Bills Seeking to Regulate Pipeline Industry Face Little Chance in South Dakota Legislature
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Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest winter peak on record
Arctic sea ice has experienced its maximum extent for the year, reaching 14.48m square kilometers on 17 March – the second smallest in the...
White House to tap energy official as new climate lead – reports
Wells Griffith, who worked on the Trump campaign, has spent the last year negotiating exports deals for the US energy industry
The post White House...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #12
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2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.
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New research, March 12-18, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
The Figure is from paper #16.
Climate change impacts
Mankind
1. Inundation of a low-lying urban atoll island:...
Earth Hour: Ireland set to join the world in switching the lights off
23rd March 2018
At 8.30pm tomorrow, national architectures from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to the Bird’s Nest in Beijing will be switching off their...
Climate impact may force 140 million people to migrate within their own country
March 23rd, 2018
Over 140 million people may be forced to migrate within their own country due to the effects of climate change by 2050,...
Arctic wintertime sea ice extent is among lowest on record
Sea ice in the Arctic grew to its annual maximum extent last week, and joined 2015, 2016 and 2017 as the four lowest maximum...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever.
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Do you see a devil in this orchid?
Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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10 magical places saved by endangered species
In our efforts to save animals at risk of extinction, we've saved some extraordinary places as well.
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