2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Mar 15, 2020 through Sat, Mar 21, 2020
Editor's Pick
Now Isn’t the Time to Forget About Our Climate Change Efforts
Tasha Tilberg, Lindsey Wixson, and Liu Wen photographed for Vogue’s September 2019 issue at the Eagle Street Rooftop Garden in Brooklyn.Photographed by Tierney Gearon, Vogue, September 2019
The absentminded Instagram scroll looks a lot different these days. Vacation pics and shameless selfies have been replaced with glimpses of how we’re living through the coronavirus outbreak and its necessary quarantines: Health care officials are sharing their tips and expertise; fitness instructors are posting living-room workouts; chefs are sharing easy home-cooked meals; and others are posting about how we can all help those who are most at risk.
It’s a reminder of how social media keeps us connected and informed no matter where we are in the world, a fact we take for granted with every double tap. But it’s mostly a testament to the power of coming together around a crisis and taking collective action for the greater global good. In theory, practicing social distancing, washing our hands more thoroughly, and working from home can slow down this disease and eventually, hopefully, eliminate it. We’re all doing our small, if sometimes inconvenient, part, and already we’re beginning to see how our individual actions contribute to something much, much bigger than us.
For those involved in climate-change efforts, you might see a few through lines between our response to the coronavirus and our response (or lack thereof) to the effects of climate change. Climate scientists and activists have preached for decades that our individual choices and behaviors matter, whether you’re composting, ditching single-use plastic, buying secondhand clothes, or doing the precise opposite of all of those things—wasting food, relying on plastic water bottles and containers, shopping extravagantly.
Now Isn’t the Time to Forget About Our Climate Change Efforts by Emily Farra, Vogue Magazine, Mar 17, 2020
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Articles Linked to on Facebook
Sun, Mar 15, 2020
- Coronavirus and climate change: 6 ways the Trump administration has botched responses to both by Dawn Stover, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar 11, 2020
- Changing Weather Patterns Spell Doom for Unprepared Pakistan Farmers by Xari Jalil, Climate Change, Inter Press Service (IPS), Mar 13, 2020
- Australian Undersea Sun Cable Will Deliver Power To Singapore by 2027 by Andrea D. Steffen, Intelligent Living, Mar 13, 2020
- Climate, coffee, cocoa, Corona by Peter Dykstra, Environmental Health News (EHN), Mar 15, 2020
- Climate change: Will planting millions of trees really save the planet? by David Shukman, BBC News, Mar 14, 2020
- Your backyard could help reduce global warming by Natalie Parletta, Cosmos Magazine, Mar 16, 2020
- The Coronavirus Pandemic Proves That We Can Overcome the Climate Crisis—If We Want To, Opinion by Martina Moneke, Truthdig, Mar 14, 2020
- Sea levels rose faster in the past century than in previous time periods, Edited by Nikki Forrester, Climate Feedback, Mar 12, 2020
Mon, Mar 16, 2020
- United Nations teaming up with faith organizations to tackle climate change by Susan Barreto, Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science & Technology, Mar 14, 2020
- The Muslim clerics preaching for Indonesia’s peat by Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Future Planet, BBC, Mar 11, 2020
- 4 astonishing signs of coal’s declining economic viability by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 14, 2020
- Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits? by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 11, 2020
- Five tough questions to ask about reaching net zero climate targets, Opinion by Myles Allen, Thomas Hale, Tim Kruger, Stephen Smith & Kaya Axelsson, Voices, The Independent (UK), Mar 14, 2020
- Climate change forces cognac makers to consider other grape varieties by Amy Hopkins, World, Guardian, Mar 15, 2020
- Fallacy Taxonomy and Icons available via Wikimedia by BaerbelW, Skeptical Science, Mar 16, 2020
- Here's Why Coronavirus And Climate Change Are Different Sorts Of Policy Problems, Opinion by Nives Dolsak & Aseem Prakash, Green Tech, Forbes, Mar 15, 2020
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
- Could Our Energy Come from Giant Seaweed Farms in the Ocean? by Annie Sneed, Sustainability, Scientific American, Mar 16, 2020
- Climate Push Loses Momentum as World Fights Coronavirus by Laura Millan Lombrana, Politics, Bloomberg News, Mar 16, 2020
- Swedish pension fund joins move to end fossil fuel investments by Colm Fulton, Reuters, Mar 16, 2020
- When Promoting Knowledge Makes You a Target, Opinion by Jonathan N Stea, Observations, Scientific American, Mar 16, 2020
