Posted on 14 September 2014 by John Hartz

SkS Highlights

97 hours of consensus: caricatures and quotes from 97 scientists by John Cook attracted the most comments of the articles posted on SkS during the past week. In addition, the 97 Hours campaign was widely acclaimed and promoted by numerous individuals and organizations throughout the world — see the SkS in theNews section of this Digest for details.

El Niño Watch

Long-term weather forecasters say it is now unlikely that a strong El Niño will develop this fall, dimming hopes in California for heavy rains that might bring relief from a severe drought.

In its latest monthly forecast, the federal Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Md., said that while there was still about a two in three chance that El Niño would develop, perhaps in the next two months, it would most likely be weak.

Hopes for a Strong El Niño Fade in California by Henry Fountain, New York Times, Sep 9, 2014

Toon of the Week

Quote of the Week

Former NASA climatologist James Hansen has stated, "If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced ... to at most 350 ppm."

'We're Running Out of Time': UN Body Says Greenhouse Gas Levels at Record High by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Sep 9, 2014 

SkS in the News

Posted on Sep 13

• Monsoon Floods Kill 420 in India and Pakistan by Dr. Jeff Masters, Wunderblog

Posted on Sep 12

• ICYMI: Five must-read stories of the week (September 6-12), The Weather Network
• NCSE Evolution and Climate E ducation Update for 2014/09/12, National Center for Science Education
• Augenspiegel 37-14: Steigende Pegel, Weltraum-Selfie und Zahlen, Helmholtz Gemeinschaft 
• 97 Scientists Who Agree On Climate Change Become Cute Cartoons To Deliver Hard Facts by Joe Berkowitz, Fast Company

Posted on Sep 11

• 97 Hours of Climate Consensus...and the, The Dake Page 
  

Posted on Sep 10

• 97%, 97 Hours, 97 Climate Scientists by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate
• The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change, Illustrated in Cartoons by John Metcalf, City Lab, The Atlantic
• Denial in extremis: Anthony Watts is so jealous about another presidential tweet by Sou, Hot Whopper
• 97 cartoonified scientists want to set the record straight on climate change by Marissa Fessenden, Daily Dot
• Tune in to 97 hours of scientists agreeing on climate change, Fast Company
• Don't understand global warming? Let 97 climate scientists explain it to you, Tech Times
• Minnesota Snow on September 10? Frost Risk Early Saturday - 60s Next Week by Paul Douglas, Minnesota Star Tribune

Posted on Sep 9

• Anthony Watts fails to save face, pretending not to be excited by Sou, Hot Whopper
•  '97 Hours of Consensus' seeks to close the gap on public perception about climate change, The Weather Network
• Continued awesomeness: #97hours of consensus on man-made global warming #science, Cause Science
  
• Climate Scientists Speak Out in ’97 Hours of Consensus’, Planet Expert
• 97 Hours of Consensus, Daily Kos
• Obama Tweets the 97 Percent – and Jason Box by Peter Sinclair, Climate Crocks 

Posted on Sep 8

• 97 Scientists Attempt To Dispel The Greatest Scientific Myth in 97 Hours by Dan Satterfield, AGU Blogs - Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal
  
• 97 hours of expert climate knowledge, presented in a rather unusual way by Holly Rice, I Million Women
• Why I’m taking part in 97 hours of climate consensus by John Bruno, RTTC
• Santer in 97 Hours of Consensus, National Center for Science Education
• “There’s no debate”: 97 experts explain the scientific consensus on climate change by Lindsay Abrams, Salon
• 97 Hours of 97 Percent Continues by Peter Sinclair, Climate Crocks

Posted on Sep 7

• It’s 9/7 – Time for 97 Hours of Climate Consensus! by Peter Sinclair, Climate Crocks
• 97 Hours of Consensus, University of Bristol
• The Consensus on Climate Change From 97 Experts!!!, Greg Laden's Blog
• Watts Up With 97 Hours Of Consensus by Collin Maessen, Real Sceptic
• 97 scientists highlight 97% consensus on climate change for 97 hours, The Tree
• 97 Hours of Consensus Campaign Starts Today, Polar Bears International
• 97 Hours of Consensus:  Caricatures and Quotes from 97 Scientists by David Landskov, Climate Change News
• 97 Hours of  Climate Consensus: John Cook Rules!!! by Peter Sinclair, OccuWorld.org

SkS Spotlights

Poster of the Week

SkS Week in Review

• 2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #37B by John Hartz
• Thousands of ‘Nameless Short-Lived Lakes’ by greenman3610
• 2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #37A by John Hartz
• Record Greenhouse Gas Levels Impact Atmosphere and Oceans by WMO 
• In the Years of Living Dangerously, Part 3 by John Abraham
• Cutting Emissions Pays for Itself by Audrey Resutek
• In the Years of Living Dangerously, Part 2 by John Abraham
• 2014 SkS Weekly Digest #36 by John Hartz
• 97 hours of consensus: caricatures and quotes from 97 scientists by John Cook

Coming Soon on SkS

• The 97% vs. the 3% – just how much global warming are humans causing? (Dana)
• Certain Arctic lakes store more greenhouse gases than they release (NSF)
• 2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #38A (John Hartz)
• Guest Post (John Abraham)
• The Perplexing PETM (howardlee)
• Forget ‘saving the Earth’ – it’s an angry beast that we’ve awoken (Clive Hamilton)
• 2014 SkS Weekly News Roundup #38B (John Hartz)