2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #41

A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.

Sun, Oct 4

Why You Should Care About Climate Change: Part 1 by Rosaly Byrd, The Huffington Post, Oct 2, 2015
India’s Climate-Change Plan Means Your Grandkids Might Not Be Underwater by John Chait, New York Magazine, Oct 2, 2015
Historic Rainfall Pummels the Carolinas and Floods Charleston by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Oct 3, 2015
SolarCity to Make High-Efficiency Panel by Diane Caldwell, New York Times, Oct 2. 2015
What motivates climate change deniers? by Frank Levin, Providence (RI) Journal, Oct 3, 2015
Devastating Rains in South Carolina; Joaquin Lashing Bermuda by Bob Henson and Jeff Masters, Weather Underground, Oct 3, 2015
French Riviera floods leave 16 dead and trail of destruction by Kim Willsher & Rob Harrison, The Guardian, Oct 4, 2015

Mon, Oct 5

Alaska Seeks Federal Money to Move a Village Threatened by Climate Change, AP/New York Times, Oct 3, 2015
Six experts vie for top U.N. climate science job by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Oct 4, 2015
The Republican Party stands alone in climate denial by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
The meteorology behind South Carolina’s catastrophic, 1,000-year rainfall event by Jeff Halverson, Captial Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 5, 2015
South Carolina floods: climate change intensified conditions, scientists say by Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
Records broken as temperatures soar up to 38 degrees across Australia by Bridie Jabour, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
What the historic South Carolina floods can — and can’t — tell us about climate change by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 5, 2015

Tue, Oct 6

Toughen climate action every five years, UN draft suggests by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Oct 5, 2015
“Biblical” Flooding Devastates South Carolina by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Oct 5, 2015
Wind and solar keep getting cheaper and cheaper by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 6, 2015
S.C. flood is 6th 1,000-year rain since 2010 by Alister Doyle, USA Today, Oct 6, 2015
A Korean Economist is Elected to Lead the U.N. Climate Change Panel by Andrew C Revkin, Dot Earth, New York Times, Oct 6, 2015
Western Canada's glaciers losing ice at near-record rates by Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, Oct 4, 2015

Wed, Oct 7

UN publishes draft of slimmed-down Paris climate change deal by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Oct 5, 2015
Western Canada's glaciers losing ice at near-record rates by Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, Oct 4, 2015
South Carolina flooding is the type of event climate scientists have warned about for years by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, Oct 5, 2015
Climate Scientist Faces Backlash for Urging Investigation of Fossil Fuel Companies by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Oct 7, 2015
Almost two-thirds of climate fund for developing nations already pledged by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Oct 7, 2015
UN drops plan to help move climate-change affected people by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Oct 6, 2015

Thu, Oct 8

Indonesian forest fires on track to emit more CO2 than UK by Damien Carrington, The Guardian, Oct 7, 2015
Less snow in Tibet means more heatwaves in Europe by Beth Walker, ChinaDialogue, Sep 28, 2015
Study Ties Warming Temps to Uptick in Huge Wildfires by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Oct 5, 2015
Will historic SC floods wash away state leaders' climate science denial? by Sue Sturgis, Facing South, Oct 8, 2015
Welcome to a New Planet: Climate 'Tipping Points' and the Fate of the Earth by Tom Klare, TomDispatch/Common Dreams, Oct 8, 2015
Indonesia urged to declare national disaster as haze worsens by Alex Pashley, Climate Home, Oct 10, 2015

Fri, Oct 9

A carbon tax in waiting: we’re not adapting as fast as climate is changing by David Titley, The Conversation US, Oct 8, 2015
Global warming will have us 'roasted and toasted,' says IMF chief Lagarde, Deutsche Welle (DW), Oct 8, 2015
Guest Post: Understanding climate feedbacks by Eric Wollf, The Carbon Brief, Oct 8, 2015
Global warming is shrinking California's critical snowpack by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, The Guardian, Oct 9, 2015
China, California and Pope Francis make good news on climate change by David Horsely, Los Angeles Times, Oct 8, 2015
What Exxon knew about the Earth's melting Arctic by Sara Jerving, Katie Jennings, Masako Mellissa Hirsch & Suzanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, Oct 9, 2015

Sat, Oct 10

Exxon’s Climate Concealment, Op-ed by Naomi Orsekes, New York Times, Oct 9, 2015
California enacts monumental climate change goals by Annita Fredrikson, AP/Christian Science Monitor, Oct 8, 2015
The oceans are becoming too hot for coral, and sooner than we expected by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, The Conversation US, Oct 9, 2015
10 green leaders on the best ways you can fight climate change by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Oct 8, 2015
World will pass crucial 2C global warming limit, experts warn by Robin McKie, The Observer, Oct 10, 2015
Deforestation and Drought, Op-ed by Jim Robbins, Sunday Review, New York Times, Oct 9, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 10 October, 2015

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