2016 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #44

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

Sun Oct 23, 2016

India’s solar power set to outshine coal by Henner Weithoener, Climate News Network, Oct 21, 2016
Climate change is shifting areas of skin disease concern by Kathryn Doyle, Reuters, Oct 21, 2016
Are wind farms messing up the electricity market? by Gennadi Kazakevitch, The Conversation AU, Oct 20, 2016
“Climate Change Did It!” Is a Convenient Excuse by Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash, Slate, Oct 21, 2016
Climate Silence Goes Way Beyond Debate Moderators by Andrew C Revkin, Dot Earth, Bew York Times, Oct 20, 2016
Renewables forecast contradicts government claim on controlling costs by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Oct 19, 2016
Catching Waves: It’s Time for Australia to Embrace Ocean Wave Renewable Energy, The Inertia, Oct 22, 2016
Shifting tropical cyclones increases threat to sinking Mekong delta by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Oct 19, 2016
Amy Goodman showed us the perils of standing up to the fossil fuel industry, Op-ed by Mary Boeve, Guardian, Oct 18, 2016
Climate change could recreate horror drought by Jamie Morton, New Zealand Herald, Oct 21, 2016
New Climate-Friendlier Coolant Has a Catch: It’s Flammable by Danny Hakim, New York Times, Oct 22, 2016
More Than 80 Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Arrested, Some Pepper Sprayed by Phil McCausland, NBC News, Oct 22, 2016

Mon Oct 24, 2016

The new “Inconvenient Truth”: Leonardo DiCaprio’s new documentary wants to challenge climate change skeptics by Eileen G'Sell, Salon, Oct 22, 2016
Learning from Past Mistakes: Rebuilding Haiti After Hurricane Matthew by Tharanga Yakupitiyage, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 23, 2016
Spain aiming for 100 per cent renewable energy, company director says by Lisa Millar, ABC News, Oct 24, 2016
Governments agree U.N. study of tough climate limit, despite doubts by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Oct 20, 2016
Katharine Hayhoe talks softly to Christians on climate change. Is there a better way? by Dennis Gruending, rabble.ca, Oct 23, 2016
Living in China’s Expanding Deserts by Josh Haner, Edward Wong, Derek Watkins & Jeremy White, New York Times, Oct 24, 2016
There's an effort to write tiny homes into the International Residential Code afoot by Kimberely Mok, Treehugger, Oct 21, 2016
The atmosphere is being radicalized' by climate change by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus -the 97%, Guardian, Oct 24, 2016
Changing Climate Threatens World’s Smallholder Farmers by Lyndal Rowlands, Inter Press Service (IPS). Oct 19, 2016
After El Niño, what weird weather could La Niña bring? by Kate Ravilious, Guardian, Oct 23, 2016
Opinion: How Gov. Scott quietly stole Florida's future, Op-ed by Debbie Harrison Rumberger, The Daily Climate, Oct 24, 2016
A Year of Record Heat by Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy, Slate, Oct 24, 2016

Tue Oct 25, 2016

Climate change is burning up Australia: are we losing the battle? by Amy Spurling, Engineering & Technology (E&I), Oct 13, 2016
'Milestone': Global greenhouse gas levels accelerate past key marker by Peter Hannam, The Age, Oct 24. 2016
Analysis: The impact of La Niña on UK wind power by Roz Pidcock, Carbon Brief, Oct 21, 2016
Climate Change May Trigger Next Financial Crisis, Fisher Says by Emily Cadman, Bloomberg News, Oct 24, 2016
How Far Will North Dakota Go to Get This Pipeline? by Mark Trahant, yes!, Oct 23, 2016
GOP Senator On Climate Change: ‘Mankind Has Actually Flourished In Warmer Temperatures’ by Marina Fang, Huffington Post, Oct 24, 2016
WikiLeaks reveals that Clinton considered a carbon tax — but her campaign missed something by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Oct 24, 2016
On the ballot: two clashing visions of how America will powers its cars, homes by Valerie Volcovici & Devika Krishna Kumar, Reuters, Oct 25, 2016
After 3 Years Of Drought, A Starving Madagascar Teeters On The Brink Of ‘Catastrophe’ by Dominique Mosbergen, The Wold Post, Oct 24, 2016
Shipping Industry Mulls Modest Steps to Slow Warming by John Upton, Climate Central, Oct 24, 2016
Pope Francis's edict on climate change has fallen on closed ears, study finds by Nicola Davis, Guardian, Oct 24, 2016
Northern Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching damage worse, surveys suggest by Adam Morton, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 25, 2016

