2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #42

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

Sun Oct 9, 2016

Oil, Gas and Cows Culprits in Methane Spike, Study Says by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, Oct 7, 2016
Explainer: Paris Agreement on climate change to ‘enter into force by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Oct 6, 2016
Rising sea levels could reduce several UK mountains to hills by Maev Kennedy, Guardian, Oct 9, 2016
Exxon's Big Bet on Oil Sands a Heavy Weight To Carry by Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, Sep 30, 2016
Matthew Flings All-Time Surge and Rainfall Records Across Southeast by Jeff Masters, Wunderblog, Weather Underground, Oct 8, 2016
Matthew no longer a hurricane, but still just as dangerous by Doug Criss, Ralph Ellis & Faith Karimi, CNN, Oct 9, 2016
Let’s Not Forget That Donald Trump Would Be A Total Disaster On Climate Change by Kate Shepard, Huffington Post, Oct 9, 2016

Mon Oct 10, 2016

World Bank says Paris climate goals at risk from new coal schemes by Larry Elliott, Guardian, Oct 9, 2016
Australia likely to see a rise in cyclone activity after record low season: BoM by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 10, 2016
We have money to fight climate change. It's just that we're spending it on defense, Op-ed by Kenneth Pennington, Guardian, Oct 8, 2016
Climate Change Treated as Afterthought in Second Presidential Debate by Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, Oct 10, 2016
US death toll from Matthew climbs to 20; 1,500 stranded in NC city by Max Blau and Holly Yan, CNN, Oct 10, 2016
Global demand for energy will peak in 2030, says World Energy Council by Rob Davies, Guardian, Oct 10, 2016
How Scientists Can Engage the Public without Risking Their Careers by Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, & Devin Powell, Scientific American, Oct 2016 Issue
'Shameful': Another Presidential Debate Basically Ignores Climate Change by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Oct 10, 2016
Ancient Andes glaciers have lost half their ice in just 40 years by Chelsea Whyte, New Scientist, Oct 10, 2016

Tue Oct 11, 2016

Caring for Creation makes the Christian case for climate action by John Abraham, Climate Consesnus - the 97%, Guadian, Oct 10, 2016
'Significant opportunities' for low-carbon cities by Mark Kinver, Science & Environment, BBC News, Oct 5, 2016
Trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought by Hamish Gordon & Cat Scott, The Conversation UK, Oct 10, 2016
Sandy’s Surge Was Extreme. It Could Become Normal by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Oct 10, 2016
Only 5% of oil and gas companies pay resource tax by Heath Aston, The Age, Oct 11, 2016
Climate Change Blamed for Half of Increased Forest Fire Danger by Tatiana Scholssberg, New York Times, Oct 10, 2016
The First Signs Of A Political Climate Change Consensus Are Appearing In Florida by Jessica Lieber, Coexist, Oct 11, 2016
The difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on climate change is really quite simple by Brad Plumer, Vox, Oct 10, 2016
Top green group to spend at least $40 million this election, shattering past records by Juliet Eilperin, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 10, 2016
Hurricane Matthew: '1.4 million need help in Haiti', Al Jazeera, Oct 11, 2016
Hurricane Matthew Floodwaters Slowly Recede; Hurricane Watch for Nicole in Bermuda by Jeff Masters, Wunder Blog, Weather Underground, Oct 11, 2016
Al Gore and Hillary Clinton just strongly linked Hurricane Matthew to climate change by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 11, 2016

Wed Oct 12, 2016

A clean energy transition is already happening, but it is at risk by Alexander White, Environment, Guardian, Oct 10, 2016
Court battle threat hangs over climate change law by Pilita Clark, Financial Times, Oct 11, 2016
A Plan To Defend Against the War on Science by Shwan Otto, Scientific American, Oct 9, 2016
How looking into space can help our understanding of climate change on Earth by Nathan Mayne, The Conversation UK, Oct 11, 2016
Plans for an electric car charging point in every new home in Europe by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, Oct 11, 2016
Katharine Hayhoe, a Climate Explainer Who Stays Above the Storm by John Schwartz, New York Times, Oct 1o, 2016
Emerging Climate Accord Could Push A/C Out of Sweltering India’s Reach by Ellen Barry & Coral Davenport, New York Times, Oct 12, 2016
This is how you create a record-breaking hurricane by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2016
Australia facing questions at UN over post-2020 climate change stance by Adam Morton, The Age, Oct 12, 2016
Fewer than 1 in 10 conservative Republicans trusts climate scientists by John Timmer, Ars Technica, Oct 11, 2016
Greenland is melting from above and from below — and scientists say they’re connected by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 12, 2016

