Humans are pushing the Earth closer to a climate cliff
A new paper, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has received a lot of media attention. The attention is justified...
Welcome to the Pliocene
The whole story in a table....
The graphic below (click on it for a large version) is adapted from a table in the supporting information...
Climate change science comeback strategies
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk
Credit: Image by Karin Kirk.
Staircase wit. L’esprit de l’escalier. It’s the way the perfect response in an...
Pollution is slowing the melting of Arctic sea ice, for now
The Arctic is one of the “canaries in the coal mine” for climate change. Long ago, scientists predicted it would warm quicker than other...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #31
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
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143-mph 'fire tornado' that cut a path...
New research, July 2-29, 2018
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below.
Climate change mitigation
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Place, proximity, and perceived harm: extreme weather events and views...
Permafrost and wetland emissions could cut 1.5C carbon budget ‘by five years’
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Robert McSweeney
Emissions of CO2 and methane from wetlands and thawing permafrost as the climate warms could cut...
Climate change made 2018 European heatwave up to ‘five times’ more likely
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief
A rapid assessment by scientists of the ongoing heatwave across northern Europe this summer has found that human-caused climate change made...
America spends over $20bn per year on fossil fuel subsidies. Abolish them
Imagine that instead of taxing cigarettes, America subsidized the tobacco industry in order to make each pack of smokes cheaper.
A report from Oil Change International (OCI)...
2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #30
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week.
Editor's Pick
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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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