Wed Oct 26, 2016

Predicting Climate Impacts on Ecosystems Will Require Scientists to Widen the Lens by Kevin Dennehy, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Oct 24, 2016
Globally, Sprawl Is Getting Worse by Tanvi Misra, City Lab, Oct 24, 2016
How Mars and WRI Developed Science-based Sustainability Targets for Climate, Land, Water by Samantha Putt del Pino, World Resources Institute (WRI), Oct 19, 2016
Studies offer new glimpse of melting under Antarctic glaciers by Carol Rasmussen, NASA's Global Climate Change, Oct 24, 2016
White House weighing whether greenhouse gas deal needs Senate approval by Roberta Rampton, Reuters, Oct 25, 2016
Gullah leader heads to Morocco for U.N. conference on climate change by Stephen Fastenau, Beaufort Gazette, Oct 25, 2016
Minnesota Dedicates Largest Solar Farm In Midwest, Shutters Two Coal Plants by Steve Hanley, Clean Technica, Oct 26, 2016
Testing the climate-drought-conflict connection by Roheeni Saxena, Ars Technica, Oct 24, 2016
Native American Leaders Decry Increasingly Harsh Treatment of Dakota Access Protesters by Lisa Song, InsideClimate News, Oct 26, 2016
Donald Trump has close financial ties to Dakota Access pipeline company by Oliver Milman, Guardian, Oct 26, 2016
Analysis: Aviation to consume half of UK’s 1.5C carbon budget by 2050 by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Oct 24, 2016
Governments and Social Movements Disagree on Future of Cities by Emilio Godoy, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 21, 2016

Thu Oct 27, 2016

Red, Race and Blue, Analysis by Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connection, Oct 26, 2016
Species may be listed as threatened based on climate change projections, court says by Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, Oct 24, 2016
In a loss for ExxonMobil, NY Supreme Court orders oil giant to produce climate documents by Steven Mufson, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Oct 24, 2016
A 1912 news article ominously forecasted the catastrophic effects of fossil fuels on climate change by Akshat Rathi, Quartz, Oct 24, 2016
Youth Are Pushing Back Against Fossil Fuel Influence by Cameron Fenton, Huffington Post Canada, Oct 25, 2016
Before the Flood: A Must-See Film By Leonardo DiCaprio Explores Climate Change Risks and Solutions by Brendan DeMelle, DeSmog, Oct 26, 2016
Warming Triggers Early Algae Blooms, Potential Ripple Effects to Come by Nicholas Kunetz, InsideClimate News, Oct 27, 2016
World Medical Association: We Know the Health Risks of Fossil Fuels. Divest. by Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, Oct 26, 2016
BlackRock calls for higher carbon price to tackle climate change by Attracta Mooney, Financial Times, Oct 27, 2016
Magical Thinking Won’t Stop Climate Change, Op-ed by Mark Buchanan, Bloomberg News, Oct 26, 2016
Melting Ice Raised Sea Levels More Than Previously Thought, Study Says by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Oct 27, 2016

Fri Oct 28, 2016

Why the ‘major-hurricane drought’ is the most overblown statistic in meteorology by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 24, 2016
Professor Talks Intersection of Climate Change, Faith by Sydney Koehler, The Heights (Boston College), Oct 27, 2016
Trust Issues in the Climate Change Debate (And How Culture Can Help) by Samuel Cheng, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Oct 27, 2016
Scientists report ‘devastating’ coral death at Great Barrier Reef by Chris Mooney, Energy & environment, Washington Post, Oct 26, 2016
Climate change rate to turn southern Spain to desert by 2100, report warns by Adam Vaughn, Guardian, Oct 27, 2016
Arctic sea ice is at a record low and could, in spurts, disappear within our lifetimes by Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Oct 27, 2016
The pope tried to convince skeptical US Catholics that climate change is real. Here’s why he failed. by David Roberts, Vox, Oct 28, 2016
Clear Evidence Emerges of Outrageous Militarized Police Collaboration With Oil Companies at Standing Rock Against Protectors by Sarah Lazare, AlterNet, Oct 27, 2016
The fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline, explained by Brad Plumer, Vox, Oct 28, 2016
See How Arctic Sea Ice Is Losing Its Bulwark Against Warming Summers by Maria-José Viñas, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Oct 28, 2016
The Climate Challenge Trio by Nigel Purvis and Nick Mabey, US News & World Report, Oct 28, 2016
Amitav Ghosh: where is the fiction about climate change?, Guardian, OCt 28, 2016

Sat Oct 29, 2016

Scientist Goes It Alone on Climate Change to Save His State by Laura Parker, National Geographic, Oct 28, 2016
Will US energy policy push fossil fuels or renewable energy? Six essential reads by Martin LaMonica, The Conversation US, Oct 26, 2016
Funding Lags to Combat Land Degradation by Justus Wanzala, Inter Press Service (IPS), Oct 26, 2016
Analysis: How have the IEA’s renewable forecasts changed? by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Oct 26, 2016
How a president Trump could scuttle US role in climate accord by Zach Coleman, Christian Science Monitor, Oct 27, 2016
Global Weirding - Episode 2: Just how long have we known about climate change anyways? by Becky Ivy, KTTZ-TV Texas Tech Public Media, Oct 12, 2016
Google Earth images shed light on where solar rooftops make sense by Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Oct 26, 2016
Guest post: Are trade agreements good or bad for the climate? by Susanne Dröge, Carbon Brief, Oct 28, 2016
10 Years on, Climate Economists Reflect on Stern Review by Brian Kahn, Climate Central, Oct 28, 2016
Warming of 2C will push Mediterranean habitats into ‘unprecedented situation’ by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Oct 27, 2016
Shipping Industry Postpones Climate Plan Until 2023 by John Upton, Climate Central, Oct 28, 2016
Sandy's Lessons Lost: Jersey Shore Rebuilds in Sea's Inevitable Path by Leslie Kaufman, InsideClimate News, Oct 26, 2016

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 29 October, 2016

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