2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #18
Posted on 30 April 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Apr 24
- Mourning Loomis Reef - the heart of the Great Barrier Reef's coral bleaching disaster by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Guardian, Apr 21, 2016
- "Global Elite's Theater": Paris Deal Is Mere Starting Point for Climate Justice by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, Apr 22, 2016
- Why Even President Trump Won’t Kill The Climate Deal by Casey Williams, Huffington Post, Apr 23, 2016
- New Maps Chart Greenland Glaciers' Melting Risk, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Apr 21, 2016
- Lessons From Underwater Miami, Op-ed by Peter Brannen, Sunday Review, New York Times, Apr 23, 2016
- Carbon Pricing Becomes a Cause for the World Bank and I.M.F. by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Apr 23, 2016
- Tribes have up close perspective on climate change, Op-ed by Fawn Sharp, Seattle Times, Apr 22, 2016
- Climate Change Is Fueling Violence, and Women Bear the Brunt by Daniel Oberhaus, Motherboard, Apr 22, 2016
Mon Apr 25
- Is divesting from fossil fuels the best tactic for tackling climate change? by Suzanne McGee, Guardian, Apr 24, 2016
- World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters, risk expert warns by Sam Jones, Guardian, Apr 24, 2016
- Indigenous leaders seek forest protection role in global climate fight by Nádia Pontes, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 24, 2016
- Heat wave sweeping Southeast Asia hits Myanmar, mizzima, Apr 22, 2016
- Clinton snubs Koch endorsement over climate change denial by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 24, 2016
- We’re Easily Confused About What Experts Really Think, New Research Shows by Carol Linnit, DeSmog Canada, Apr 25, 2016
- UK envoy: Carbon pricing ‘too sluggish’ to meet climate goals by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 25, 2016
- David Attenborough says the Great Barrier Reef is in ‘grave danger’ – it’s time to step up by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg & Tyrone Ridgway, The Convesation US, Apr 24, 2016
- Billionaire green donor launches U.S. millennial voter drive by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Apr 25, 2016
Tue Apr 26
- A global coalition mapping and motivating decarbonization by Joseph Robertson, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Apr 25, 2016
- The Arctic is melting – and scientists just lost a key tool to observe it by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 25, 2016
- New York signing marks a new age in climate cooperation by Emmanuel De Guzman, Climate Home, Apr 25, 2016
- This is an incredible visualization of the world's shipping routes by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 25, 2016
- Following Temperature Record Announcements, Oil Industry Ads Outpaced Climate-Related Coverage By Almost 5-To-1 by Kevin Kalhoefer, Media Matters, Apr 25, 2016
- Mapped: The climate change conversation on Twitter by John Swain, Right Relevance/Carbon Brief, Apr 26, 2016
- There is no doubt”: Exxon Knew CO2 Pollution Was A Global Threat By Late 1970s by Brendan DeMelle & Kevin Grandia, DeSmog, Apr 26, 2016
- The political hurdles facing a carbon tax — and how to overcome them by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 26, 2016
Wed Apr 27
- CO2 fertilization greening the Earth, Phys.org, Apr 25, 2016
- Lawmakers Take Note - Business Community Eager to Tackle Climate Change, Op-ed by Mindy Lubber, Forbes, Apr 26, 2016
- Abandon hype in climate models by Tim Kruger, Oliver Geden & Steve Rayner. Guardian, Apr 26, 2016
- Carbon copy: Are we (Australians) in for another scare campaign over climate change? by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 27, 2016
- Japanese Monks Recorded the Climate for 700 Years by Michelle Nijhuis, National Geographic, Apr 26, 2016
- This Could Be One of the Greatest Hurdles for Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US by John Dyer, Tipping Point, Vice News, Apr 26, 2016
- Many More Republicans Now Believe in Climate Change by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Apr 27, 2016
- Labor’s climate policy: back in the game but missing detail by Lynette Molyneaux, John Foster & Karen Hussey, The Conversation US, Apr 27, 2016
- Activists Step Up Long-Running Campaign to Hold Oil Industry Accountable for Climate Damages by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Apr 27, 2016
Thu Apr 28
- Carbon Fee Debate Goes Mainstream in Washington State by John Upton, Climate Central, Apr 26, 2016
- Warren Buffett Faces Pressure to Invest for the Climate, Not Just for Profit by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Apr 26, 2016
- Climate scientists are now grading climate journalism by Daniel Nethery and Emmanuel Vincent, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Apr 26, 2016
- It May Soon Be Too Late to Save the Seas by Jeff Nesbit, Climate Nexus/US News & World Report, Apr 27, 2016
- Can the Republican Party solve its science denial problem? by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Apr 28, 2016
- How Climate Deniers Try to Sow Confusion by Jeffrey Kluger, Ideas, Time, Apr 28, 2016
- Identity 2016: 'Global citizenship' rising, poll suggests by Naomi Grimley, BBC News, Apr 28, 2016
Fri Apr 29
- This massive seagrass die-off is the latest sign we’re failing to protect the Everglades by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 27, 2016
- Stanford scientists find Amazon rain forest responds quickly to extreme climate events by Ker Than, Stanford News, Apr 28, 2016
- Great Barrier Reef bleaching would be almost impossible without climate change by Andrew King, David Karolay, Mitchell Black, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg & Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, The Conversation US, Apr 28, 2016
- Greenland ice sheet melting has started early by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 29, 2016
- New evidence shows conservatives are warming up to climate change by John Sutter, twoo, CNN, Apr 29, 2016
- Deadly heat wave is shattering all-time records in Southeast Asia and India by Tyler Essary & Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Apr 29, 2016
Sat Apr 30
- What we’re getting wrong in the carbon tax debate by Clayton Aldern, Grist, Apr 29, 2016
- France goes it alone on carbon price floor by Megan Darby, Climate Home, Apr 26, 2016
- Trump’s foreign policy plan has one giant, baffling hole by
- 'Perilous': Bureau of Meteorology boss Rob Vertessy exits with climate warning by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 30, 2016
- Climate scientists are now grading climate journalism by Daniel Nethery and Emmanuel Vincent, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Apr 26, 2016
- Brazil losing forest the size of two football fields per minute by Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 29, 2016
- A Crusader in the Coal Mine, Taking On President Obama by Jad Mouawad, Energy & Environment, New York Times, Apr 30, 2016
- Millennials love clean energy, fear climate change, and don’t vote. This campaign wants to change that. by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 30, 2016
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