Guest post: Overshooting 2C risks rapid and unstoppable sea level rise from Antarctica
In 2015, governments from across the world committed to the Paris Agreement and its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C or 2C. Yet,...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #18, 2021
Bringing more certainty to uncertainty communications
For the armchair dilettante observer of scientific progress a solid literature review is something akin to going to Disneyland. It's...
IEA: Mineral supplies for electric cars ‘must increase 30-fold’ to meet climate goals
At least 30 times as much lithium, nickel and other key minerals may be required by the electric car industry by 2040 to meet...
#PLURV – the German #FLICC – getting popular in Germany
Longtime readers of what we are up to at Skeptical Science will be well aware of the FLICC taxonomy first suggested by Mark Hoofnagle in...
Report: All new cars and trucks in U.S. could be electric by 2035
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
Thinking ahead to what (and whether?) you may be driving – may have parked in your garage or...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #18
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Apr 25, 2021 through Sat, May 1, 2021
In no...
Major parties’ climate programs are miles apart
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
President Biden on Earth Day, April 22, unveiled America’s aggressive new climate target: a 50-52% reduction in greenhouse...
In a First, Scientists Map Particle-Laden Rivers in the Sky
In Brief:
Windy regions high in the atmosphere can transport pollutants like dust or soot thousands of miles around the world and disrupt everyday life...
Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached?
Media reports frequently claim that the world is facing “committed warming” in the future as a result of past emissions, meaning higher temperatures are...
vEGU21 – EOS7.10 – Science to Action
On Tuesday, April 27 2021 I participated in session EOS7.10 at the virtual General Assembly of the Eurogeosciences Union (EGU) titled Science to Action: Communication of Science...
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