2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #7
Posted on 18 February 2017 by John Hartz
A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
Sun Feb 12, 2017
- Canada’s Censored Scientists Are Helping American Researchers Resist Trump by Stephen Beranyi, Motherboard, Feb 9, 2017
- Droughts and flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather by Scott P Power, Brad Murphy, Christine Chung, François Delage & Hua Ye, The Conversation AU, Feb 9, 2017
- Why NOAA updates its sea surface temperature record, Guest post by Peter Thorne, Carbon Brief, Feb 10, 2017
- Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces by Melissa Davey, Guardian, Feb 12, 2017
- Simple equation shows how human activity is trashing the planet by Owen Gaffney, New Scientist, Feb 10, 2017
- We may live in a post-truth era, but nature does not, Opinion by Cynthia Barnett, Los Angeles Times, Feb 10, 2017
- Open Season on Climate Science by Michael Mann, UnDark, Feb 10, 2017
- Can a children's lawsuit force action on climate change? by Patrick Reilly, Christian Science Monitor, Feb 11, 2017
Mon Feb 13, 2017
- Red hot: NSW smashes February statewide heat records two days in a row by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 12, 2017
- Climate change fight will be won or lost in cities, say experts by Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Feb 10, 2017
- In defiance of Trump gag order, environment agency workers will continue to speak out by Maya Shwayder, Deutsche Welle (DW), Feb 10, 2017
- This is why conservative media outlets like the Daily Mail are 'unreliable' by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Feb 13, 2017
- Once-in-a-decade heatwave melting the Arctic ... for the third time this year. Why? by Charlie Wood, Christian Science Monitor, Feb 11, 2017
- Why politicians think they know better than scientists – and why that’s so dangerous by
- Act now before entire species are lost to global warming, say scientists by Elle Hunt, Guardian, Feb 13, 2017
- Sea Ice Hits Record Lows at Both Poles by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Feb 13, 2017
Tue Feb 14, 2017
- Mish Michaels isn’t alone: Many meteorologists question climate change science by David Abel, Boston Globe, Feb 13, 2017
- Diehard Coders Just Rescued NASA’s Earth Science Data by Megan Molten. Wired, Feb 13, 2017
- Australia’s extreme heatwave is a preview of things to come by Alice Klein, New Scientist, Feb 13, 2017
- Trudeau, Trump Meeting Sidesteps the Countries' Climate Change Agreements by Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News, Feb 13, 2017
- When Canadian Scientists Were Muzzled by Their Government, Opinion by Wendy Palen, New York Times, Feb 14, 2017
- Q&A: The social cost of carbon, Carbon Brief, Feb 14, 2017
- Arctic Melt: What Will It Mean For The Planet?, Forces T, Feb 13, 2017
- Heat Waves Scorch the Arctic, Australia, Parts of U.S. by Nicholas Kusnetz, Climate Central, Feb 13, 2017
Wed Feb 15, 2017
- NASA launched an unprecedented study of Greenland’s melting. Now, the data are coming in by Chris Mooney, Energy & Envronment, Washington Post, Feb 10, 2017
- Trump's likely science adviser calls climate scientists 'glassy-eyed cult' by Hannah Devlin, Guardian, Feb 15, 2017
- Corporations like Exxon are using spurious free speech claims to fend off regulation by Jeff Clements and John Coates, Vox, Feb 14, 2017
- It’s official: The oceans are losing oxygen, posing growing threats to marine life by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Feb 15, 2017
- Climate change: Scientists sad, frustrated as extreme weather becomes the new norm by Riley Stuart, ABC News, Feb 14, 2017
- Climate Change Denial Is the Original Fake News by Eric Pooley, Time, Feb 14, 2017
Thu Feb 16, 2017
- 5 possible futures for the EPA under Trump by Brad Plumer, Vox, Feb 13, 2017
- U.S. EPA staff told to prepare for Trump executive orders: sources by David Shepardson, Timothy Gardner & Richard Valdmanis, Reuters, Feb 15, 2017
- Trump's vow to scrap the Paris climate change accord faces skepticism from corporations, GOP moderates by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, Feb 15, 2017
- Is anything wrong with Forbes Climate Reporting? by Sarah, Skeptical Science, Feb 15, 2017
- This January Was the Third Warmest on Record Globally by Brian Kahn, Climate Central. Feb 16, 207
- EPA Official, After Years of Work to Thwart the Agency's Mission, Returns to Carry Out Trump Agenda by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Feb 16, 2017
- Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave by Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Andrew King & Matthew Hale, The Conversation AU, Feb 15, 2017
- America’s Climate Pollution is Falling, EPA Report Says by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Feb 14, 2017
Fri Feb 17, 2017
- Financial Backers Of EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Have Faced Hundreds Of Pollution Actions by Sharon Lerner, The Intercept, Feb 14, 2017
- Scientists’ Group Launches Website to Help Federal Whistleblowers by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Feb 15, 2017
- Scientists study ocean absorption of human carbon pollution by John Abraham, Climate Central - 97%, Guardian, Feb 16, 2017
- Weather experts say new El Niño possible later this year by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Feb 16, 2017
- Senate Confirms Scott Pruitt as E.P.A. Head by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Feb 17, 2017
- NASA is defiantly communicating climate change science despite Trump’s doubts by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Feb 16, 2017
- Oklahoma Just Hit Temperatures of 100 Fahrenheit in the Depths of Winter by Fiona McDonald, Science Alert, Feb 17, 2017
- Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis by Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, Feb 17, 2017
Sat Feb 18, 2017
- Facebook Comments Skew Public Discourse by Karin Kirk, Yale Climate Connections, Feb 15, 2017
- Trump's Repeal of Stream Rule Helps Coal at the Expense of Climate and Species by Nichlas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Feb 16, 2017
- NASA study identifies new pathway for Greenland meltwater to reach ocean by Maria-José Viñas, NASA's Global Climate Change, Feb 15, 2017
- Elevator Pitches - Chapter 01 - Ancient Sunlight by Rob Honeycutt, Skeptical Scince, Feb 17, 2017
- ‘Cluster of cold years’ behind New Zealand’s surprising glacier growth by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Feb 14, 2017
- Climate change could threaten entire financial system, APRA warns by Stephen Long, ABC News, Feb 17, 2017
- Under Trump, scientists could face broader challenges than they did under George W. Bush by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Wahsington Post, Feb 18, 2017
- Rising sea temperatures are shaping tropical storms in southern Africa by Jennifer Fitchett, The Conversation Africa, Feb 17, 2017
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