Conflation and how to fix it
VIa AMS, Raul Lejano looks at what in a layperson's thinking would be called conflation— confusion and blending of entirely different topics— when people think about climate change. Ideology and the Narrative of Skepticism (open access) starts…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bud Ward
(Image: Courtesy of John Cook)
When it comes to climate change, it seems every family has its own version of the proverbial Cranky Uncle. An uncle, cousin, grandparent, in-law, neighbor,…
Claire Cohen-Norris volunteers with Citizens Climate Lobby as a chapter founder and leader in rural New York. Her climate advocacy sprung from her drive to provide a secure, joyful and fulfilling life for her two wonderful children. It has become…
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 5, 2020 through Sat, Jan 11, 2020
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Debunked Australian Bushfire Conspiracy Theories Were Pushed by Alex Jones,…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk
Corporations, special interest groups, and individuals inject billions of dollars into the American political system every year. Much of the financial support in politics is concealed from public view, as…
Supply Side
How are we doing with CO2 emissions? It's an important question, increasingly posed to a mixed bag of CO2 contributors who may or may not provide accurate reportage. Liu et al present a new, additional means of measurement…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daniel Grossman
It was a grim day in Moscow on July 25, 2010. The English-language Moscow Times reported that the Russian capital had broken the 1936 temperature record for July: 98 degrees Fahrenheit.
That…
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The signal of human-caused climate…
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Dec 29, 2019 through Sat, Jan 4, 2020
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There Is No Safe Global Warming
Australia Bushfire - Shutterstock…
The other side of the coin
Last week's New Research mentioned a New York Times article describing how academic researchers plow straight through holidays with work. On the publishing side: not so much. Argue about priorities but clearly there's a difference in…
As we wrap up 2019 and prepare for 2020, here is our annual review of what our team was up to during the year. As in previous recaps, this one is divided into several sections:
Scholary publications, projects and books…
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2019 in review: Polarised world entering era of climate…
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Dec 22 through Sat, Dec 28, 2019
Editor's Pick
Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one…
This is a re-post from ATTP
I think my New Year’s resolution is going to be to not talk about RCP8.5. However, I think I will briefly summarise the state of the never-ending debate. I thought we’d reached a bit of…
Cranky Uncle Matching Gift! We're closing in on our stretch goal to fund Cranky Uncle as an Android app. $6,000 will finish this stretch goal. To get us over the line, two anonymous contributors have agreed to match other contributions until midnight…
This is a re-post from The Conversation by Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls and individuals have spent the past 30 years sowing doubt about the reality of climate change - where…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bud Ward
Picture it this way just for fun: Three scientists walk into a bar.
They join a few more, early arrivals, and soon after are joined by yet a few more;…
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Story of the Week...
Rich Nations, After Driving Climate Disaster, Block All Progress…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Kristen Pope
More than 300 scientists from 19 nations are engaged in planned two- to three-month stints locked in polar ice on the German icebreaker RV Polarstern. Over the winter, researchers face…
Welcome to another heaping helping of research publications related to climate change drivers and mechanisms, the effects of climate change and how we might yet grope our way into systems approaches to dealing with the mess we're making, despite ourselves.…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jun 23 through Sat, June 29, 2019
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When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: 'Hope is contagious'
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and…
49 publications for this week.
The last paper in this week's list features Skeptical Science volunteer and highly cited researcher Stephan Lewandowsky along with Skeptical Science founder John Cook as first and second authors respectively, working with regular collaborator Gilles Gignac.…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 19 published its “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) rule to replace the Obama EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP).
The replacement plan is essentially the Trump administration’s attempt…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jun 16 through Sat, June 22, 2019
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A Degree of Concern: Why Global Temperatures Matter
Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
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A note of appreciation and a changing of the guardFor the past over eight years Skeptical Science staff volunteer Ari Jokimäki has produced a weekly list of links to recent academic publications concerning the fundamental science of climate change, global…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daisy Simmons
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The world’s oceans are deeply affected by climate change – and vice versa. But until recent years, ocean advocates throughout California had long tackled issues like over-fishing…
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jun 9 through Sat, June 15, 2019
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Costa Rica Doubled Its Forest Cover In Just 30 Years!
Costa…
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeffrey Kiehl
Life makes us wake up to needed changes.
A visit to the doctor’s office and accompanied tests indicate you have been diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Your doctor indicates two pathways to…
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy Dunne
The record-breaking 2018 summer heatwave in Japan in which more than 1,000 people died “could not have happened without human-induced global warming”, a study finds.
And the extreme heat felt in…
Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol and Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University
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Antarctica is further from…
