Gillett et al. (2021) global warming attribution study

The Human vs. Natural Contributions to Global Warming chart on the Skeptical Science Graphics Page has been updated to include the study discussed below A new study published...

2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #3

A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 10, 2021 through Sat,...

Guest post: How to ‘fairly’ share emissions from goods traded around the world

This article, guest authored by Dr Michael Jakob, Dr Hauke Ward & Dr Jan C Stecke, was originally published on the Carbon Brief website...

Early next step: Add risk management to National Climate Assessment

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Richard Richels, and Benjamin Santer Imagine a major climate change law passing the...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #2, 2021

Tide of tidal data rises  Having cast our own fate to include rising sea level, there's a degree of urgency in learning the history of mean...

How we work: Getting input from scientists

Over the years, we've published many rebuttals, blog posts and graphics which came about due to direct interactions with the scientists actually carrying out...

Reviewing the horrid global 2020 wildfire season

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters, PhD The 2020 global wildfire season brought extreme fire activity to the western U.S.,...

2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #02

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2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #2

A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Jan 3, 2021 through Sat,...

Guest post: How human activity threatens the world’s carbon-rich peatlands

This article, guest authored by Prof. Angela Gallego-Sala & Dr. Julie Loisel, was originally published on the Carbon Brief website on Dec 21, 2020....

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