2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #19

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

Sun May 1

Another typical day for Greenland: Scientists find more reasons it will melt faster by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 30, 2016
Austria's Treasured National Resource, Its Glaciers, Are Melting Fast by Bob Berwyn, insideClimate News, Apr 28, 2016
Will Moose Thrive or Die Because of Climate Change? by Shannon Hall, Scientific American, Apr 29, 2016
El Nino dries up Asia as its stormy sister La Nina looms by Satish Cheney, Phys.org, Apr 29, 2016
Humans Care More About Climate Change if They Know They're Responsible by Daniel Oberhaus, Motherboard, Apr 29, 2016
A new politics of climate change could save the world by Fred Pearce, New Scientist, Apr 27, 2016
Arctic Sea Ice Monitoring Satellites Are Dying: Here's Why You Should Care by Marshall Shepard, Forbes, May 1, 2016
This Is the Only Way to Fight Global Climate Change, Op-ed by Michael Shank & Carolyn Kissane, Fortune, Apr 30, 2016

Mon May 2

Insulating layer of air above the Greenland ice sheet reduces precipitation, Phys.org, Apr 29, 2016
Climate Change Overwhelmingly Accepted as Fact in U.S., Says New Report — Political Candidates Who Disagree Could Face Upset by Scott Faulkner, Inquisitr, Apr 30, 2016
There will be pandemonium: The end of the old oil order has already begun by Michael Klare, Salon (TomDispatch), Apr 29, 2016
Phasing out fossil fuels for renewables may not be a straight forward swap by Anthony James, The Conversation US, May 1, 2016
Peabody coal's contrarian scientist witnesses lose their court case by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%. Guardian, May 2, 2016
Researchers Aim to Put Carbon Dioxide Back to Work by Henry Fountain, New York Times, May 2, 2016
Climate-exodus expected in the Middle East and North Africa, Phys.org, May 2, 2016
Learning from El Niño as La Niña Odds Rise by by Elisabeth Gawthrop (Earth Institute, Columbia University), Phys.org, May 2, 2016

Tue May 3

Ontario tries to allay auto sector fears over climate change plan by Greg Keenan & Andrian Morrow, Globe & Mail, May 1, 2016
Why we’re still so incredibly confused about methane’s role in global warming by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, May 2, 2016
April joins parade of record global temperatures, making it 12 months in a row by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, May 3, 2016
As Climate Disruption Advances, UN Warns: "The Future Is Happening Now" by Dahr Jamail, Truthout, May 2, 2016
Florida’s Coral Reef Is Disintegrating by Laura Parker, National Geographic, May 2, 2016
Lord Krebs: scientists must challenge poor media reporting on climate change by John Krebs, The Conversation UK, May 3, 2016
Anti-scientific facts group targets Bill McKibben [VIDEO] by Charles Mandel, National Observer, May 2, 2016
Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’ by Coral Davenport & Campbell Robertson, New York Times, May 3, 2016

Wed May 4

World Bank: The way climate change is really going to hurt us is through water by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, May 3, 2016
Mind the climate gap, Mr. Trudeau by Barry Saxifrage, National Observer, May 3, 2016
Donald Trump's election would derail Paris climate deal, warns its architect by Fiona Harvey, Guardian, May 4, 2016
Food System Shock: Climate Change's Greatest Threat to Civilization by Jeff Masters, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Apr 29, 2016
Scientists are figuring out the keys to convincing people about global warming by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, May 4, 206
Donald Trump Thinks Global Warming Is "Bullshit" by Rebecca Leber & Clayton Aldern, Mother Jones (Grist), May 4, 2016
Paris Pact Could Benefit From Halt of Fossil Fuel Leases by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, May 3, 2017

Thu May 5

Climate scientists ask Jimmy Kimmel: "Why would we f*ck with you?" by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 3, 2016
Coral Deaths Threaten Coasts With Erosion, Flooding by John Upton, Climate Central, May 4, 2016
Destructive Canadian wildfire fueled in part by global warming by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, May 4, 2016
Governments should study worst-case global warming scenarios, former UN official says by Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 4, 2016
Oil Giants Would Be Worth More by Drilling Less in a Low-Carbon World, Analysts Say by Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, May 5, 2016
The time has come to turn up the heat on those who are wrecking planet Earth by Bill McKibben, Guardian, May 3, 2016
Climate change to widen range of disease-carrying mosquitoes, says study by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Apr 28 2016

Fri May 6

Solar power is contagious. These maps show how it spreads. by Brad Plumer, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 4, 2016
Omega block behind searing heat inflaming Fort McMurray wildfire by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, May 4, 2016
Abrupt Sea Level Rise Looms As Increasingly Realistic Threat by Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360, May 5, 2016
Plans for coal-fired power in Asia are 'disaster for planet' warns World Bank by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, May 5, 2016
Patricia Espinosa: Who is the UN’s incoming climate change chief? by Ed King, Climate Home, May 5, 2016
Oil firms have 10 years to change strategy or face 'short, brutish end' by Terry Macalister, Guardian, May 5, 2016
Jimmy Kimmel, Expert Climate Communicator — Who Knew?! by John Cook, Huffington Post, May 6, 2016
Beyond Climate Confusion: Why Both Energy Innovation and Deployment Matter by Varun Sivaram, Energy, Security, and Climate blog, Council on Foreign Relations, May 4, 2016

Sat May 7

Fort McMurray and the Fires of Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, May 5, 2016
Deep sea microbes may be key to oceans’ climate change feedback by Howard Lee, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, May 6, 2016
Plankton and you: The science of how we're all connected to climate by Laura Faye Tenenbaum, NASA Global Climate Change, May 6, 2016
Fort McMurray wildfire could cover 2,000 sq. km by day's end by Mack Lamoureux & Rick McConnell, CBC News, May 7, 2016
Philippines investigates Shell and Exxon over climate change by Emma Howard, Guardian, May 7, 2016
Canada’s huge wildfires may release carbon locked in permafrost by Aviva Rutkin, New Scientist, May 6, 2016
Here's what it would take for the US to run on 100% renewable energy by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, May 3, 2016
Fort Mac Blaze: Brace for New Era of Infernos by Ed Struzik, TheTyee.ca. May 7, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 7 May, 2016

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