2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #42
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week including,,,
Editor's Pick
Assessing the Global Climate in September 2018
Globe had its fourth warmest September and year-to-date on record
Courtesy of Pixabay.com
The global land and ocean temperature departure from average for September 2018 tied with 2017 as the fourth highest for the month of September in the NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880. The year-to-date was also fourth warmest on record.
This monthly summary, developed by scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides to government, business, academia and the public to support informed decision-making.
Assessing the Global Climate in September 2018, National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA, Oct 17, 2018
Links posted on Facebook
Sun Oct 14, 2018
- Cyclone Titli: Eastern India battered by deadly storm, BBC New, Oct 11, 2018
- Canada must cut emissions by half in 12 years to meet stiff new targets: UN by Staff/Canadian Press, Oct 9, 2018
- El Niño's Late Arrival Made Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecasts More Difficult This Season by Linda Lam, Hurricane Central, The Weather Channel, Oct 11, 2018
- Trump Administration Launches Third Legal ‘Hail Mary’ to Halt Youth Climate Case by Karen Savage, Climate Liability News, Oct 12, 2018
- Hurricanes like Michael show why we can’t ignore climate change, Perspective by Kim Cobb, Post Everything, Washington Post, Oct 14, 2018
- Climate is not just changing – it is breaking down, Opinion by Paul Gillespie, Irish Times, Oct 13, 2018
- GOP shrugs off dire study warning of global warming by Miranda Green & Timothy Cama, The Hill, Oct 10, 2018
- Senators concerned as Trump official disputes UN climate change warning by Michael Burke, The Hill, Oct 14, 2018
Mon Oct 15, 2018
- Storm Leslie: Portugal hit by hurricane-force winds, BBC News, Oct 15, 2018
- Thousands march across France to demand climate action, France 24, Oct 14, 2018
- UK steps towards zero-carbon economy by Roger Harrabin, Science & Environment, BBC News, Oct 15, 2018
- Don't despair: the climate fight is only over if you think it is, Opinion by Rebecca Solnit, Comment is Free, Guardian, Oct 14, 2018
- 10 dead as flooding hits southwest France, Agence France Presse (AFP). Oct 15, 2018
- ‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss by Ben Guarino, Speaking of Science, Washington Post, Oct 15, 2018
- There’s one key takeaway from last week’s IPCC report by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, Oct 15, 2018
- ‘I Don’t Know That It’s Man-Made,’ Trump Says of Climate Change. It Is., Fact Check by Lisa Friedman, Climate, New York Times, Oct 15, 2018
Tue Oct 16, 2018
- Yes, Hurricane Michael is a climate change story by Pete Vernon, Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Oct 12, 2018
- Climate change already causing increases in stress, depression and negative mental health, study shows by Andy Gregory, The Independent (UK), Oct 14, 2018
- Clear and present danger: The urgency of a good climate policy, Opinion by Chris Turner, Globe & Mail, Oct 12, 2018
- 'It'll change back': Trump says climate change not a hoax, but denies lasting impact by Emily Holden, Guardian, Oct 15, 2018
- Partisanship derails six-hour emergency meeting on UN climate report by Anna Desmarais, iPolitics, Oct 16, 2018
- Vast Blind Spot': IPCC Accused of Ignoring 'Decades Long' Fossil Fuel Misinformation Campaign on Climate by Graham Readfearn, DeSmog, Oct 12, 2018
- Why isn’t the media covering climate change all day, every day?, Opinion by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post, Oct 16, 2018
- Humans Are Exterminating Animal Species Faster Than Evolution Can Keep Up by Trevor Nace, Science, Forbes, Oct 16, 2018
Wed Oct 17, 2018
- How A Viking Swimming With A Sheep Led To Climate Change Denial by Matthew Gabriele, Forbes, Oct 14, 2018
- Australia's climate idiocracy must end – and there's no time to waste, Opinion by Greg Jericho, Comment is Free, Guardian, Oct 13,2018
- For Some Poor Countries, Climate Science Comes Too Late by Amal Ahmed, Science, The Atlantic, Oct 15, 2018