- Restoring soils could remove up to ‘5.5bn tonnes’ of greenhouse gases every year by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Mar 16, 2020
- Viruses expected to increase with global warming – expert by Sue Surkis, Times of Israel, Mar 17, 2020
- How biodiversity loss is hurting our ability to combat pandemics by John Scott, World Economic Forum, Mar 9, 2020
- Does climate change play a role in infectious diseases like COVID-19? by Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, Mar 16, 2020
Wed, Mar 18, 2020
- How COVID-19 Is Like Climate Change, Opinion by Ben Santer, Observations, Scientific American, Mar 17, 2020
- Huge knowledge gap over health of soil by Roger Harrabin, Science & Environment, BBC News, Mar 16, 2020
- Solar power has been growing for decades. Then coronavirus rocked the market. by Emily Pontecorvo, Grist, Mar 16, 2020
- Now Isn’t the Time to Forget About Our Climate Change Efforts by Emily Farra, Vogue Magazine, Mar 17, 2020
- Could the coronavirus actually be saving lives in some parts of the world because of reduced pollution? by Doyle Rice, Nation, USA Today, Mar 17, 2020
- Meet the Climate Science Deniers Who Downplayed COVID-19 Risks by Sharon Kelly, DeSmog, Mar 16, 2020
- California is a climate leader. But here’s why it needs to move even faster by Sammy Roth, Climate & Environment, Los Angeles Times, Mar 28, 2020
- Destroyed Habitat Creates the Perfect Conditions for Coronavirus to Emerge by John Vidal, Ensia/Scientific American, Mar 18, 2020
Thur, Mar 19, 2020
- The Energy 202: Students in Portland., Ore., want climate justice taught in every classroom by Paulina Firozi, PowerPost, Washington Post Mar 13, 2020
- The Global Victory Over Ozone-Killing Chemicals Is Coming Undone by Eric Roston, Energy & Science, Bloomberg News, Nov 17, 2020
- Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover by Helen Mountford, World Resources Institute, Mar 12, 2020
- Global Green New Deal Supporters Urge World Leaders to Learn From Coronavirus to Tackle Climate Crisis by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, Mar 18, 2020
- The Coronavirus and the Climate Movement by Bill McKibben, Annals of a Warming Planet, The New Yorker Magazine, Mar 18, 2020
- The pros and cons of planting trees to address global warming by Bruce Lieberman, Article, Yale Climate Connections, Mar 19, 2019
- The truth about coronavirus is scary. The global war on truth is even scarier. Analysis by Caroline Orr, Canada's National Observer, Mar 13, 2020
- With Temperatures Rising, Can Animals Survive the Heat Stress? by Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360, Mar 19, 2020
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
- Why don’t we treat climate change like an infectious disease? by Shannon Osaka, Grist, Mar 16, 2020
- Germany has an unholy new alliance: climate denial and the far right, Opinion by Bernhard Pötter, Comment is Free, Guardian, Mar 18, 2020
- Here are the top ways the world could take on climate change in 2020 by Sierra Garcia, Grist, Mar 19, 2020
- Conspiracy Theory Handbook by Stephan Lewandowsky & John Cook
- Coronavirus Halts Street Protests, but Climate Activists Have a Plan by Shola Lawal, Climate, New York Times, Mar 19, 2020
- As climate heats up, planners urged to look beyond history to judge risks by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 18, 2020
- If We’re Bailing Out Corporations, They Should Bail Out the Planet by Bill McKibben, Daily Comment, The New Yorker Magazine, Mar 20, 2020
- Extreme summer heat puts millions at risk by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Mar 20, 2020
Sat, Mar 21, 2020
- Why rich people use so much more energy by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 20, 2020
- As climate impacts grow, Afghan clerics offer green guidance in prayers by Shadi Khan Saif, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 18, 2020
- Climate shocks in just one country could disrupt global food supply by Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 20. 2020
- The Top 10 Climate Change Documentaries To Watch At Home by Phoebe Young, Pebble Magazine, Mar 19, 2020
- In the Face of a Pandemic, Climate Activists Reevaluate Their Tactics by Judy Fahys, Inside Climate News, Mar 20. 2020
- Coronavirus shutdowns are lowering greenhouse gas emissions; history shows they’ll roar back by Tony Barboza, Climate & Environment, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2020
- Scientists share their grief, anger, and hope over climate change by Peter Sinclair, Video, Yale Climate Connections, March 20, 2020
- U.S. clean energy sector seeks subsidy help to confront slowdown by Nichola Groom, Reuters, Mar 19, 2020
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 21 March, 2020
