2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #29

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

Sun July 10, 2016

Christiana Figueres launches UN secretary general bid by Ed King, Climate Home, July 7, 2016
Figueres win would mainstream climate change at UN by Nick Mabey, Climate Home, July 8, 2016
'Shocking images' reveal death of 10,000 hectares of mangroves across Northern Australia by Kate Wild, ABC News, July 10, 2016
Nearly half a million leave home as storm left by super typhoon Nepartak hits China by Nathaniel Taplin, Reuters, July 9, 2016
The Carbon Brief Interview: Averil Macdonald by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, July 5, 2016
How the World’s Most Fertile Soil Can Help Reverse Climate Change by David Suzuki, Ecowatch, July 6, 2016
Neocons linked to Tea Party paid for Andrea Leadsom’s flights to US by Jamie Doward, Observer/Guardian, July 9, 2016
Facing historically low levels, Lake Mead officials are fending off a water war. Here's how by William Yardley, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2016

Mon July 11, 2016

How a single word sparked afour-year saga of climate fact-checking and blog backlash by Joelle Gergis, The Conversation AU, July 11, 2016
This ‘Other’ Form Of Solar Energy Can Run At Night, And It Just Got A Big Backer by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, July 7. 2016
Snow and sea ice keep hitting record lows this year in the Northern Hemisphere by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 7, 2016
We just broke the record for hottest year, nine straight times by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, July 11, 2016
The world’s clouds are in different places than they were 30 years ago by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 11, 2016
Threatened oil industry rethinks climate stance by Sndrew Restuccia & Elana Schor, Politico, July 11, 2016
Congress Offers Rare Bipartisan Support for Climate Assistance by Niina Heikkinen, ClimateWire/Scientific American, July 11, 2016
Future of Natural Gas Hinges on Stanching Methane Leaks by Clifford Krause, New York Times, July 11, 2016

Tue July 12, 2016

Thousands Got Naked and Painted Their Bodies Blue for Climate Change by Raisa Bruner, Time Magazine, July 11, 2016
Climate Tipping Points: What Do They Mean for Society? by Todd B. Bates, Rutgers News, July 11, 2016
Senators Launch Resolution, Speech Blitz Calling Out #WebOfDenial Blocking Climate Action by Brendan DeMelle, De Smog, July 11, 2016
When it comes to saving energy, it’s really not all about the money by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 7, 2016
Climate change: Advisers warn of climate change domino effect by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, July 12, 2016
Cameroon moves to curb forest loss linked to Chinese investment by Elias Ntungwe Ngalame, Thomson Reuters Foundation, July 12, 2016
Why we should all worry about the Amazon catching on fire this year by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 12, 2016
Food shortages and sea level rise US voters' top climate change concerns by Oliver Milman, Guardian, July 11, 2016

Wed July 13, 2016

Why Obama’s top scientist just called keeping fossil fuels in the ground ‘unrealistic’ by Chris Mooney & Juliet Eilperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 12, 2016
Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight Climate Change by John Schwartz, New York Times, July 12, 2016
How Growing Sea Plants CanHelp Slow Ocean Acidification by Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360, July 12, 2016
China on Track to Add Coal Plants Despite Pledge for Curbs, Greenpeace Says by Edward Wong, New York Times, July 13, 2016
Donald Trump would be world's only national leader to reject climate science by Oliver Milman, Guardian, July 12, 2016
Meteorologists Need to Start Talking About Climate Change by Alissa Walker, Gizmodo, July 12, 2016
‘The extraordinary years have become the normal years’: Scientists survey radical melt in the Arctic by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 13, 2016
TTIP proposal casts doubt on G20 climate pledge, leaked EU draft shows by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, July 13, 2016

Thu July 14, 2016

If Carbon Pricing Is So Great, Why Isn't It working? by Peter Fairley, Ensia, July 12, 2016
Obama administration strengthens Arctic drilling restrictions by William Yardley, Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2016
UN Human Rights Council declares climate a priority by Sebastien Duycks, Climate Home, July 13, 2016
Global warming implicated in dinosaur extinction by Howard Lee, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, July 13, 2016
‘The most singular of all the things that we have found': Clouds study alarms top scientist by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 14, 2016
State Attorneys General Subpoenaed by Rep. Lamar Smith for Exxon Fraud Probe by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, July 13, 2016
A massive heat wave is poised to envelop the U.S. from coast to coast next week by Andrew Freedman, Mashable, July 13, 2016

Fri July 15, 2016

Cold and calculating: what the two different types of ice do to sea levels by Matt King, Ben Galton-Fenzi, & Will Hobbs, The Conversation AU, July 13, 2016
Scientists think they’ve just pinpointed the key driver of ice loss in Antarctica by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 14, 2016
Negative Emissions Key to Meeting 2°C Threshold by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, July 12, 2016
The diversity of life across much of Earth has plunged below ‘safe’ levels by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, July 14, 2016
Clean energy won’t save us – only a new economic system can do that by Jason Hickel, Guradian, July 15, 2016
Alaska Bakes In Heat Wave While Arctic Sea Ice Continues To Melt by Sydney Pereira, Climate Progress, July 14, 2016
Climate change department closed by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move by Ian Johnston, Independent, July 15, 2016
Humans are greening the planet, but the implications are complicated by John Abraham, Climate Consenus - the 97%, Guardian, July 15, 2017

Sat July 16, 2016

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says climate change is economic problem, Canadian Press/CBC News, July 15, 2016
The Little-Known Fund at the Heart of the Paris Climate Agreement by Oscar Reyes, Foriegn Policy in Focus/Common Dreams, July 15. 2016
Trump’s VP Doubts Climate Change by Evan Lehmann, ClimateWire/Scientific American, July 15, 2016
Algae are melting away the Greenland ice sheet by Alexandra Witz, Nature, July 15, 2016
Magpies, kookaburras and willie wagtails among common Australian birds 'starting to disappear', report suggests by Loretta Florance, ABC News, July 14, 2016
Report warns of severe future effects of climate change on the U.K. by Joe Paxton, Phys.org, July 15, 2016
Global Warming’s Six Americas and the Election, 2016 by Connie Roser-Renouf, Edward Maibach, Anthony Leiserowitz & Seth Rosenthal, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, July 12. 2016
Offshore carbon: why a climate deal for shipping is sinking by Megan Darby, Climate Home, July 15, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 16 July, 2016

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