World leaders face test of climate commitment in 2019
After a technically successful but politically lacklustre climate summit last year, it is time to see which countries will heed scientific warnings and crank...
Skeptical Science takes the Pro-Truth-Pledge
Skeptical Science has been fighting misinformation about human-caused climate change since the website was launched in 2007. But with the rise in prevalence of fake...
2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #1
Story of the Week... Editorial of the Week... Toon of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week... SkS Week in Review...
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2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #1
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Dec 31, 2018 through Sat,...
New research, December 24-31, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change
Temperature, precipitation, wind
Trend analysis of climate time series: A review of methods (open access)
Strong...
Guest post: A Met Office review of the UK’s weather in 2018
Dr Mark McCarthy is science manager of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre, which provides monitoring and analysis of UK climate variability and...
Analysis: UK electricity generation in 2018 falls to lowest level since 1994
The amount of electricity generated in the UK last year fell to its lowest level in a quarter century, Carbon Brief analysis shows.
At the...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #52
Story of the Week... Editorial of the Week... Toon of the Week... SkS in the News... Coming Soon on SkS... Poster of the Week......
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #52
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Dec 23 through Sat, Dec...
New research, December 17-23, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Couple of hiatus papers (including Skeptical Science authors)
A fluctuation in surface temperature in historical...
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