2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #38
Posted on 19 September 2015 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook during the past week.
Sun, Sep 13
- For California, El Niño’s Dark Clouds Could Mean Rain but Also Trouble by Adam Nagourney, New York Times, Sep 10, 2015
- In Radical Shift, GOP Leaders Actively Embrace Catastrophic Climate Change by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Sep 11, 2015
- The Big Read: Climate change and the fate of Antarctica  by Jamie Morton, New Zealand Herald, Sep 13, 2015
- Learning From Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change by Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, Sep 4, 2015
- The Next Genocide, Op-ed by Timothy Snyder, Sunday Review/New York Times, Sep 12, 2015
- Jon Chait wrote an optimistic take on climate change. Is it justified? by David Roberts, Vox, Sep 13, 2015
Mon, Sep 14
- Every inspiring story about climate change I hope to read by Lindsay Abrams, Salon, Sep 9, 2015
- Africa Sees U.N. Climate Conference as “Court Case” for the Continent by Isaiah Esipisu. Inter Press Service (IPS), Sep 10, 2015
- Hundreds of homes go up in flames in California wildfires by Ed Payne, CNN, Sep 14, 2015
- Republicans are becoming the party of climate supervillains by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 14, 2015
- Scientists expect Hawaii's worst coral bleaching ever by Audrey McAvoy, Big Story/AP, Sep 12, 2015
- Next two years hottest, says Met Office by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Sep 14, 2015
- Why scientists are so worried about drylands — which make up 40 percent of the Earth’s land Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Sep 14, 2015
Tue, Sep 15
- Not Doomed Yet: A New Newsletter About Climate Change by Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, Sep 14, 2015
- Global warming slowdown could be over as temperatures soar by Michael Le Page, New Scientist, Sep 14, 2015
- U.S. and Chinese Climate Change Negotiators to Meet in Los Angeles by by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Sep 15, 2015
- Study Finds Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada to Be Lowest in 500 Years by Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, Sep 14, 2015
- The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Caring for the Earth and One Another by Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Leonard Cohen, Ellen Page, Donald Sutherland, Common Dreams,. Sep 15, 2015
Wed, Sep 16
- Carly Fiorina’s climate change nonsense: Let’s see the GOP candidates deny reality at California debate, while California burns by Paul Rosenberg, Salon, Sep 15, 2015
- The Rev. Sally Bingham: Pope Francis' climate message speaks to all faiths by Rev Sally Bingham, EDF, Sep 15, 2015
- Marine population halved since 1970 - report, BBC News, Sep 16, 2015
- Global climate change pledges will not be enough-U.N. by Barbara Lewis, Reuthers, Sep 15, 2015
- Exxon's Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming Decades Ago by Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Sep 16, 2015
- Time to sue governments for climate inaction? Dutch lawyer thinks so by Chris Arsenault, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Sep 16, 2015
- Gov. Jerry Brown decries 'political pollution' on climate change by Chris Meregin, Los Angeles Times, Sep 15, 2015
- The Carbon Brief Interview: Craig Bennett by Leo Hickman, The Carbon Brief, Sep 16, 2015
Thu, Sep 17
- Arctic Sea Ice Hits Annual Minimum, 4th Lowest on Record by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Sep 15, 2015
- Warming Casts Shadow Over Oil Leasing on Public Lands by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Sep 15, 2015
- Which Cities In the World Are Closest to Nixing Fossil Fuels? by Wendy Koch, National Geographic, Sep 17, 2015
- Obama Seeks Psychological Help with Climate Change by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Sep 16, 2015
- As Presidential Debaters Dodge Climate, 10 House Republicans Resolve to Pursue “Environmental Stewardship” by Andrew C. Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times, Sep 17, 2015
- Global warming's one-two punch: extreme heat and drought by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 17, 2015
- California's new, unending fire season takes toll on firefighters by Tim Reid, Reuters, Sep 17, 2015
- Somewhat. Very. Extremely. How likely is it that 2015 will be the new warmest year on record?, NOAA Climate.gov, Sep 17, 2015
- Why the Arctic's Big Mosquito Problem Is Getting a Lot Worse by Craig Welch, National Geographic, Sep 15, 2015
Fri, Sep 18
- We Fact-Checked What the Republicans Said About Climate Change During the Debate by James West, Mother Jones, Sep 17, 2015
- Arctic sea ice minimum extent reached, El Niño link unclear by Maria-Jose Viñas, NASA Global Climate Change, Sep 15, 2015
- How Do We Fix the Liberal Slant in Social Psychology? by Piercarlo Valdesolo, Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 5
- Trump: Climate change is ‘not one of our big problems’ by Aliyah Frumin, MSNBC, Sep 17, 2015
- Global warming ‘hiatus’ theory trashed by new study by Alex Pashley, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), Sep 17, 2015
- How Republicans Made Climate Change America's Most Divisive Political Issue by Reynard Loki, Alterrnet, Sep 15, 2015
- Could Canadian Lawyers Replicate the Landmark Dutch Climate Victory? by Stephen Leahy, DeSmog Canada, Sep 17, 2015
- The Role Of Climate Change In Utah And Arizona's Deadly Floods by Lydia O'Connor, The Huffington Post, Sep 17, 2015
- What Exxon Knew About Climate Change by Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, Sep 18, 2015
Sat, Sep 19
- Malcolm Turnbull's Faustian pact on climate change is heartbreaking, Op-ed by Mark Butler, The Guardian, Sep 17, 2015
- Mobilizing the Masses Around Climate Change as We Count Down to COP21 by Iain Patton, The Huffington Post, Sep 17, 2015
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Wrong, Says Professor Richard Tol, Ingenious Pursuits, Sep 18, 2015
- Climate Researchers Plan Glider Mission to Edge of Space by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Sep 18, 2015
- In a blind test, economists reject the notion of a global warming pause by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Sep 18, 2015
- Coal industry losing the PR battle on climate change: BHP exec by David Lewis, ABC News (Australia), Sep 18, 2015
- Is global warming's 'hiatus' really just a statistical error? (+video) by Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, Sep 17, 2015
The link for the story
points to The Guardian.
It should point here http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/us/for-california-el-ninos-dark-clouds-could-mean-rain-but-also-trouble.html
[JH] The glitch has been fixed. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.