- Judge Denies Government Motions to Dismiss Youth Climate Case by Karen Savage, Climate Liability News, Oct 15, 2018
- Suds shortage? Warming climate threatens world's beer supply by Alister Doyle, USA Today, Oct 15, 2018
- Tornadoes are spinning up farther east in US, study finds by Seth Borenstein, AP News, Oct 17, 2018
- Trump: My ‘Natural Instinct for Science’ Tells Me Climate Science Is Wrong by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer, New York, Oct 17, 2018
- Republican lawmakers react to the IPCC report – ‘we have scientists’ too! by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, Oct 17. 2018
Thu Oct 18, 2018
- 3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty by Katherine Ross & Thomas Damassa. World Resources Institute (WRI), Oct 2, 2018
- IPCC 1.5°C Report: Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants necessary to achieve 1.5°C climate goal by Climate Change & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Secretariat, Oct 8. 2018
- Arctic ice sets speed limit for major ocean current by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office, Oct 17, 2018
- What’s in a Half a Degree? 2 Very Different Future Climates by Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, Oct 17. 2018
- Trump's failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanity, Opinion by Jeffrey Sachs, CNN, Oct 18, 2018
- In North Carolina, hurricanes did what scientists could not: Convince Republicans that climate change is real by Tracy Jan, Politics, Washington Post, Oct 18, 2018
- Climate change doubters are finalists for Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board by Scott Waldman, E & E News/Science, Oct 18, 2018
- SkS Analogy 15 - Ice Tea and Temperature Rise by Evan & jg, Skeptical Science, Oct 15, 2018
Fri Oct 19, 2018
- A Security Analysis of the New IPCC Report: Prevent 2°C, Prepare for 1.5°, and Do So Responsibly by Caitlin Werrell, Francesco Femia, Shiloh Fetzek & John Conger, Briefer No. 39, The Center for Climate & Security, Oct 18, 2018
- Donald and the deadly deniers, Opinion by Paul Krugman, The Berkshire Eagle, Oct 16, 2018
- Florida Republicans confronted with climate change as midterms loom by E A Grunden, Think Progress, Oct 16, 2018
- Trump Administration Again Asks Supreme Court to Stop Kids Climate Case by Dana Drugmand, Climate Liability News, Oct 18, 2018
- The “other” big battery that has quietly changed thinking about the grid by Giles Parkinson, Renew Economy, Oct 15, 2018
- Politicians say nothing, but US farmers are increasingly terrified by it – climate change by Art Cullen, Environment, Guardian, Oct 19, 2018
- $2.5 Billion in Storm Losses, but Don’t Ask Georgia Farmers About Climate Change by Glenn Thrush, US, New York Time, Oct 19, 2018
- Supreme Court Grants Government’s Extraordinary Appeal, Pauses Kids Climate Case by Karen Savage, Climate Liability News, Oct 19, 2018
- Why scientists are so worried by the huge, sudden loss of insects by Brian Resnick, Energy & Environment, Vox, Oct 17, 2018
Sat Oct 20, 2018
- The Carbon Brief Profile: South Africa by Robert McSweeney & Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, Oct 15, 2018
- By 2035, the ‘great fuel switch’ will mark the end of the age of oil and gas, analysts expect by Mark Hand, Think Progress, Oct 17, 2018
- With Hurricanes and Toxic Algae, Florida Candidates Can’t Ignore the Environment by James Brugger, InsideClimate News, Oct 18, 2018
- As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown, Opinion by George Monbiot, Comment is Free, Guardian, Oct 18, 2018
- Why Climate Change and Other Global Problems Are Pushing Some Business Leaders to Embrace Regulation by Matt Gitsham, Harvard Business Review, Oct 19, 2018
- Assessing the Global Climate in September 2018, National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA, Oct 17, 2018
- Unraveling Trump’s Toxic Agenda by Phoebe Neidl & Andrea Marks, Politics, Rolling Stone, Oct 19, 2018
- 2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #42 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, oct 19, 2018
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 20 October, 2018
