2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #19
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 3 through Sat, May...
PETM climate warming 56 million years ago strongly tied to igneous activity
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Conspiracy theories attempt to explain events as the secretive plots of powerful people. While conspiracy theories are not typically supported by evidence, this doesn’t...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #18, 2020
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EGU2020 – Sharing Geoscience Online – Citizens Science Session
Due to the Corona pandemic and subsequent efforts to slow its spread, this year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) with around 16,000...
2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #18
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2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #18
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Apr 26 through Sat, May...
Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans’ documentary peddles dangerous climate denial
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates have long been allies in the fight to keep unchecked industrial growth from...
A leading scientist’s transition from climate science to solutions
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
Georgia Tech scientist Kim Cobb emphasizes a point at a December 2019 TedX talk.
Dr. Kim Cobb is an award-winning climate...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #17, 2020
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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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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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