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2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #23
Posted on 4 June 2016 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun May 29
- ExxonMobil is in its climate change bunker and won’t let reality in by Damian Carrington, Guardian, May 27, 2016
- Donald Trump's energy policies would harm the nation and worsen global warming, Op-ed by Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2016
- Is ExxonMobil Responsible For Lying About Climate Change? Republican Senators Say Fraud Is ‘Free Speech' by Saif Alnuweiri, National Memo, May 27, 2016
- El Niño is over, but has left its mark across the world by Andrew B. Watkins, Blair Trewin & Catherine Ganter, The Conversation AU, May 26, 2016
- Scientists: 2016 likely to be hottest year on record despite looming La Niña by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, May 25, 2016
- 'Honeymoon over', rules for UN climate pact may take two years by Alister Doyle, Reuters, May 26, 2016
- What's the take away from Bonn climate change talks? by Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 26, 2016
- 'Huge wake up call': Third of central, northern Great Barrier Reef corals dead by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, May 30, 2016
Mon May 30
- 6 things we learned from Donald Trump's first big energy speech by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 26, 2016
- Thailand closes dive sites over coral bleaching crisis, Agence France-Presse/Guardian, May 26, 2016
- Homeowners kept in dark about climate change risk to houses, says report by Melissa Davey, Guardian, May 30, 2016
- Batteries Or Train-Pumped Energy For Grid-Scale Power Storage by James Conca, Forbes, May 26, 2016
- CSIRO dismantles 'integrated' climate science group as pressure mounts on Larry Marshall by Peter Hannam, Canberra Times, May 29, 2016
- A Challenge to Donald Trump’s Energy Claims: Economic Reality by Coral Davenport, New York Tiems, May 27, 2016
- Power switch: Bill McKibben's climate challenge by Ceridwen Dovey, Sydney Morning Herald, May 28, 2016
- Canada's energy superpower status threatened as world shifts off fossil fuel, federal think-tank warns by Robson Fletcher, CBC News, May 30, 2016
Tue May 31
- Ten years on: how Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth made its mark by John Cook, The Conversation AU, May 30, 2016
- Lies Trump Reality by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, May 30, 2016
- Deep, old water explains why Antarctic Ocean hasn't warmed, Phys.org, May 30, 2016
- Cooling technologies set to become red hot sector by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, May 27, 2016
- Big Oil’s “Long Twilight” by Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, May 31, 2016
- 'Sad truth': Great Barrier Reef may never rebound to previous health: scientists by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, May 30, 2016
- Extreme weather increasing level of toxins in food, scientists warn by Kagondu Njagi, Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 31, 2016
- SE Asia’s damaged peat swamps could release 8.7 gigatons of CO2 by Loren Bell, Mongobay, May 31, 2016
Wed June 1
- Paris Agreement Takes First Steps Forward at Bonn Climate Talks by Yamide Dagnet & David Waskow, World Resources Institute (WRI), May 27, 2016
- Why Is Antarctica's Sea Ice Growing While the Arctic Melts? Scientists Have an Answer by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, May 31, 2016
- The world is about to install 700 million air conditioners. Here’s what that means for the climate by Chris Mooney & Brady Dennis, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, May 31, 2016
- Scientists debate experimenting with climate hacking to prevent catastrophe by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, June 1, 2016
- The Great Barrier Reef just sustained massive damage. Can it ever recover? by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 31, 2016
- Introducing America Rising Squared, U.S. Republicans' "Creepy" New Assault on Climate Action by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, May 31, 2016
- Renewable energy surges to record levels around the world by Matt McGrath, BBC News, June 1, 2016
- Scientists have found yet another part of Antarctica that may be in trouble by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, June 1, 2016
Thu June 2
- Make building standards top priority for tackling climate change, says IEA chief by Fiona Harvey, Guardian, June 1, 2016
- Climate Scientists Debate Best Path Forward for Clean Energy by Umair Irfan, ClimateWire/Scientific American, June 1, 2016
- Australia simmers through hottest autumn on record by Andrew King, The Conversation AU, June 1, 2016
- Trump is wrong on the Paris climate agreement. I know because I negotiated it., Op-ed by Todd Stern, Washington Post, June 1, 2016
- Spike in Alaska wildfires is worsening global warming, US says by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, June 1, 2016
- Scientists Stand Up To Congressional Attacks by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, June 2, 2016
- Coral bleaching spreads to Maldives, devastating spectacular reefs by Michael Slezak, Guardian, June 1, 2016
- Investigating Climate Change the Hard Way at Earth's Icy "Third Pole" by Jane Qiu, Scientific American, June 2, 2016
Fri June 3
- Warming Could Boost Carbon Storage in Alaska Forests by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, June 2, 2016
- U.S. Congress Aims to Cut Climate Science by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, ClimateWire/Scientific American, June 2, 2016
- Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Free by Vanessa Dezem & Javiera Quiroga, Bloomberg News, June 1, 2016
- Melting Permafrost is Turbocharging Climate Change by Zoe Schlanger, Newsweek, June 2, 2016
- Alaska’s huge climate mystery — and its global consequences by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, June 3, 2016
- More storms and flooding: How we'll need to adapt to extreme weather by Sonya Angelica Diehn, Deutsche Welle, June 3, 2016
- NASA studies details of a greening Arctic by Kate Ramsayer, Global Climate Change (NASA), June 2, 2016
Sat June 4
- The Mainstream Media's Climate Malpractice, Op-ed by the Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program, Truthout, June 2, 2016
- Clean fuel from "bionic leaf" could ease pressure on farmland - scientists by Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation, June 2, 2016
- Scientists Seek a New Measure for Methane. Here’s Why. by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, June 3, 2016
- Great Barrier Reef authority says media, not activists, misinterpreting the data by Melissa Davey, Gurdian, June 4, 2016
- Here's what the science really says about Fort McMurray and climate change by Mike De Souza, National Observer, June 3, 2016
- New Report Knocks Down Pro-Pipelines 'Fantasies' by Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tye, Jun 2 2016
- Technique could help climate models sweat the small stuff, Brown University News Release, June 3, 2016
- Global warming likely to severely affect Pakistan, predicts Economic Survey, Staff Report, Daily Times, June 4, 2016
Regarding articles like 'Warming could boost carbon storage in Alaska's Forests': I expect, long term, the carbon equation in Northern Forests and permafrost areas would favor their being a net source. Entering an interglacial, when Earth tilts to cast more sunlight on the Northern Hemisphere, we know that global carbon dioxide levels increase after a few centuries. I expect much of this is coming from newly warmed Northern latitudes, like Alaska.