2018 Print Edition
- What are the hidden costs of climate change? by Emily Folk, Ecologist, July 17, 2018
- Climate Change Scenarios: An Updated Summary Of Climate Change, Seal Level Rise, & Carbon Bubble Predictions, The Beam/Clean Technica, July 17, 2018
- In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable by Somini Sengupta, Climate, New York Times, July 17, 2018
- Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as Sweden calls for help by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, July 18, 2018
- SkS Analogy 13 - Water glasses and Greenhouse gases by Evan & jg, Skeptical Science, July 17, 2018
- Sucking carbon out of the air won’t solve climate change by David Roberts, Energy & Energy, Vox, July 16, 2018
Thu July 19, 2018
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Chris Stark by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, July 12, 2018
- Fueled by Climate Change, Wildfires Erode Air Quality Gains by Scott Waldman, E&E News/Scientific American, July 17, 2018
- Hundreds of Arctic glaciers shrinking, disappearing into 'city of icebergs,' study says by Bob Weber, Canadian Press/CBC, July 17, 2018
- Does a slow AMOC increase the rate of global warming? by Stefan Rahmstorf & Michael Mann, Real Climate, July 18, 2018
- What Climate Change Looks Like In 2018 by Christie Aschwanden, Climate, FiveThirtyEight, July 19, 2018
- The disturbing reason heat waves can kill people in cooler climates by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, July 17, 2018
- We Can’t Hide From Global Warming’s Consequences by David Suzuki, EcoWatch, July 18, 2018
- Summers Are Getting Hotter Faster, Especially in North America's Farm Belt by Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News, July 19, 2018
Fri July 20, 2018
- Ocean Temperature - Part 2 by Irek Zawadzki, Skeptical Science, July 19, 2018
- Dozens dead in Japan from record-setting, long duration extreme heat event by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, July 19, 2018
- Judge Dismisses New York City Climate Lawsuit Against 5 Oil Giants by Nicholas Kusnetz & David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, July 19, 2018
- Republicans and Democrats agree on climate change — they just don't realize it by Shelly Leachman, UC Santa Barbara News, July 19, 2018
- Baltimore Sues 26 Fossil Fuels Companies Over Climate Change by David Hasemyer & Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate Newsvc, July 20, 2018
- IEA: Renewables investment in India topped fossil fuels for first time in 2017 by Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, July 17, 2018
- 97% of House Republicans foolishly reject carbon taxes by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, July 16, 2018
- How Big Batteries at Data Centers Could Replace Power Plants by Benjamin Storrow, E&E News/Scientific American, July 19, 2018
Sat July 21, 2018
- Slowdown of Atlantic conveyor belt could trigger ‘two decades’ of rapid global warming by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, July 18, 2018
- Crop failure and bankruptcy threaten farmers as drought grips Europe by Arthur Neslen, Environment, Guardian, July 20, 2018
- ‘Powerful evidence’ of global warming’s effect on seasons found in troposphere by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, July 19, 2018
- There Is No Escape for Corals by Ed Young, Science, The Atlantic, July 19, 2018
- With Pruitt gone, Trump and his allies continue to threaten the EPA, Editorial, Nature, July 17, 2018
- A Global Heat Wave Has Set the Arctic Circle on Fire by Adam K Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, New York Magazine, July 20, 2018
- Huge wildfires are spreading in California, Oregon, and Colorado. They’re poised to get worse. by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, July 20, 2018
- How to prevent cooling from warming up the world by Irene Banos Ruiz, Environment, Deutsche Welles (DW), July 20, 2018
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 21 July, 2018
