Marshall Islands commit to going carbon-neutral by 2050
First plan of its kind from an island nation says adopting new shipping technologies 'could have ripple effects across the international sector'
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Internet a major contributor to climate change, finds new book
September 24th, 2018
The Internet is a major contributor to climate change and greenhouse gases are lowering humans’ mental abilities, a new book argues.
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New study reconciles a dispute about how fast global warming will happen
We’re currently on pace to double the carbon dioxide-equivalent (including other greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere by around mid-century. Since the late 1800s scientists have been...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
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Solar Energy Largely Unscathed by Hurricane Florence’s...
Calls for ESB to explain large coal imports from controversial Colombian mine
September 21st, 2018
The Oireachtas environment committee has rejected calls to summon the ESB to appear before it over its importation of millions of tons...
New research, September 10-16, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change
Historicizing climate change—engaging new approaches to climate and history (open access)
State of the Climate...
Solar Energy Survives Florence Largely Unscathed
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Sale of Coal-Fired Navajo Generating Station to New Operator Falls Through
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