2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #22
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 23, 2021 through Sat, May 29, 2021
This week...
Talking about climate change: Necessary, yet so uncomfortable
This is a re-post from Timo's blog Tmag
Talking about climate change in order to prevent climate change is a necessity. And just like many other...
Saoirse McHugh on rural Ireland & climate action
28 May 2021
There’s been a lot of discussion lately around climate action and rural Ireland. It’s been hard to miss.
So we gave Saoirse...
Satellites Show How Earth’s Water Cycle Is Ramping Up as Climate Warms
In Brief:
NASA scientists have studied 17 years of gravity observations of our planet to understand how the global water cycle is changing.
The rate at...
China Briefing, 27 May 2021: Crypto crackdown; ETS launch nears; Energy-saving data centres
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China weekly digest. We handpick and explain the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past seven days.
This...
What’s the deal with the Shell ruling?
27 May 2021
Yesterday was a monumental day in climate news.
Investors from Chevron put pressure on the company to cut its emissions. Directors demanding climate...
Vacancy: Journalist at Carbon Brief
This is an exciting opportunity to become a Carbon Brief journalist, helping us to analyse and report climate change and society’s response to it.
Do...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #21, 2021
Moving targets
In Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals, Susan Natali & crew point out a potential serious omission in Paris Accords climate targets: the...
Satellite data reveals impact of warming on global water cycle
Evapotranspiration – the transfer of water from the ground into the air through a combination of evaporation and transpiration – increased by 10% between...
Gas set to be “a requirement” in Ireland’s energy mix till 2030
Gas will still “very much be a requirement” in Ireland’s energy mix up until 2030, an Oireachtas committee heard today.
Speaking before the Joint...
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