Posted on 22 May 2022 by BaerbelW

The following articles sparked above average interest during the week (bolded articles are from SkS authors): Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina, This start-up makes vodka out of CO2 emissions, and it’s backed by Toyota and JetBlue, Why haven't we solved Climate Change (yet)?, ‘Reef Balls’ Gain Traction for Shoreline Protection, and EGU22 - Cranky Uncle is going to Vienna!.

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• Biodiversity Solutions Also Fight Climate Change by Tara Lohan, The Revelator, May 13, 2022
• The Race to Produce Green Steel by Marcello Rossi, Undark, May 11, 2022
• Why haven't we solved Climate Change (yet)? by Adam Levy, ClimateAdam on Youtube, May 12, 2022
• In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights by Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News, May 15, 2022
• In an increasingly warming world, we can’t rely on trees as a climate change cure-all by William L Anderegg, The Conversation/Fast Company, May 15, 2022
• Breaking climate vows would be ‘monstrous self-harm’, warns Cop26 president by Fiona Harvey, Environment, The Guardian, May 15, 2021
• ‘Flash droughts’ are Midwest’s next big climate threat by Diana Kruzman, Grist, May 16, 2022
• ERDC researchers investigate how climate change impacts permafrost by David Marquis, US Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center Website, May 10, 2022
• Guest post: How 12 key industries can cut emissions in line with 1.5C by Dr Sven Teske & Kriti Nagrath, Carbon Brief, May 16, 2022
• This start-up makes vodka out of CO2 emissions, and it’s backed by Toyota and JetBlue by Diana Olick, CNBC, May 16, 2022
• ‘Reef Balls’ Gain Traction for Shoreline Protection by Daniel Cusick, E&E News/S ientific American, May 17, 2022
• Serious About Climate Change? Put All Options on the Table by Ania Zolyniak, NewSecurity Beat, May 17, 2022
• EGU22 - Cranky Uncle is going to Vienna! by Bärbel Winkler, Skeptical Science, May 18, 2022
• Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina by Nick Shay, The Conversation, May 18, 2022
• Climate change is making record-breaking heatwaves in India and Pakistan 100 times more likely by Lianne Kolirin, CNN, May 18, 2022
• Critical climate indicators broke records in 2021, says UN by Damian Csrrington, Environment, The Guardian, May 18, 2022
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #20 2022 by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, May 19, 2022
• Suicides indicate wave of ‘doomerism’ over escalating climate crisis by Oliver Milman, Environemnt, The Guardian, May 19, 2022
• Breaking Through Twitter's Spiral of Silence with the #ClimateDaily Pledge by Steve Dondley, Skeptical Science, May 20, 2022
• Minerals Used in Kitty Litter Could Help Fight Climate Change by Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, May 19, 2022
• The Ukraine war has upended the energy transition — and it’s not good news for the planet by Sam Meredith, CNBC, May 20, 2022
• Inside Clean Energy: Flow Batteries Could Be a Big Part of Our Energy Storage Future. So What’s a Flow Battery? by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News, May 19, 2022