Thu Oct 13, 2016

4 ways the ozone hole is linked to climate, and 1 way it isn’t by Rebecca Lindsey, NOAA's Climate.gov, Oct 12, 2016
Seaweed could hold the key to cutting methane emissions from cow burps by Michael Battaglia, The Conversation AU, Oct 12, 2016
From North Dakota to Kenya, People Power Fights Fossil Fuel Infrastructure by Farhiya Tifow, Oil Change International, Oct 12, 2016
The new UN deal on aviation emissions leaves much to be desired by David Hodgkinson & Rebecca Johnston, The Conversation AU, Oct 10, 2016
Past our peak: plants and a burgeoning problem with CO2 by Kate Ravilious, Guardian, Oct 12, 2016
23-Million-Year-Old Leaves Helped Solve an Antarctic Climate Mystery by Kate Luna, Motherbaord, Oct 12, 2016
As prices plunge, Africa surges into clean, cheap solar energy by Maina Waruru, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Oct 11, 2016
When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas by Roy Scranton, New York Times, Oct 7, 2016
Hurricane Matthew’s Destructive Storm Surges Hint at New Normal by Laura Parker, National Observer, Oct 8, 2016
Breakage of monumental B.C. iceberg quietly sounds climate change alarm by Mark Hume, Globe & Mail. Oct 12, 2016
U.N. calls for deal to cut greenhouse gases at Rwanda talks by Clement Uwiringiyimana, Reuters, Oct 13, 2016
CCC: UK ‘needs negative emissions’ to comply with Paris climate deal by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Oct 13, 2016

Fri Oct 14, 2016

CCC: UK must act now to secure zero-carbon heat by 2050 by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Oct 13, 2016
We Can’t Dig Our Way Out of the Fossil Fuels Hole by David Suzuki, DeSmog Canada, Oct 12, 2016
As the Global Demand for Palm Oil Surges, Indonesia’s Rainforests Are Being Destroyed, Audobon Society, Audobon Magazine, Fall 2016
Elon Musk hits back at coal baron who called him a 'fraud' over green subsidies by Nicky Woolf, Guardian, Oct 11, 2016
Fight Pipeline, Drill for Oil: Either Way, Tribes Want Control of Their Lands by Catherine Traywick, Bloomberg News, Oct 12, 2016
Leading Fossil Fuel Companies Fail Climate Responsibility Test by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Oct 13, 2016
World's Largest Solar Project Would Generate Electricity 24 Hours a Day, Power 1 Million U.S. Homes by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, Oct 12, 2016
Antici...pation: October 2016 ENSO forecast by Emily Becker, NOAA's Climate.gov, Oct 13, 2016
EPA Agrees Its Emissions Estimates From Flaring May Be Flawed by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Oct 13, 2016
King tides arriving in South Florida with extra swell from Hurricane Nicole by Joey Flechas & Cresonia Hsieh, Miami Herald, Oct 12, 2016
Climate scientists published a paper debunking Ted Cruz by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Oct 14, 2016

Sat Oct 15, 2016

World Food Day: Focus on Climate Change, World Meterological Organization (WMO), Oct 14, 2016
The Great Barrier Reef is under severe stress – but not dead yet by Oliver Milman, Gurdian, Oct 14, 2016
Green Climate Fund approves $745 mln for projects, lags 2016 goal by Alister Doyle & Megan Rowling, Reuters, Oct 14, 2016
The U.S. government just made its biggest clean energy purchase ever by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 14, 2016
We’re placing far too much hope in pulling carbon dioxide out of the air, scientists warn by Chelsea Harvey, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 13, 2016
Record Warmth Helps Shrink U.S. Carbon Emissions by Bobby McGill, Climate Central, Oct 12, 2016
One-two punch: Storm hammers Western Washington Friday, more to come Saturday by Jessica Lee, Sattle Times, Oct 14/15, 2016
What an ancient comet collision teaches us about global warming by Christina Beck, Christian Science Monitor, Oct 14, 2016
Important global warming pollutants excluded from ‘historic’ aviation pact by Christopher Adams, National Observer, Oct 14, 2016
Magnate’s Twin Goals: Fighting Climate Change and Electing Donald Trump by David Gelles, New York Times, Oct 15, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 15 October, 2016

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