2016 SkS Weekly News Roundup #35

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

Sun Aug 21, 2016

91,000 Electric Cars Sold In Europe In 1st Half Of 2016 by James Ayre, Clean Technica, Aug 20, 2016
No-name storm dumped three times as much rain in Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Aug 19, 2016
As Louisiana floods rage, Republicans are blocking modest climate action, Op-ed by Raúl M Grijalva, Guardian, Aug 19, 2016
Inuit fear they will be overwhelmed as ‘extinction tourism’ descends on Arctic by Robin McKie, Observer/Guardian, Aug 20, 2016
Britain is only just beginning to exploit its vast resources of offshore wind by Simon Watson, The Conversation UK, Aug 18, 2016
English Village Becomes Climate Leader by Quietly Cleaning Up Its Own Patch by Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times, Aug 21, 2016
Naive empiricism and what theory suggests about errors in observed global warming by Victor Venema, Variable Variability, Aug 21, 2016
Arctic sea ice is vanishing far faster than anyone thought possible by Robert Ferris, CNBC, Aug 19, 2016

Mon Aug 22, 2016

Searching for Climate Signals in an Epic Flood by Hunter Cutting, Nexus Media, Aug 19, 2016
Trump’s Anti-Science Campaign by Lawrence M Krause, The New Yorker, Aug 21, 2016
Antarctic Krill Habitat Could Decline By 2100 Due To Climate Change by Elaine Hannah, Science World Report, Aug 17, 2016
Law firm calls out Soco and Cairn over climate risk reporting by Pilita Clark, Financial Times, Aug 22, 2016
‘Climate change is water change’ — why the Colorado River system is headed for major trouble by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 19, 2016
Historical documents reveal Arctic sea ice is disappearing at record speed by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus-the 97%, Guardian, Aug 22, 2016
A widening, 80 mile crack is threatening of Antarctica’s biggest ice shelves by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 22, 2016

Tue Aug 23, 2016

Trump’s Climate Proposals = “Existential Threat To This Planet,” Michael Mann States by Steve Hanley, Clean Technica, Aug 22, 2016
In Streak of Extreme Storms, What’s the Role of Warming? by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Aug 22, 2016
Climate change will mean the end of national parks as we know them by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Aug 22, 2016
Al Gore begs climate change activists not to vote third party: ‘Look carefully at the consequences by Sarah K Burris, Raw Story, Aug 22, 2016
Report Shows Whopping $8.8 Trillion Climate Tab Being Left for Next Generation by Lauren McCauly, Common Dreams, Aug 22, 2016
A big question complicating the climate debate: Are current policies only benefiting the rich? by Liam Dillon, Los Angles Times, Aug 22, 2016
Coal Lobbying Groups Losing Members as Industry Tumbles by Zahra Hirji, InsideClimate News, Aug 23, 2016
Keeping global warming to 1.5C, not 2C, will make a crucial difference to Australia, report says by James Whitmore & Michael Hopkin, The Conversation AU, Aug 23, 2016

Wed Aug 24, 2016

New Membrane Could Save $2 Billion a Year for U.S. Industries by Umair Irfan, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 23, 2016
America’s First Offshore Wind Farm May Power Up a New Industry by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Aug 22, 2016
It's hard to talk about climate change. This storytelling project wants to make it easier. by Lauren Katz, Energy & Environment, Vox, Aug 22, 2016
Climate change will create new ecosystems, so let’s help plants move by Ari Hoffmann, The Conversation AU, Aug 23, 2016
Maps Show Humans’ Growing Impact on the Planet by Betsy Mason, National Geographic, Aug 23, 2016
Governor declares emergency in 20 Washington counties hit by wildfires by Nicholas K Geranios, AP/Seattle Times, Aug 23, 2016
Global warming and the race for the White House by David Shukman, BBC News, Aug 24, 2016
Human-caused climate change has been happening for a lot longer than we thought, scientists say by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Aug 24, 2016

Thu Aug 25, 2016

Global warming: Good for big whales by Adam Popescu, Alaska Daily News, Aug 23, 2016
California's climate change law clears a big hurdle after lobbyists crank up pressure by Chris Megerian, Melanie Mason & Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, Aug 24, 2016
What will it take for us to pay attention to climate change?, Op-ed by Bob Beale, The Science Show, ABC, Aug 24, 2016
Changing opinions on climate change, from a CNN meteorologist by Chad Myers, CNN, Aug 24, 2016
China and US to ratify landmark Paris climate deal ahead of G20 summit, sources reveal by Li Jing, South China Morning Post, Aug 25, 2016
Global warming is melting the Greenland Ice Sheet, fast by John Abraham, Climate Consensus-the 97%, Guardian, Aug 25, 2016
Katharine Hayhoe on Climate and our Choices by Peter Sinclair, Climate Crock of the Week, Aug 24, 2016
China Turns to Free Markets to Tame Fossil-Fuel Pollution, Bloomberg News, Aug 21, 2106

Fri Aug 26, 2016

Native Americans encouraged as judge delays North Dakota pipeline ruling by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Aug 25, 2016
Going out for ice cream: a first date with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation by Tom Di Liberto, NOAA Climate.gov, Aug 25, 2016
‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’ by Robin McKie, Observer/Guardian, Aug 21, 2016
Climate change will double hay fever allergies in Europe over the next 50 years by Mun Keat Looi, Quartz, Aug 25, 2016
An Open Letter to the (Australian) Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists by Andrew Glikson, The Conversation AU, Aug 25, 2016
Scientists begin to unravel summer jet stream mystery, News Release, University of Sheffield, Aug 24, 2016
Investors controlling $13tn call on G20 leaders to ratify Paris climate agreement by Michael Slezak, Guardian, Aug 23, 2016
Is Natural Gas a Bridge Fuel? by Zeke Hausfather, Yale Climate Connections, Aug 23, 2016
How air pollution is causing the world’s ‘Third Pole’ to melt by Chelsea Harvey, Washington Post, Aug 24, 2016

Sat Aug 27, 2016

California Utility Wants to Install Huge Number of Electric Car Chargers by Anne C. Mulkern, ClimateWire/Scientific American, Aug 26, 2016
By Mid-Century, More Antarctic Snowfall May Partially Offset Sea-Level Rise, News Release, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Aug 24, 2016
Why Aren’t We More Freaked Out About Louisiana? by Jeff Turrentine, OnEarth, Reuters/National Resource Defense Council (NRDC), Aug 24, 2016
Climate Change May Make Shellfish (and Us) Sick by Maryn McKenna, National Geographic, Aug 18, 2016
Study Finds Biofuels Worse for Climate than Gasoline by John Upton, Climate Central, Aug 25, 2016
This is How South Florida Ends by Maddie Stone, Gizmodo, Aug 23, 2016
Eastern India struggles to evacuate reluctant villagers as floods wreak havoc by Jatindra Dash, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Aug 25, 2016
Analysis of Robin McKie’s “Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice", Climate Feedback, Aug 22, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 27 August, 2016

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