Forecasters predict an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters, PhD
An above-average Atlantic hurricane season is likely in 2021, the Colorado State University (CSU)...
2020 power and industrial emissions dropped by 6.4 per cent
13 April 2021
Power generation and industrial emissions dropped by 6.4 per cent in 2020, according to new analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Guest post: How ‘high-resolution’ climate models will help Europe plan for extreme weather
“Convective” storms cause some of Earth’s most dramatic weather, including extreme rainfall, hail, lightning and severe wind gusts. Along with lighting up the skies,...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #15
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Apr 4, 2021 through Sat, Apr 10, 2021
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The choice is clear: Fair climate policy or no climate policy
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Richard Richels, Henry Jacoby, Ben Santer, and Gary Yohe
President Biden has expressed a commitment to making equity a...
ESB: Moneypoint to become a “green energy hub”
9 April 2021
Moneypoint is set to become a green energy hub over the coming years, according to an ESB announcement made earlier today.
The County...
Climate change will hit ‘endemic’ plants and animals the hardest, study warns
Plants and animals that only live in one region – known as “endemic” species – are expected to be “consistently more adversely impacted” by...
Skeptical Science to expand impact as 501(c)(3) non-profit
On November 25, 2020 Skeptical Science Inc. became a registered nonprofit organization and on March 17, 2021 our application to the U.S. Internal Revenue...
Guest post: The fate of Antarctic ice shelves at 1.5C, 2C and 4C of...
Antarctica’s ice shelves – the floating tongues of ice formed where the ice sheet meets the ocean – are especially useful indicators of a...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #14, 2021
Nature Climate Change celebrates 10 years of obfuscation
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