2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #4
A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the
Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 22, 2023 thru Sat, Jan 28, 2023.
Story of the Week
New Study Reveals Arctic Ice, Tracked Both Above and Below, Is Freezing Later
Climate change is affecting the timing of both the freezing of the ice and its melting in the spring.
Scientists have known for years that the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world—nearly four times faster, according to a recent study. Tracking that warming is critical to understanding climate change not just in the Arctic but around the world. New data and analysis are crucial.
Now, an international team of scientists has compiled data from 2001 to 2018 to explore both surface and basal freezing/thaw cycles and uncover the mechanisms behind them. These findings could improve our understanding of changes in the atmosphere–ice–ocean system and the balance of sea ice in the Arctic.
The new study was published in November in the European Geosciences Union publication The Cryosphere, helping scientists understand when Arctic ice might disappear altogether in the summer.
The study looks at both the surface ice, which is measured primarily by satellites, and the ice underneath, which is measured by sonar and by acoustic doppler profilers, which use sound waves to measure the speed of currents around the water column and other data. Cables extended from surface buoys into the below-ice water feed sonar data to the buoys and reveal important information about the freeze-thaw cycle, including timing.
“Timing is really critical, and this shows that the timing is changing,” said Dartmouth Professor Donald K. Perovich, one of the study’s five authors.
Click here to access the entire article as originally posted on the Inside Climate News website.
New Study Reveals Arctic Ice, Tracked Both Above and Below, Is Freezing Later by Charlie Miller, Science, Inside Climate News, Jan 23, 2023
Links posted on Facebook
Sun, Jan 22, 2023
- 5 myths about gas stoves, the latest culture war clash by Rebecca Leber, Energy & Environment, Vox, Jan 20, 2023
- This Winter’s Rain and Snow Won’t be Enough to Pull the West Out of Drought by Alex Hager, Science, KUNC/Inside Climate News, Jan 21, 2023
- ‘Climate deniers are victims not villains’: A psychologist’s guide to winning them over by Jessica Kleczka, EuroNews.Green, Jan 22, 2023
- Shell to spend $450m on carbon offsetting as fears grow that credits may be worthless by Alex Lawson & Patrick Greenfield, Environment, The Guardian, Jan 19, 2023
Mon, Jan 23, 2023
- Global environmental developments in December 2022 by Burak Bir, Anadolu Agency (AA), Jan 21, 2023
- How food labels can help tackle climate change by Pol Allingham, Climate, The Independent (UK), Jan 21, 2023
- New Study Reveals Arctic Ice, Tracked Both Above and Below, Is Freezing Later by Charlie Miller, Science, Inside Climate News, Jan 23, 2023
- A third of people are changing their plans for the future because of climate change by Charlotte Elton, EuroNews.Green, Jan 23, 2023
Tue, Jan 24, 2023,
- Guest post: Can ‘green hydrogen’ grow fast enough for 1.5C? by Adrian Odenweller & Dr Falko Ueckerdt, Carbon Brief, Jan 23, 2023
- Earth kept warming last year, continuing a 40-year trend by David Boraks, WHQR Public Media News (Wilmington, DE), Jan 23, 2023
- by ClimateDenierRoundup, Daily Kos, Jan 24, 2023
- Depleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission by Lisa Friedman, Climate, New York Times, Jan 23, 2023
Wed, Jan 25 2023
- Giant iceberg the size of Greater London breaks free from Antarctica by Louise Boyle, Climate, The Independent (UK), Jan 23, 2023
- The Climate Action Button, Union of Concerned Scientists, Undated
- We still use appliances like it’s 1970. There’s a etter way., Advise by Michael J. Coren, Climate, Washington Post, Jan 24, 2023
- Checklist: How to take advantage of brand-new clean energy tax credits by Samantha Harrington, Policy & Politics, Yale Climate Connections, Jan 6, 2023
Thu, Jan 26, 2023
- Evaluating terms Americans use to refer to “carbon emissions” by Francis Commerçon, Matthew Goldberg, Karine Lacroix, Jennifer Carman, Seth Rosenthal & Anthony Leiserowitz, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Jan 24, 2023
- Making the Entire U.S. Car Fleet Electric Could Cause Lithium Shortages by Mike Lee & Hannah Northey, E&E News/Scientific American, Jan 25, 2023
- A Hotter Planet Takes Another Toll on Human Health by Bill McKibben, Daily Comment, The New Yorker Magazine, Jan 19, 2023
- One Hundred Years of Certitude by Henry Grabar, Business, Slate, Jan 25, 2023
Fri, Jan 27, 2023
- When Will We Hit Peak Fossil Fuels? Maybe We Already Have by Dan Gearino, Inside Clean Energy, Inside Climate News, Jan 26, 2023
- Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023 by Paloma Trascasa-Castro, The Conversation UK, Jan 26, 2023
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #4 2023 by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, Jan 26, 2023
- A Warmer, Wetter World Could Make ‘Enhanced Rock Weathering’ a More Useful Tool to Slow Climate Change by Bob Berwyn, Science, Inside Climate News, Jan 26, 2023
- Aging Populations Can Be Good for the Climate Change Fight by Ciara Nugent, Climate, Time Magazine, Jan 26, 2023
Sat, Jan 28, 2023
- Warning climate change impacting on avalanche risk by Steven McKenzie, Climate Change, BBC News, Jan 27, 2023
- Climate change is increasing the risk of a California megaflood by Jeff Masters, Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, Jan 27, 2023
- Reefs are in trouble. Can scientists nurture more resilient coral? by Stephanie Hanes, Environment, The Christian Science Monitor, Jan 23, 2023
- Global climate policy is gaining steam by Joseph Winters, The Beacon, Grist, Jan 27, 2023
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 28 January, 2023
