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2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #13
Posted on 3 April 2022 by BaerbelW
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, March 27, 2022 through Sat, April 2, 2022.
The following articles sparked above average interest during the week (bolded articles are from SkS authors): Anybody out there to help us re-animate the SkS iPhone App?, The Greenhouse Effect is like a Cloudy Night, Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know, Wally Broecker divined how the climate could suddenly shift, Understanding the promise and peril of fusion power: Chimera or climate panacea?, and Extraordinary Antarctica heatwave, 70 degrees above normal, would likely set a world recor.
Articles Linked to on Facebook
- Germany’s New Government Had Big Plans on Climate, Then Russia Invaded Ukraine. What Happens Now? by Dan Gearino, Politics & Policy, Inside Climate News, Mar 25, 2022
- To Help Tackle Climate Crisis, White House Touts Nuclear Fusion by Scott Waldman & Corbin Hiar, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 18, 2022
- Understanding the promise and peril of fusion power: Chimera or climate panacea? by Pjilip Warburg, Energy, Yale Climate Connections, Mar 7, 2022
- The Greenhouse Effect is like a Cloudy Night by Evan, jg, Skeptical Science, March 26, 2022
- Fact check: False claim that Albert Einstein paper contradicts climate change science by Kate S Petersen, USA Today, Mar 25, 2022
- Climate warming has dealt yet another blow to the Great Barrier Reef by Darryl Fears, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 26, 2022
- Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’ by Georgina Gustin, Science, Inide Climate News, Mar 27, 2022
- Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals a Risk for the EV Future: Price Shocks in Precious Metals by Marianne Lavelle, Clean Enerrgy, Inside Climate News, Mar 28, 2022
- Extreme heat already disrupts air travel: With climate change, it's going to get worse by Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, Mar 27, 2022
- Extraordinary Antarctica heatwave, 70 degrees above normal, would likely set a world record by Caitlin Kaiser & Angela Fritz, Weather, CNN, Mar 28, 2022
- We’re in a Fossil Fuel War. Biden Should Say So. by Opinion by Farhad Manjoo, Sunday Review, New York Times, Nov 24, 2022
- Conger ice shelf has collapsed: what you need to know, according to experts by Hilmar Gudmundsson, The Conversation US, Mar 28, 2022
- Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know. by Kate Yoder, Grist, Mar 29, 2022
- Radical Action' Needed to Hit Climate Goals, Says Head of International Renewable Energy Agency by Frank Jordans, AP/Time Magazine, Mar 29, 2022
- A Climate Warrior’s Journey From Summit Talks to Street Protests by Mélissa Godin, Climate, New York Times, Mar 29, 2022
- The race to upcycle CO2 into fuels, concrete and more by Mark Peplow, Nature, Mar 29, 2022
- Biden wants record $11 billion in climate aid. Congress may not deliver. by Analysis by Maxine Joselow, The Climate 202, Washington Post, Mar 29, 2022
- A Recipe for Climate Disaster by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Science, The Atlantic Magazzine, Mar 29, 2022
- A record 10% of the world's power was generated by wind, solar methods in 2021 by Maria Jimenez Moya, World, USA Today, Mar 30, 2022
- Wally Broecker divined how the climate could suddenly shift by Alexandra Witze, ScienceNews, Mar 29, 2022
- Facebook drives sceptics towards climate denial by Merlyn Thomas, Tech, BBC News, Mar 30, 2022
- If Frydenberg is serious about resilience, he needs to address the root causes of climate change by Opinion by Bill Hare, Comment is Free, The Guardian, Mar 30, 2022
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #13 2022 by Doug Bostrom, Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack
- Facebook drives sceptics towards climate denial by Merlyn Thomas, Technology, BBC News, Mar 30, 2022
- Greta Thunberg to publish a ‘go-to source’ book on the climate crisis by Lucy Knight, Books, The Guardian, Mar 31, 2022
- With Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Arctic Science Crumbles by Tim Lydon, Hakai Magazine, Mar 28, 2022
- UN CLIMATE TALKS 31 March 2022 14:17 COP15: Key outcomes for nature loss and climate change from UN talks in Geneva by Daisy Dunne, Aruna Chandrasekhar & Giuliana Viglione, Carbon Brief, Mar 31, 2022
- Anybody out there to help us re-animate the SkS iPhone App? by Bärbel Winkler, Skeptical Science, Apr 1, 2022
- A global warming pause that didn’t happen hampered climate science by Alexandra Witze, Science News, Apr 1, 2022
Hello, all Skeptical Science readers.
I am using this weekly digest post as a place to make a comment about recent activity on a number of blog posts.
A few years ago, we had a collection of students from KMIDS college in Bangkok that were assigned work that included reading and commenting here at Skeptical Science. It looks like we may be seeing similar activity this month. (We are trying to confirm if it is indeed the same school.)
When this happened before, we wrote a short blog post explaining the situation.
Please try to provide these students (if we have correctly identified them as such) wtih a warm welcome and encourage them to read material here and engage in constructive dialog.
Thanks.
This article in The Guardian describes how small solar set ups (not specifically described in the article but probably one or two panels and a storage battery) have improved the lives of refugees in Rwanda.
Recently several commentors suggested that developing countries might need to use coal to get their economies started. This use of solar is more environmentally responsible and much cheaper than coal or other fossil fuels. In addition, it can be impemented in small steps that are more easily funded. Why build a fossil generating plant that will be obsolete in ten years and is subject to extreme price swings like current fossil energy supplies?