Skeptical Science New Research for Week #17, 2021
"CO2 is plant food." No.
Despite propaganda to the contrary CO2 isn't "plant food," any more than sugar is "food" for us humans. CO2 is...
What’s the deal with the National Marine Planning Framework?
28 April 2021
Have you heard about the National Marine Planning Framework?
Yes? No? Potentially in passing?
No problem. It’s a complicated issue that’s been coming up...
Melting glaciers drove ‘21% of sea level rise’ over past two decades
Glacier melt across the world has accelerated over the past two decades, a new study finds, with the resulting meltwater accounting for 21% of...
vEGU21 – EOS3.2 – Climate Literacy
A somewhat rocky start
On Monday, April 26 the 2nd week of vEGU21 - the all virtual General Assembly of the Eurogeosciences Union (EGU) - started...
Guest post: How to assess the multiple interacting risks of climate change
A key threat of a warming climate is that it does not pose one single risk, but rather it presents multiple, interacting risks.
In a...
Skeptical about a defense of science?
On April 21 US House Representative Frank Lucas (3rd District, Oklahoma) transmitted an urgent inquiry to the White House concerning the abrupt reassignment of Dr. Betsy...
Guest post: A ‘Rosetta Stone’ for bringing land-mitigation pathways into line
Scientists know that the world’s land surface absorbs nearly a third of human-caused CO2 emissions each year. This carbon “sink” – mostly from forests...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Apr 18, 2021 through Sat, Apr 24, 2021
In no...
Youth climate strikers demand more from world leaders
24 April 2021
School strikers took to zoom the day after Earth day, with 150 attendees mobilising with guest speakers and activists from around...
Eamon Ryan: new US climate pledge matches “Ireland’s increased ambition”
22 April 2021
The United States’ new climate pledge “aligns with Ireland’s increased ambition” in the recently revised Climate Bill, the Minister for Climate Action...
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