2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #4

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

Sun Jan 17

Danger ahead: migration, climate top risks for Davos leaders by Ben Hirschler, Reuters, Jan 14, 2016
Djibouti launches solar power project, plans for wind project, Reuters, Jan 15, 2016
Climate change, El Niño & Pacific Decadal Oscillation could result to unbearable summer this year by Urmi Goswami, Economic Times, Jan 16, 2016
Rapid switch to renewable energy can put Paris climate goals within reach by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Jan 16, 2016
Paris climate deal offers flame of hope, says UN official by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, Jan 17, 2016
The World Is Hemorrhaging Methane, and Now We Can See Where by Christina Nunez, National Geographic, Jan 13, 2016
What is climate change doing to our health? by Marcus Ranney, World Economic Forum, Jan 176, 2016

Mon Jan 18

Marine protected areas around the world do not support corals and fish: researchers by Lucy Cormack, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15, 2016
Thousands Of Starved Dead Birds Wash Up On Alaska’s Coasts, And Climate Change Could Be The Culprit by Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Climate Progress, Jan 15, 2016
False emissions reporting undermines China's pollution fight by David Stanway & Kathy Chen, Reuters, Jan 17, 2016
Ted Cruz fact check: which temperature data are the best? by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Jan 18, 2016
Study: Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997 by Seth Borenstein, The Big Story AP, Jan 18, 2016
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2015 by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 18, 2016
Geoengineering’s Moral Hazard Problem by George Collins, Slate, Jan 15, 2016

Tue Jan 19

Oil below $30: what does it mean for action on climate change? by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Jan 18, 2016
Mother Nature's Invisible Hand Strikes Back Against the Carbon Economy, News Analysis by by JP Sottile, Truthout, Jan 16, 2016
Hazelwood owner Engie launches push for 1,000GW of solar by Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, Jan 19, 2016
Higher beef production could lower Brazil’s emissions, study says by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Jan 18, 2016
Congress Actually Dealt with Climate Change in the 2016 Budget Bill. Really. by Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News, Jan 19, 2016
Why Psychology Should Be A Part Of The Fight Against Climate Change by Carolyn Gregoire, The Huffington Post, Jan 18, 2016
How Climate Change Endangers Microbes--And Why That's Not a Good Thing by Aspen T Reese, Scientific American, Jan 19, 2016

Wed Jan 20

Climatologist Wants To Keep Working With Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Climate Deniers Attack Him by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Jan 19, 2016
Warmer Indian Ocean could be 'ecological desert', scientists warn by Amantha Perera, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Jan 19, 2016
These Two Experts Answered Your Burning Geoengineering Questions, Future Tense, Slate, Jan 19, 2016
China ban on new coal mines overshadowed by surplus capacity by Kathy Chen and David Stanway, Reuters, Jan 18, 2016
It’s official: 2015 ‘smashed’ 2014’s global temperature record. It wasn’t even close by Chris Mooney & Joby Warrick, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Jan 20, 2016
A striking resemblance between testimony for Peabody Coal and for Ted Cruz by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, The Guardian, Jan 20, 2016
California to investigate whether Exxon Mobil lied about climate-change risks by Ivan Penn, Los Angeles Times, Jan 20. 2016
Atlantic, Caribbean storms more destructive as temperatures rise - study by Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Jan 20, 2016

Thu Jan 21

This Winter Storm Could Set Coastal Flood Records by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Jan 20, 2016
Australia’s Two Largest Solar PV Plants Completed, Doubles Large-Scale Capacity by Joshua S Hill, Ars Technica, Jan 20, 2016
AP FACT CHECK: Ted Cruz misstates science of climate change by Seth Borenstein and Scott Bauer, AP, Jan 21, 2016
Thorough, not thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data by Scott K Johnson, Ars Technica, Jan 21, 2016
Analysis: How 2015 became the hottest year on record by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Jan 20, 2016
Getting 196 Countries To Agree On Climate Change Was ‘The Easy Part’ by Jo Confino, The Huffington Post, Jan 20, 2016
Indonesia’s Fires Blamed For Potent Greenhouse Gases by John Upton, Climate Central, 21, 2016
Refugee crises, climate change are top risks in next 10 years, experts say by Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center, Jan 21, 2016

Fri Jan 22

Court Rejects Bid to Delay Obama Rule on Climate Change by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Jan 21, 2016
Fighting climate change means protecting forests and wildlife by Russell A. Mittermeier, Mongabay, Jan 19, 2016
The facts of climate change foolishly refuse to modulate their hectoring by Tom Toles, Washington Post, Jan 21, 2016
What Will It Take For America To Go 100 Percent Renewable? by Natasha Geiling, Climate Progress, Jan 21, 2016
Why Big Blizzards In Winter Don’t Disprove Global Warming by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, Jan 22, 2016
The hottest year on record signals that global warming is alive and well by Kevin Trenberth, The Conversation AU, Jan 21, 2016
Climate Change and Poverty — The Underappreciated Link by Katherine Tan, The Huffington Post, Jan 20. 2016
Can climate change cause earthquakes too? by Tom Toles, Washington Post, Jan 22, 2016

Sat Jan 23

The Future of ‘Epic Blizzards’ in a Warming World by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Jan 22, 2016
In global warming bets, record 2015 heat buoys mainstream science by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Jan 20, 2016
U.S. Moves to Limit Emissions of Planet-Warming Methane by Coral Davenport, Jan 22, 2016
Unthinkable Thoughts: Climate Change And The “Desire-Not-To-Know” by Kaela Bamberger, The Leap, Jan 12, 2016
S.E.C. Is Criticized for Lax Enforcement of Climate Risk Disclosure by David Gelles, New York Times, Jan 23, 2016
Do Hundreds of Other Gas Storage Sites Risk a Methane Leak Like California's? by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, Jan 22, 2016
The high tech of low carbon by David Abel, Boston Globe, Jan 23, 2016
“The Blob” Disrupts What We Think We Know About Climate Change, Oceans Scientist Says by Judith Lavoie, DeSmog Canada, Jan 23, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 23 January, 2016

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