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UN climate accord 'inadequate' and lacks urgency, experts…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Dec 9 through Saturday, Dec. 15
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[To be added — Waiting for latest news from Cop24]
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A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change
Temperature, precipitation, wind
Hot days and tropical nights in Nigeria: trends and associated large-scale features
Recent decadal variability of daily observed temperatures in Hindukush, Karakoram and Himalaya…
In the November 2018 midterm elections, Democrats won the U.S. House of Representatives popular vote by a margin of about 8.6 percent and gained 40 seats in that chamber. For perspective, President Obama won his convincing 2008 and 2012 elections by 7.2…
Solar and Wind
Australia’s six States and two Territories have always had primary responsibility for implementing policies on the transition away from fossil fuels to renewables as an energy source. As a result, there has been a significant increase in the…
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A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Dec 2 through Saturday, Dec. 8
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Can 2018’s extreme weather persuade skeptics that the climate is changing?
A…
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Climate change mitigation
Emission scenario analysis for China under the global 1.5 °C target
Climate change communication
Attribution matters: Revisiting the link between extreme weather experience and climate change…
“I don’t believe it,” said Donald Trump when asked about the fourth national climate assessment, authored by 13 government agencies and hundreds of the US’s top climate scientists. His administration had tried to hide the report, publishing it on Black Friday…
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Story of the Week...
G20 told crucial COP24 climate change conference 'must succeed': Guterres
UN News/Natalia Montagna: Delegates to…
Reprint of article originally posted on UN NEWS on Nov 29, 2018. Click here to access the original.
As global temperatures continue to rise, climate action is lagging and the window of opportunity is closing. On Sunday, the United Nations will…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Nov 25 through Saturday, Dec. 1
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Climate change signals and impacts continue in 2018
The long-term warming…
Here we go again. It's always emails with these people.
First there was "Climategate!" — the misquoting, selective quoting, and uninformed quoting of stolen emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) in Great Britain. Emails between…
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change impacts
Mankind
Decreased takeoff performance of aircraft due to climate change
Failure to protect beaches under slowly rising sea level (open access)
Heading for the hills: climate-driven community…
Today, many discussions about climate change happen on the internet. People interested in the topic share information and have lively discussions about the latest studies and findings. But, you'll also find many contributors voicing not just minor doubts about human-caused…
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Story of the Week...
Climate-heating greenhouse gases at record levels, says UN
Carbon dioxide,…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Nov 18 through Saturday, Nov 24.
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Climate Change Puts U.S. Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising,…
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change
Seasonal climatic effects and feedbacks of anthropogenic heat release due to global energy consumption with CAM5
A method for investigating the relative importance of three components in…
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief
Prof Alan Robock is a distinguished professor of climate science in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US.
Between 3 February and 9 August 1945 during the second world war, an area…
This is a re-post from the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy by Sarah Finnie Robinson
When do 97% of people agree on anything, even ice cream? In scientific circles, consensus is a rare trophy, held to famously exacting standards. When…
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Story of the Week...
Scientists acknowledge key errors in study…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Nov 11 through Saturday, Nov 17.
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Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
Ranking…
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Climate change mitigation
Zero CO2 emissions for an ultra-large city by 2050: case study for Beijing
Climate change communication
Developing a model of climate change behavior among adolescents
Petro-hegemony…
This is the first entry in a Dana's new monthly column with Yale Climate Connections
Now designated as California’s deadliest fire, the still-raging Camp Fire by November 13 had led to 42 deaths, with many residents still unaccounted for and more than…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk
Credit: Image by Karin Kirk.
Don’t feed the trolls. You’ve heard this advice before, but how can anyone sit on their hands when the trolls are just so … wrong?…
This is a re-post from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Over the past two years, the Trump administration, aided by the Republican-controlled Congress, has eroded the Obama administration’s policy efforts to curb global warming. Climate activists had hoped to reverse…
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change impacts
Mankind
Altered Disease Risk from Climate Change (A special issue in EcoHealth)
Climate change perception: an analysis of climate change and risk perceptions among farmer types…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk
Image by Karin Kirk.
When you don’t like the message, attack the messenger. It’s an age-old tactic and an easy way to energize opposition while distracting from the real issue…
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Story of the Week...
Startling new research…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week from Sunday through noon on Friday.
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Earth’s carbon dioxide levels are likely the highest they've been in 15 million years
Earth’s…
