Posted on 21 January 2024 by BaerbelW

Story of the week

From our perspective, the story of the week was certainly the report "The New Climate Denial" published by The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). It and the underlying study centers on data analysis performed by the AI tool CARDS, developed by academics Travis G. Coan, Constantine Boussalis, John Cook and Mirjam O. Nanko. The initial training for CARDS was conducted by members from our Skeptical Science team several years ago, so it's cool to see that work put to good use and bearing fruit now!

Many articles were published about the report during the week - here is a little sample of them with the ones containing quotes from John Cook bolded:

NBC News - On YouTube, climate denialism takes a turn

Grist - How YouTube’s climate deniers turned into climate doomers

CNET - Climate Denial on YouTube Is Evolving. Here's How to Make Sense of It

Reuters - YouTube making money off new breed of climate denial, monitoring group says

The Guardian - Third of UK teenagers believe climate change exaggerated, report shows

The Independent - Climate misinformation is mutating on YouTube – and the platform is profiting

Newsweek - 'Bad Guys' Are Duping Teens on Climate Change: Expert

Ars Technica - Climate denialists find new ways to monetize disinformation on YouTube

Links shared on social media

• Communicating about climate change more effective when stories of displaced hit 'close to home' by Jeff Caroub, Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories, Jan 11, 2024
• Less snow, same blizzards? Climate change could have weird effects on snowfall in US. by Dinah Voyles Pulver, Nation, USA TODAY, Jan 10, 2024
• American Petroleum Institute Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure by By Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News, Jan 12, 2024
• America’s Carbon Emissions Fell for the First Time Since Covid by Robinson Meyer, Economy, Heat Map, Jan 10, 2024
• The Chevron Doctrine: what it is and why it matters that the Supreme Court might kill it by David Roberts, Volts, Jan 12, 2024
• Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate - we mapped the pros and cons of each and found clear winners and losers by Volker Sick, The Conversation - Articles (US), Jan 12, 2024
• Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse by Seth Borenstein & Brittany Peterson, Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories, Jan 13, 2024
• 15 Common Logical Fallacies by Melanie Trecek-King, "Thinking is Power" on Youtube, Dec 21, 2023
• Carbon Capture and Storage. Inconvenient new data.  by Dave Borlace, "Just have a Think" on Youtube, Jan 14, 2024
• Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate halved in 2023 by Sofia Ferreira Santos, World/Latin America, BBC News, Jan 12, 2024
• The Ukraine war is no excuse for endless fossil fuel expansion by Opinion by Svitlana Romanko, Bill McKibben and Luisa Neubauer, Comment is Free, The Guardian, Jan 14, 2024
• Power companies paid civil rights leaders in the South. They became loyal industry advocates. by Adam Mahoney, Grist, Jan 14, 2024
• PR giant Edelman worked with Koch network, despite climate pledges by Dharna Noor, The Guardian, Jan 14, 2024
• At a glance - Greenhouse warming 100 times greater than waste heat by John Mason & Bärbel Winkler, Skeptical Science, Jan 16, 2024
• Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds by PR by University of Florida, Physics.org, Jan 15, 2024
• Why we still have brutal cold snaps even as the planet warms to record levels by Laura Paddison, World/Climate, CNN, Jan 15, 2024
• What is ‘new denial?’ An alarming wave of climate misinformation is spreading on YouTube, watchdog says by Rachel Ramirez, Climate, CNN, Jan 16, 2024
• The scientists fighting back against the climate doomers by Emma Gatten, The Telegraph, Jan 15, 2024
• Introducing an Atmospheric Radiation Model to Learn About Global Warming by Charlie Brown, Skeptical Science, Jan 17, 2024
• Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals by Damian Carrington Environment editor, The Guardian, Jan 17, 2024
• How fossil fuels went from sidelines to headlines in climate talks by Joe Lo, Climate Home News, Jan 17, 2024
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #3 2024 by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, Jan 18, 2024
• 2024 starts with off-the-charts heat in the oceans. Here's what could happen next. by Dinah Voyles Pulver, Nation, USA TODAY, Jan 14, 2024
• Extreme cold still happens in a warming world - in fact climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex by Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell, The Conversation - Articles (US), Jan 17, 2024
• New denial': There's a shift in climate denialism on YouTube by Theara Coleman, TheWeek, Jan 17, 2024
• CCDH Report: The New Climate Denial by Bärbel Winkler, Skeptical Science, Jan 19, 2023
• A record 63 billion-dollar weather disasters hit Earth in 2023 by Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections, Jan 18, 2024
• Old forests are critically important for slowing climate change and merit immediate protection from logging by Beverly Law & William Moomaw, The Conversation, Jan 19, 2024
• As a psychologist I have witnessed a surge in climate grief. This is what I tell my clients by Opinion by Carly Dober, Comment is Free, The Guardian, Jan 12, 2024
• Mixed results at COP28: Now it’s time to turn diplomacy into action by Phyllis Cuttino, Economist Impact, Jan 18, 2023
• After 12 Years, Climate Scientist`s Lawsuit Against Alleged Defamers Begins Trial by DeSmog Team, DeSmog, Jan 19, 2024
• A Common Fishing Practice Called Bottom Trawling Releases Significant Amounts of CO2 Into Earth’s Atmosphere by Georgina Gustin, Fossil Fujels, Inside Climate News, Jan 18, 2024
• NASA Warns That 2024 Is On Track To Be Even Hotter Than 2023, Confirming 2023 As Warmest Year Recorded by Danielle Summer, International Business Times, Jan 19, 2024
• Climate change and atmospheric dynamics unveil future weather extremes by Nathi Magubane, Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories, Jan 19, 2024

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